Wisconsin Army Guard Earns Environmental Award

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s maintenance shops were named among the best in the nation in the 2018 Army National Guard Environmental Awards Program.

The Wisconsin Army National Guard finished third in the Industrial Installation Environmental Quality category. Its industrial installation includes 10 field-maintenance shops, two Army aviation support facilities, a combined support maintenance site and a maneuver area training equipment site. According to Fred Gallatin, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s environmental branch chief, the award recognizes successful efforts to protect human health regarding environmental planning, waste management, and compliance with environmental laws and regulations while maintaining thousands of critical vehicles and equipment for 99 Wisconsin Army National Guard units across the state. These efforts include upgrading or making plans to replace fuel storage tanks, and assessing wastewater discharge and air emissions compliance at the maintenance sites.

As proof of the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s environmental quality program, the 14 maintenance facilities have had no compliance violations for the past decade.