This Month in Fort McCoy History — September 2026
Fort McCoy was established in 1909. Here's a look at the installation’s history from September 2026 and back. This month this history reflection is featuring Fort McCoy news and observances of Patriot Day and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
25 Years Ago — September 2001
FROM THE SEPT. 28, 2001, EDITION OF THE TRIAD NEWSPAPER: The Days After (Photos on Page 1 remember 9/11 attacks by Rob Schuette, Newspaper Associate Editor) — Photos on Page 1 of The Triad newspaper documenting what was happening at Fort McCoy in the days immediately following 9/11.
The photo caption of three photos reads: “The days after: American flags at Fort McCoy, including the one (above) near building 100, Post Headquarters flew at half-staff through Sept. 22, to honor the people who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Centers. Fort McCoy Police Officer Donald Bruley (center, right) checks a motorist’s ID at Gate 15 as part of security measures to protect the installation community. People enter Chapel No. 1 (bottom right) to participate in a National Day of Prayer Sept. 14 for the people killed and injured in the terrorist attacks. Members of the Fort McCoy work force can find more information about Sept. 11 and its aftermath by going to the Fort McCoy Corporate Network and clicking on the ‘Sept. 11, 2001, Related News’ category.”
FROM THE SEPT. 28, 2001, EDITION OF THE TRIAD NEWSPAPER: Reserve components to guard America’s homeland (By Staff Sgt. Marcia Triggs, Army News Service) — As President Bush’s campaign to end terrorism gets under way, reserve components prepare to secure America's borders, air space and the nation’s interest.
About 10,000 Army National Guard and Army Reserve troops will be activated to support “Noble Eagle,” America’s homeland defense and civil support operations, officials said.
President Bush authorized the call-up of 50,000 Reserve troops, but service chiefs said they only need 35,000.
Along with the call-up of troops, the Department of Defense announced a mortgage rate cap under the “Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act.” Also, Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary, delegated “stop-loss” authority to the heads of the military departments.
Stop-loss was last used during Operation Allied Force over Kosovo in 1999. It's a program that allows military branches to retain individuals on active duty beyond their date of separation.
Those affected by the order generally cannot retire or leave the service as long as reserves are called to active duty or until relieved by the president, whichever is earlier.
The Army has no immediate plans to implement stop-loss.
Housing and Urban Development issued a letter to all Federal Housing Administration-approved lenders advising them of their obligations under the 1940s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act, said Mel Martinez, HUD secretary.
The act requires that all lenders reduce interest rates on mortgages to no more than 6 percent for all soldiers who are called on active duty. The lenders also are prohibited from foreclosing against any military personnel during and immediately following their tour of active duty.
Active-duty personnel also may qualify for the interest rate cap if they incurred their mortgage debt prior to their active-duty date, Martinez said.
Martinez also is taking additional steps and encouraging mortgage lenders to postpone principal payments on all service members during their tour of active duty.
The relief act also helps military renters, too, by ensuring that they cannot be evicted from their property or by allowing them to terminate lease arrangements, without repercussion.
In 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, the relief act also was re-instituted. For more information, HUD has activated a toll-free number, (888) 297-8685.
The nation’s spirit was tested Sept. 11, and now the National Guard feels pressed to protect the citizens of this nation, said Lt. Gen. Roger Schultz, the Army National Guard director.
“You don’t find the nation’s spirit in buildings. We will rebuild buildings, and over time, we will recover,” said Lt. Gen. Roger Schultz, the Army National Guard director.
National Guard troops have been assisting in the recovery effort in New York City since the day the two jetliners crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center, causing them to collapse.
National Guard civil and support teams were among the first on the scene to check for chemical, biological and radiological hazards. These teams were designed to be quickly dispatched to emergency sites that may have hazardous chemicals, Schultz said. Guard members will continuously support the recovery effort until it's complete, Schultz added.
Along with the efforts in New York, National Guardsmen will be strategically placed for homeland defense.
Schultz said homeland defense is guarding the nation, and the kinds of units that might be called up include air defense, airlift, intelligence support, military police, medical, logistics, engineers, search and rescue, civil affairs, chaplains and so forth.
“The mission of homeland defense is steadily emerging,” Schultz said.
“But it will not take away any of the responsibilities of our state-elected officials. There will always be a local authority, and a first response, such as police and fire departments.”
What makes the National Guard unique is that they answer to civil authorities, Schultz said.
“We’re in 2,700 communities. We know our first responders, we grew up with them, we work with them, we live with them. Our first responsibility is to the community,” Schultz said.
Along with the civil support the National Guard has given, its members also have traveled to 77 countries this year for training and contingency operations, Schultz said.
“We’re standing by 365 days a year,” Schultz said. “We belong to the communities.”
20 Years Ago — September 2006
FROM THE SEPT. 22, 2006, EDITON OF THE TRIAD NEWSPAPER: Combat Support Hospital unit prepares to deploy (By Lori Witscheber, Triad Contributor) — EDITOR’S NOTE: This story highlights a unit deploying to support the Global War on Terrorism, which was part of mobilization efforts at Fort McCoy from 2001-2011 because of the 9/11 attacks.
The 399th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has trained to the Army standard at Fort McCoy and is ready to provide combat health support in the Operation Iraqi Freedom Theater of operations.
The approximately 445 members of the 399th, which is 30-percent cross-leveled, have trained on medical and Soldier skills since arriving at Fort McCoy in June.
Lt. Col. Joseph S. Blansfield, Task Force Chief Nurse of the 399th, said the CSH will provide services to Soldiers and Iraqi personnel.
“A CSH really is the first full hospital that a casualty would arrive at in a battlefield scenario,” said Blansfield. “We have an emergency room, operating room, intensive care wards, pharmacies, etc.”
The CSH will have a split-base operation, with the unit running a hospital in the north and south. To prepare for its mission in-country, the unit has undergone long days of Theater Immersion training.
Theater Immersion is a training approach advocated by First U.S. Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, and it is the cornerstone for priming Soldiers for deployment. Theater Immersion training places Soldiers in an environment with situations that replicate, as realistically as possible, those they will experience overseas.
To mirror the Forward Operating Base (FOB) environment Soldiers will occupy in country, the unit lived in tents at Tactical Training Base Freedom, which was surrounded by concertina wire, entry control points and guard towers. Soldiers traveled in convoys and encountered role players posing as civilians on the battlefield or opposing forces. The training is repetitive and intense.
The ultimate goal is to have Soldiers respond intuitively to threats and situations they encounter.
“Training at Fort McCoy has been a challenge,” said Blansfield. “It’s challenging in the sense that there has been a lot of required training, such as convoy operations, individual movement techniques, and grenade training. The challenge has been trying to find the right balance of getting clinical and hospital operations accomplished, while getting all the mandatory training accomplished as well.”
“All of the training received on the lanes, and the instructors, have been excellent,” said Staff Sgt. Russell G. McGillivray, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) section in the north. “The Army reinforced our Soldier skills; we’re Soldier medics.”
“The training is good,” said Spc. John A. Schirmer, a cross-leveled Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and EMT for the 399th. “I think the way the instructors treat Soldiers is very respectful and very patriotic.”
1st Lt. Jeremy F. Brooks, a dietitian and a Public Affairs Officer for the 399th, said the training has been beneficial, especially the convoy operations.
“The convoy training was very realistic with scenarios that were geared toward what we may face overseas,” said Brooks.
15 Years Ago — September 2011
FROM THE SEPT. 23, 2011, EDITION OF THE REAL MCCOY NEWSPAPER: Sept. 11 softball game brings McCoy, Sparta communities together (By Tom Michele, contractor supporting newspaper staff) — Although Angelini’s beat Fort McCoy 22-11, everyone participating in the Sept. 11 softball game left the field a winner.
The game was played at Memorial Park in Sparta, the home field for Angelini’s Pizzeria and Ristorante.
Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. David Chesser said both teams selected the particular day to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2011.
“The game, like the three previous games, was a symbolic moment for both teams,” Chesser said. “This one tied all of us together in the 9/11 observance, and it was an honor for all of us to compete.”
It was the fourth 16-inch Chicago-style softball game between the two teams in the past two years, and the first win for Angelini’s.
“I’m glad Tony Angelini won the trophy he originally created for the softball series and reclaimed it as it is named in honor of his son, Mario, who is battling autism,” Chesser said. “The games have brought the Fort McCoy and Sparta communities together, to meet each other at the games at the post and in town. Mr. Angelini is a tremendous partner in this program and other Fort McCoy Morale, Welfare and Recreation and Army Community Service programs. His donations have improved the quality of life for Soldiers.”
Chesser also said the spirit of the game was expressed in the inscription on the Fort McCoy team’s T-shirts, “In remembrance of the 9/11 attack and to honor those in the armed forces who have fought so valiantly in the Global War on Terrorism.”
“And the game was just plain fun, just as it was intended to be,” Chesser said.
Angelini said the ball game series is a great relationship for the post and the city. “It is especially appropriate to have the game on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and dedicating the game to the 9/11 victims and their families.”
“The games are a good time to get together and enjoy the camaraderie,” Angelini said. “It is also a good way to say ‘goodbye’ to Colonel Chesser as he retires from the Army next spring.”
Some of that support came in the form of 30 members of the Sparta High School Band who played pep band tunes before the game, and, in the dignified role and attitude of the day, played the Star-Spangled Banner moments before the game’s first pitch was thrown.
Band co-director Joe Gantzner said his summer camp band students were practicing on a street at the high school and Angelini was momentarily stopped in traffic.
“He talked with us and suggested band members participate at the Army-Angelini’s game,” Gantzner said. “And so, it came to be.”
Chaplain (Col.) Tom Phelan, the Fort McCoy Site Support Chaplain, spoke for several minutes as part of the opening ceremonies for the game.
He commented upon that morning’s Religious Support Office service that had been held as the 10th anniversary remembrance of Sept. 11; included a few remarks from his sermon, and concluded with an invocation for the game that was similar to a prayer used at the service that morning. His comments were well-received by those in attendance.
Sparta resident Jim Wiggins gave several remarks to start the opening ceremonies, mostly on a “light-hearted” theme, yet observing the 9/11 connection and also thanking all participants for making the festivities enjoyable.
As for the game, Fort McCoy took a four-run lead in the top of the first inning, but Angelini’s countered with four in the bottom half. The Army got one run in the second, to none for the hosts that frame. McCoy scored two in the top of the third, but Angelini’s powered five across the plate in the bottom half, never to trail again.
One of McCoy’s bright spots was Master Sgt. Darrin Stallworth’s solo inside-the-park home run. Stallworth added a run-batted-in single in the eighth inning, but Angelini’s poked in four in the sixth, one in the seventh and five in the eighth.
A bases-loaded double by Jeff Ames in the eighth was followed by a bases-loaded triple by Ryan Roberts to cement the win for Angelini’s. Chesser did all of the Army’s pitching, with Angelini performing all of the mound chores for his team.
Fort McCoy team members included Sgt. Jason Vazquez, Sgt. Manuel Salema, 1st Lt. Shane Ramnarine, Capt. Matthew Wright, Capt. Ryan Pregel, Maj. Blaine Markuson, Master Sgt. Gerald Maynard, Spc. Nick Respicio, Lt. Col. Dan Andresen, 1st Sgt. Justin Maloney, Maj. Thomas Akerlund, Maj. Gen. Glenn Lesniak, Chesser and Stallworth.
Angelini’s team members were George Dealba, Jeff Ames, Trevor Jones, Craig DeBoer, Matt Johnson, Dale Stefen, Ryan Roberts, Steve Gorshe, Caleb Diercks, and Angelini.
12 Years Ago — September 2014
FROM THE SEPT. 26, 2014, EDITION OF THE REAL MCCOY NEWSPAPER: NCO Academy Soldiers hold Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony (By Scott T. Sturkol, Editor) — Thirteen years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, at the Pentagon in Virginia, and aboard United Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania field, Soldiers from the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) paused to remember the victims of those attacks.
The Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony was held at the NCOA Auditorium. More than 100 family members, Department of Defense civilians, and Soldiers attended. NCOA Instructor Sgt. 1st Class Edward Horner was the narrator. First Sgt. Reginald Jefferson of the NCOA gave opening remarks.
“Thirteen years ago, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts,” Jefferson said. “Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes fl ying into buildings, fi res burning, and huge structures collapsing filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. Th ese acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat, but they have failed. Our country is strong.”
Jefferson asked all in attendance to never forget what happened, to remember those who were lost, and to remember their families.
“This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace,” Jefferson said. “America has stood down enemies before, and we will continue to do so. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.”
On the auditorium’s big screen, a pair of videos and a photo slideshow displayed images of the aftermath on Sept. 11, 2001.
During the photo slideshow, Horner read excerpts of the last conversations some Sept. 11 victims had before they died with their loved ones. He also asked the audience, “Where were you that day?”
He said many service members have served in fighting the war on terrorism since 2001.
“From 2001 to present, more than two million service members have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan serving proudly in many roles both in combat and in garrison,” Horner said.
At the end of the ceremony, a moment of silence was held by all in the audience, then Jefferson had some final words.
“Thank you to all who came out to remember this day,” Jefferson said. “We will continue to remember all who this event affected.”
The NCOA ceremony echoed many that took place Armywide. Th e U.S. flag in front of building 100 flew at half-mast during the day.
In a message to the Fort McCoy workforce, Garrison Commander Col. Steven W. Nott reiterated the importance of remembering what happened in 2001.
“The unforgettable events of Sept. 11, 2001, united our nation with a resolve that our enemies believed had passed beyond our cultural capacity to embrace,” Nott said. “Our just response to these actions cost our nation dearly, and current events indicate the cost will grow ever higher.
“I ask us all to take a brief moment to reflect on the events of that terrible day and what it has meant to our families and our nation. I also want to thank you for all you do to contribute to our common defense.”
11 Years Ago — September 2015
FROM THE SEPT. 25, 2015, EDITION OF THE REAL MCCOY NEWSPAPER: Remembering 9/11 (Photo shared) — A photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Stinson shows Soldiers participating in a remembrance ceremony Sept. 11, 2015, in observance of the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States at the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell (Fort McCoy) Noncommissioned Officer Academy.
The academy observed the remembrance with speakers recalling the events that took place, reviewing what has taken place since, and offering inspiration in moving forward.
5 Years Ago — September 2021
FROM THE SEPT. 10, 2021, SPECIAL EDITION OF THE REAL MCCOY NEWSPAPER: Fort McCoy police veterans recall post-9/11 response (By Scott T. Sturkol, Editor) — On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fort McCoy was an open installation, and it was a bright, beautiful, blue sky kind of day.
That same morning, current Fort McCoy Police Chief Brian Bomstein was sleeping after working until 1 a.m. at a sawmill, and Deputy Police Chief Brian Lord was in Madison attending a criminal justice college class. By all accounts, it was a pretty normal September morning for all.
Then, at 8:46 a.m. Eastern time, a civilian jetliner slammed into the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center. And just a short time later, at 9:02 a.m., another airplane slammed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
“I was woken up that morning by a phone call from a friend who told me to turn on the TV,” said Bomstein, who leads the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Police Department. “Back then I worked 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. at a lumber mill, and I was an Army Reservist. My friend said, ‘Turn on the TV, I think we are under attack.’
Bomstein said he turned on the TV and “saw the two towers smoking.”
“I remember the news reporters saying that a third plane had crashed, and discussions began on the news that this appeared to be intentional,” he said. “I hung up the phone and immediately started packing my ruck sack. I knew we had been attacked, and we’re going to war. And on Oct. 1, 2001, I was activated and in-processed through Fort McCoy.”
When Bomstein was activated to active-duty service in October 2001, he was assigned to the 6015th Garrison Support Unit. On Sept. 11, however, Lord was called up to serve in the same unit that very day.
“I was sitting in that college class in Madison, and they wheeled in a television to show what was going on after the first plane hit a tower,” Lord said. “Then we watched the second plane strike the other tower. And shortly after the second plane strike, I received a phone call from my first sergeant directing movement to Fort McCoy. I arrived to our admin building that evening.”
After the first two plane crashes, a third plane hit the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. And at 10:03 a.m., a fourth plane, which was kept from hitting another target by hijackers thanks to a brave stand by passengers, crashed into a field outside Shanksville, Pa.
Before that September morning was over, life had changed for all Americans. Life had changed for the world.
“Watching that unfold on TV brought a mix of emotions,” Lord said. “I went from being emotionally stunned and shocked to being infuriated.” Lord said he excused himself from class and very quickly was packed and on the road to Fort McCoy. He doesn’t remember exactly the time he arrived on post, but said he arrived by the late afternoon or early evening.
“That evening I was doing CQ (charge of quarters) duty in building 2014, which is no longer in existence at Fort McCoy,” Lord said. CQ is a tasked duty in which a service member is toguard the front entrance to a building — usually a barracks, according to the Army definition for the duty. It is often a 24-hour shift in which the two service members — usually one noncommissioned officer and a junior enlisted service member —sit at a desk to monitor incoming and outgoing traffic into the building.
For Lord, for the first month after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, he said the mission was a lot of “up and downs.” His unit worked on getting official orders, and people across the installation were reacting to a new security posture as the Fort McCoy cantonment area now had to be secured and gates had to be manned.
“The biggest thing I remember is coming to the post and seeing someone manning an access control point,” Lord said. “Before 9/11, that was never the case.”
Post-Sept. 11, the only gate open on the cantonment area was the old Main Gate, Lord said. And other things changed throughout the cantonment area as well thanks to stepped-up force-protection measures.
“I think at that time, with everything going on, it was a learn-as-you-go process for everybody,” Lord said. “The physical resources, at first, didn’t exist for the mission we were being asked to perform. This included enough people and vehicles. We really had no vehicles to speak of.”
Bomstein said he and Lord didn’t know each other before 9/11. But slowly after being mobilized together to work on the post, that changed. He said they both worked many long days doing their best to protect resources and to support the ever-changing mission on the installation.
“I remember us working to complete a lot of Soldier readiness processing, and much more,” Bomstein said. “I also remember them moving quite a bit around post. One of the buildings we worked from was building 1761, which is now used for the JLTV (Joint-Light Tactical Vehicle) training.”
Within a year of being activated at Fort McCoy as a Reservist, Bomstein said he was hired on as a civilian police officer with the Fort McCoy Police Department. “They had some openings, and I got hired,” he said.
Bomstein served two years full time as a Soldier after 9/11 before becoming a full-time officer at the end of his second military tour in 2003.
It was much the same for Lord. During activation time on McCoy, he served two one-year tours with military police for his unit. Then by 2005, he was a full-time Fort McCoy police officer.
Now, 20 years after their friendship and service together started at Fort McCoy, Bomstein and Lord said they both would have never thought they would ascend to be the chief and deputy chief of the Fort McCoy police force. They both also said they won’t ever forget that day and all the changes that have happened at Fort McCoy since.
“I don’t think 20 years ago that I would have ever envisioned myself in this line of work,” Lord said. “I think we both worked hard to get where we’re at, and I know we’ll never forget.”
“That was a pretty powerful day,” Bomstein said. “I am like many people who play that day back over and over in my head. It was one of those landmark times in history that I think people will never forget. … It’s also something that you can look back at and see how that one (day) literally changed the trajectory of your life.”
Since 9/11, Fort McCoy has a closed and secured cantonment area and upgraded security measures are set up on range areas as well. The post also had a new Main Gate area built, new police and fire department buildings and the Central Issue Facility built, dozens of range and training areas upgraded, and more.
The installation also has served as a unit deployment mobilization hub the last 20 years. Most recent was the mobilization of two units during exercise Pershing Strike ’21.
“I think we’re both glad to have been a part of the installation’s 9/11 response, but also proud to still be serving here today,” Bomstein said. Bomstein left the Army Reserve in 2006 to focus full time on civilian police duties that have included leading the Fort McCoy Special Reaction Team. Lord retired from the Army Reserve in 2019. Prior to that, he had attended the Army Airborne School and Military Police Investigations and Army Equal Opportunity Advisor courses.
FROM THE SEPT. 24, 2021, EDITION, OF THE REAL MCCOY NEWSPAPER: Fort McCoy observes Patriot Day; remembers 20th anniversary of 9/11 in special ceremony (By Scott T. Sturkol, Editor) — The words, “TO HONOR ALL WHO HAVE SERVED” that are etched into Veterans Memorial Plaza in the historic Commemorative Area served as the backdrop for the 2021 Fort McCoy observance Sept. 10 of Patriot Day and the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001.
The scaled back ceremony included Police Chief Brian Bomstein and Assistant Fire Chief Brady Brever, both with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services, serving as masters of ceremonies. It also included Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Michael Poss and Maj. Gen. Darrell Guthrie, commanding general of the 88th Readiness Division and Fort McCoy’s senior commander, both providing remarks about the significance of the day.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States, history shows. Two of the planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon, and a fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Penn. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9-11 terrorist attacks
“Thank you for attending. Thank you for remembering the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,” Poss said during his remarks that followed an acapella rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner by retired Army Master Sgt. Mary Guthrie to start the ceremony. “The attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon are among the most significant events to happen to us in our lifetimes. Me, as well as millions of other U.S. citizens, remember where we were and how we felt on that somber day.
“I, for one, was a bank manager, and I was just coming out of budget meetings when I was told the news,” Poss said. “A little over a year later, my unit was preparing for deployment. It certainly was a catalyst for upcoming events because I have stayed on full-time service ever since.”
The weather during the ceremony at Fort McCoy was much like the weather on Sept. 11, 2001 — a bright, sunny September day. Poss said it is important to remember what happened.
“Today we honor the service members, civilians, and first responders who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks,” Poss said. “And not only do we honor those who lost their lives that fateful day, we also remember all those who have served our great nation since to keep our country secure and free. Thousands of us have witnessed the tragedies and hardships of war first-hand. And many gave their lives in the defense of these causes. The significance of the 9/11 attacks has not dulled after 20 years.”
Guthrie also reflected on the importance of always remembering what happened on 9/11.
“Over the past 20 years, hundreds and indeed thousands, of military members have served in Afghanistan,” Guthrie said. “The shared experience of Sept. 11 also unified millions of Americans to support our Soldiers, civilians, and family members. Many of today’s Soldiers either joined or were inspired and have served our country … because of 9/11.”
The patriotic feel of the event was possibly furthered when Capt. Natanael Maria with the 181st Multi-Functional Training Brigade sang an acapella rendition of “America the Beautiful” after the speeches by Poss and Maj. Gen. Guthrie.
The event participants were also likely reminded of the seriousness of what happened 20 years ago when Sgt. Ryan Tatum, also with the 181st, trumpeted the somber notes of “Taps” as the event concluded.
According to usmemorialday.org, many people believe Taps is a song, but officially it’s not. Taps is a bugle call — which is a signal, not a song — so there are no official Taps lyrics as well. The official military Taps is played by a single bugle or trumpet at dusk, during special ceremonies, and at military funerals by the armed forces. The duration is usually around 59 seconds but can vary at times.
And at the Fort McCoy 2021 observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 24 notes of Taps in C major triad will possibly make the people who work in the Fort McCoy triad continue to remember the day.
Look for the 20th Anniversary 9/11 Commemorative Newspaper from The Real McCoy Online at https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/pubs/pdf_58880.pdf.
Fort McCoy’s motto beginning in 2026 is “Training the Total Force and Shaping the Future since 1909.” The installation’s mission: “Fort McCoy strengthens Total Force Readiness by serving as a training center, Mobilization Force Generation Installation, and Strategic Support Area enabling warfighter lethality to deploy, fight, and win our nation’s wars.”
And Fort McCoy’s vision is, “To be the premier training center supporting the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal armed forces.”
Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on DVIDS at https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/FMPAO. Also try downloading the My Army Post app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base.
Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
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