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Railroad
movement
The crew of Fort McCoy's locomotive, No. 4600, checks
train cars loaded with military equipment in preparation for movement of
the equipment to port via commercial rail lines.
(Photo by Lou Ann M.
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Weapons
Drills
Soldiers
from the 998th Quartermaster Company, an Army Reserve unit
headquartered at Junction City, Wis., undergo timed drills for
weapons assembly and disassembly with the use of protective NBC
masks while awaiting deployment from Fort McCoy.
(Photo
by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt)
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Riot
Control
Members
of the 814th Military Police Company, an Army Reserve unit from
Arlington Heights, Ill., practice skills at Enemy Prisoner of
War Compound No. 1 on Fort McCoy’s North Post.
(Photo
by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt)
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Squad
Movement
An “abandoned” vehicle, which is part of Fort McCoy’s
Urban Training Site, Range 41, serves as cover and concealment
for members of the 1775th Military Police Co., who were
undergoing training at the facility.
(Photo by Lou Ann M.
Mittelstaedt)
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Common
Task Training
Members
of the 724th Engineer Battalion, a Wisconsin Army National Guard
unit headquartered in Superior, Wis., conduct common task
training near buildings in Fort McCoy’s 1800 block. Types of
training included weapons validation, cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, chemical mask decontamination and claymore mines.
(Photo
by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt)
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Bus
departures
Members
of the 300th Quartermaster Company of Iowa City, Iowa, the
1460th Transportation Company of Midland, Mich., and the 109th
Medical Battalion of Montrose, Colo., board buses heading to
Volk Field.
The soldiers were deployed in late March.
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by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt) |
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Processing
'EPWs'
Members
of the 327th Military Police Battalion, an Army Reserve unit
headquartered at Arlington Heights, Ill., process
‘detainees’ as part of an Enemy Prisoner of War exercise in
the cantonment area at Fort McCoy.
(Photo
by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt)
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Urban
Training
Members
of the 1775th Military Police Co., practice skills necessary to
clear and secure a building as part of their training at Fort
McCoy’s Urban Training Site, Range 41. The 1775th, an Army
National Guard unit headquartered in Pontiac, Mich., is
preparing for deployment from Fort McCoy.
(Photo by Lou Ann M. Mittelstaedt)
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Wedding
bells
1st
Lt. Christine Plybon of the 1460th Transportation Co., Midland,
Mich., a unit preparing for deployment at Fort McCoy, and Capt.
Dennis McCarron, 1461st Combat HET Co. (not mobilized) exchange
wedding vows at McCoy's at Fort McCoy March 22. Municipal Judge
Rita Byers presided over the ceremony uniting the two members of
the Michigan Army National Guard.
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