Wisconsin's 107th Maintenance Company Deployed to Europe

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 -- 3:00 PM

Gov. Tony Evers, Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, and senior Wisconsin Army National Guard leaders joined family and friends at a formal sendoff ceremony May 29 for approximately 150 Soldiers of the 107th Maintenance Company, which will deploy to Europe in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve as well as a planned multinational joint exercise, Defender-Europe 2021.

This marks the first overseas deployment for the 107th, located in Sparta, with detachments in Viroqua, Wisconsin and Camp Ripley, Minnesota, since Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-91.

The company was mobilized in 2003 for a maintenance mission at Fort McCoy supporting units deploying for the Global War on Terror. In the past year, much of the unit has served in support of the state’s COVID-19 response effort, as well as on state active duty supporting local authorities during civil unrest.

The 107th Maintenance Company will spend several weeks at Fort Hood, Texas completing mobilization training before deploying to Eastern Europe, where they will serve in Poland, Lithuania and Romania, as well as other NATO locations.

Meanwhile, the Wisconsin National Guard still has nearly 600 troops mobilized for the state’s COVID-19 response effort. Additionally, dozens of Wisconsin Air National Guard members continue worldwide mobilizations, and approximately 60 Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 135th Medical Company mobilized in late March for a deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.

The 176th Cyber Protection Team also remains mobilized at Fort Meade, Maryland in support of U.S. Cyber Command and Cyber National Mission Force requirements.

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