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Army Reserve Soldiers praise Fort McCoy Central Issue Facility exchange process; tests facility’s capabilities
March 21, 2024 — Numerous Soldiers with the Army Reserve’s 204th Army Band of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, were at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on March 5 to exchange and turn in thousands of dollars worth of equipment to the Fort McCoy Central Issue Facility (CIF)... MORE

Practical hydraulics course keeps improving at Fort McCoy
January 13, 2023 — The four-day Practical Hydraulics course taught at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard keeps improving. The latest one held here from Jan. 9-12, 2023, saw the students tested on a 120M Motor Grader and heavy scoop four-wheel drive loader... MORE

88th Readiness Division Draw Yard offers forklift maintenance class for first time
July 29, 2022 — For the first time, the 88th Readiness Division Draw Yard here hosted a Field Maintenance Level Course for the 5K Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift July 25-28, 2022. The LCRTF is a C-130 and CH-47 sling load transportable, 5,000-pound capacity, variable-reach, rough-terrain forklift with fork tine oscillation and side-shift cab controls... MORE

Fort McCoy Central Issue Facility supports Soldier training
July 28, 2022 — Thomas Lovgren, a retired sergeant first class in the U.S. Army and current Central Issue Facility (CIF) property book officer, takes pride in providing U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with current, well-maintained equipment for their training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, and beyond... MORE

Medical units receive modernized equipment
July 15, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve units from the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) received approximately $1.7 million worth of medical equipment in a recent issue by the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA). Elements from ten medical units, including an Eye Surgery Team, Neurosurgery Team, Preventive Medicine Detachment, Veterinary Detachments, and Medical Logistics Companies traveled to the Medical Equipment Concentration Site (MECS) in Ogden, Utah, for inventory and equipment issue... MORE

Photo Essay: 485th Engineer Company Prepares for Deployment
March 25, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 485th Engineer Company out of Arlington Heights, Illinois, fought a late-winter snowstorm to conduct rail loading on Mar. 18, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 485th was loading vehicles in preparation for their upcoming overseas deployment... MORE

Expertise, training at heart of Equipment Concentration Site mission
March 25, 2022 — Stocked with employees both seasoned and new, the 88th Readiness Division’s equipment concentration site here ensures Army Reserve units across the Front Range have a place for their equipment to be stored and maintained... MORE

Expertise, training at heart of ECS mission

Two 88th RD mechanics recall equipment volume, condition during Operation Desert Fix
March 10, 2022 — Many people are familiar with Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Desert Fox. But not as many are aware of Operation Desert Fix where the heroes were the mechanics assigned to the Equipment Concentration Site 67 here... MORE

Schematics/electrical class taught at Fort McCoy Draw Yard
February 11, 2022 — For the first time, a schematics/electrical class was taught here Jan. 24-27, 2022. Gary Leamons, the logistic sustainment training coordinator/instructor for the Fort McCoy Draw Yard, taught the class three times before at the Fort Riley, Kansas, Equipment Concentration Site 33 and outlining Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) shops. The class was among the LST curriculum... MORE

'Sentinel Soldiers' offload CTEF vehicles, containers from Qatari base shutdown
June 2, 2021 — "Sentinel Soldiers" of the Army Reserve's Lancaster, Pennsylvania, based 1185th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion offloaded more than 500 pieces of equipment from the container ship Liberty Promise, May 24... MORE

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