Fort McCoy advances 2026-2030 strategic plan as new fiscal year begins

Official Statements

• Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office, November 9: “As fiscal year 2027 moves forward, U.S. Army Garrison-Fort McCoy is continuing to implement a long-range strategic plan designed to guide installation operations, strengthen military readiness, modernize infrastructure, and prepare the installation for the Army's evolving requirements through 2030.

  The Fort McCoy 2026-2030 Strategic Business Plan establishes the priorities, objectives, and organizational direction that will guide the garrison during the next several years. Developed through a review of the installation’s mission, vision, organizational capabilities, and future requirements, the plan provides a framework for maintaining Fort McCoy's military relevance while ensuring it can respond to new challenges and opportunities.

  The plan was introduced to the installation workforce in 2026 as part of a broader effort to establish updated mission, vision, and motto statements reflecting Fort McCoy’s historic contributions and its future role in supporting the Total Force.

  During April 23 workforce town hall meetings, then-Garrison Commander Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez discussed the importance of having a strategic plan that provides direction while allowing flexibility for future Army requirements.

  “The great thing about our plan … we have enough flexibility in this plan for anything that comes from the department down,” Baez Ramirez said. “At the same time, we have the instruction that allows Fort McCoy to move forward and have basic plans that let us know what are some of the goals that we want to accomplish in the future.”

  That flexibility is particularly important as the Army continues its transformation efforts and installations work to balance current operational requirements with future readiness needs.

  A mission grounded in readiness

  The strategic plan reinforces Fort McCoy’s enduring role as a major training and mobilization installation supporting military personnel from all branches of the armed forces.

  The installation’s updated motto, effective in 2026, is “Training the Total Force and Shaping the Future since 1909.”

  Its mission statement reads: “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.”

  The installation’s vision is “To be the premier training center supporting the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal armed forces.”

  These statements recognize that Fort McCoy's responsibilities extend beyond providing ranges, training areas, and facilities. The installation also supports mobilization requirements, strategic operations, federal partners, and other missions that may emerge during national emergencies or periods of increased military activity.

  During previous discussions about Fort McCoy’s mission, Deputy to the Garrison Commander Cameron Cantlon explained that the installation must be prepared to support missions beyond its traditional training role.

  Fort McCoy demonstrated that capability when it supported the arrival and processing of approximately 13,000 Afghan evacuees during Operation Allies Welcome in 2021.

  The installation also serves as a significant training location for Army Reserve and National Guard formations, active-duty military units, and other service members.

  During fiscal year 2025, Fort McCoy supported 109,962 troops, including 46,047 participating in annual training and 63,915 participating in battle-assembly training.

  Those numbers demonstrate the scale of the installation’s responsibilities and why long-range planning is essential to maintaining the facilities, services, infrastructure, and workforce needed to support the military.

  Six strategic objectives establish the direction

  The 2026-2030 Strategic Business Plan identifies six strategic objectives, designated SO1 through SO6, that collectively establish the installation's priorities.

  The first objective, support the warfighter, mobilization, and strategic support capabilities, focuses on sustaining and improving the installation's ability to provide the training and operational support necessary for military readiness.

  The second objective, sustain and modernize the installation’s infrastructure, recognizes the importance of maintaining and improving the facilities, utilities, roads, training areas, and other infrastructure necessary to support current and future missions.

  The third objective, attract, develop, and retain a professional and adaptable workforce, emphasizes the people responsible for carrying out the installation’s mission. Developing employees, maintaining professional expertise, and ensuring the workforce can adjust to changing requirements are essential to Fort McCoy's continued success.

  The fourth objective, deliver quality-of-life programs that enhance the well-being and resilience of the Fort McCoy community, focuses on supporting the military community, families, employees, and other members of the installation population.

  The fifth objective, enhance internal and external communication, emphasizes the importance of keeping the workforce informed, improving coordination among installation organizations, and maintaining productive relationships with external partners and surrounding communities.

  The sixth objective, evolve safety and security capabilities to effectively address emerging threats and respond to all-hazard incidents, addresses the need to prepare for changing security challenges, including threats to the homeland, and ensure the installation can respond to emergencies and unexpected events.

  Together, these six objectives provide a comprehensive approach to installation management, connecting the daily work of garrison organizations with the broader mission of supporting the Army.

  Command imperatives and organizational competencies

  In addition to the six strategic objectives, the plan establishes three command imperatives that apply to all members of the Fort McCoy workforce.

  The first is to promote and enhance the Installation Management System, its component programs, and management processes as Fort McCoy's form of governance.

  The second is to integrate and leverage Knowledge Management best practices and emerging technologies to build efficiencies and improve shared understanding.

  The third is to prioritize resources, including funding and manpower, in support of the installation's strategic objectives.

  These imperatives provide direction for how the workforce and installation leadership can translate the strategic objectives into practical actions.

  The plan also identifies organizational competencies that Fort McCoy considers fundamental to its continued success. These include continuous process improvement through the Installation Management System; providing base operations and quality-of-life services; securing the resources necessary to execute mission priorities; and supporting the Total Force through a unique understanding of Reserve components.

  Other identified competencies include maintaining workforce flexibility and adaptability in response to emerging requirements and unforeseen events, sustaining compliance with requirements involving natural and cultural resources, energy and the environment, and providing the warfighter with a multidomain training environment.

  These capabilities represent the institutional knowledge, experience, and organizational strengths that enable Fort McCoy to accomplish its mission.

  Turning strategic goals into installation priorities

  Putting the strategic plan into practice requires continued coordination among installation leaders, directorates, tenant organizations, and workforce members.

  One important mechanism is the annual Installation Planning Board (IPB), organized by the Fort McCoy Plans, Analysis and Integration Office (PAIO).

  During the Sept. 1, 2026, IPB meeting, senior Installation Management Command-Western Hemisphere leaders joined Fort McCoy garrison leadership and representatives from organizations across the installation to review current requirements and consider future priorities.

  The meeting included discussions about updates to the 2025-26 Integrated Priority List and recommendations for the 2026-27 list.

  The Integrated Priority List helps identify and prioritize installation requirements, providing leadership with information to make resource decisions and determine which projects and initiatives need attention.

  The process helps connect the installation's long-range strategic direction with the annual decisions necessary to sustain operations and improve capabilities.

  Long-range planning also encompasses real-property development, major construction projects, tenant requirements, housing, utilities, roads, and improvements to the installation’s training and operational infrastructure.

  Through these planning efforts, Fort McCoy can evaluate immediate requirements while considering the long-term investments necessary to support future military missions.

  Preparing Fort McCoy for the future

  As the new fiscal year progresses, the 2026-2030 Strategic Business Plan provides a common direction for the installation's organizations and workforce.

  Its objectives recognize that maintaining Fort McCoy’s readiness mission requires more than training infrastructure. It also depends on a professional workforce, effective management, reliable installation services, responsible resource stewardship, strong communication, and the ability to respond to emerging challenges.

  The plan also reinforces the importance of Fort McCoy’s relationships with the military organizations and communities it serves.

  As the installation continues supporting more than 100,000 military personnel annually, its ability to sustain existing capabilities while preparing for future requirements remains central to its mission.

  Established in 1909, Fort McCoy has spent more than a century supporting America's armed forces. Its 2026-2030 strategic direction builds on that history while focusing on the capabilities, infrastructure, and organizational readiness necessary for the future.

  Through its strategic objectives and continued installation-wide planning, Fort McCoy remains focused on its commitment to training the Total Force and shaping the future.

  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 athttps://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on DVIDS by visiting https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/FMPAO on DVIDS. 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.”

  (Article prepared by the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office.)”