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STAG Operations Center of Milwaukee
Part of US DOJ
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Near Watertown, Wisconsin
Offical STAG logo
Site information
Type	Military operations ground S.O.C.M class=notpageimage| Map of Wisconsin
Owner	United States
Controlled by	United States Department of Defense
Location
Coordinates	43.12077854617572 -88.7209353038848
Site history
Built	1860
In use	1999 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Admiral James Schwartz
Occupants	U.S. Marines, Wisconsin Strategic Threat Assessment and Guidance Initiative Airborne Test Force Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Support Laboratory U.S. Customs and Border Protection

STAG Operations Center (SOCM) is a United States Experimental Task Force founded by Cyrus G. Temple in 1956 to expel and enforce law in largely-populated criminal areas. It is subordinate to the U.S. Department of Defense.

History

The presence of the U.S. Army in Milwaukee goes back to 1860, when Fort Cortège was constructed overlooking the important crossing of the Canadian Border. Soldiers at Fort Cortège maintained peace and protected the important border crossing, which was used by thousands of travelers each year.

The Army constructed a second facility in 1865, the Cortège Quartermaster Depot, to act as a supply base for Army posts throughout Wisconsin and parts of Michigan. Supplies were delivered by riverboats and transported from the depot to military outposts by wagon. After Fort Cortège and the Quartermaster Depot closed in the 1880s, the Army did not return to Cortège on a permanent basis until the 1930s.

In 1938, the United States began a major expansion of the camp. This included the addition of over 45,000 acres (180 km²) to the post, as well as the construction of several new structures, including living quarters for the troops. This increased the camp's capacity to 35,000 soldiers. In all, the project was estimated to have cost about $30 million. The expansion was officially concluded with a new inauguration on August 30, 1942.

During World War II, Fort Cortège was used as a concentration camp for approximately 170 Japanese and 120 German and Italian American civilians arrested as potentially dangerous "enemy aliens" in 1942. After the internees were transferred to other camps, McCoy was used as a training facility for units from across the country preparing to enter combat. The post was also used as a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the conflict, holding 4,000 Japanese and German POWs.

The Fort was briefly deactivated following World War II, but with the advent of the Korean War in 1950, it was once again used for training. This continued until 1953, when the camp was forcefully deactivated by the Department of Defense in a case of a corrupt engagement, involving deals with then ranked, Army Lt.Gen Cyrus Temple revealed in 2007.

In 1957 the federal government leased the field from the state of Wisconsin for use as a permanent field training site for the STAG Initiative. That same year work began on the Military Operations involving Police tactics range near Clear Skies, Wisconsin. In 1959, the Wisconsin legislature officially designated the facility a permanent field training site

In 1962, the station was named the Milwaukee Field Training Site and reassigned to the U. S. Department of Justice Command as an important component of the local Police Department. On 26 July 1973, it officially received its full name – STAG Operations Center of Milwaukee. The following year it was designated as a Department of Defense Major Range and Test Facility Base.

In 2007, a second major construction project was undertaken, costing about $140 million. Today, SOCM serves as a Total Force Training Center. More than 100,000 members of the military are trained at the fort every year.

Conflicts and Controversies

Map of Clear Skies, Milwaukee, in which the base is closest to and have jurisdiction over.

SOCM encompasses 1,307.8 square miles (3,387.2 km²) of the northwestern Jefferson County and conducts tests and patrols due to the 1990-1999 Criminal Incident. Nearly all events have taken place in or near the town.

1997 Criminal Attacks

In 1997, The STAG Initative enforced multiple severe policies on the town of Clear Skies due to a rise in crime. This resulted in several attacks such as the burning of the Mayor's office and local antique store, in which the SOCM held the local U. S. Marine Corps installation accountable for a rogue Lt.Col who attacked Commanding Officer James Schwartz of the STAG Unit, leaving him hospitalized.

2000 Terror Attacks of Milwaukee

In 2000, The STAG Initiative as well as several other Government agencies, declared a local street gang referred to as "90th Street Gang", a Domestic Terrorist Organization following a series of disputes and engagements that lasted over six months. The situation was referred to as the '2000 Terror Attacks of Milwaukee', featuring the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Murder of Civilians, Destruction of Property. These series of disputes officially started from an attempted burglary involving Michael and an Off-duty STAG Officer of the 16th Milwaukee Patrol Division. Michael West, an affiliated member of the 90th street gang, had broken into the apartment, claiming it as his own before several on-lookers. STAG Units had arrived onto the scene quickly, ordering Michael and the on-lookers to leave refused to leave the scene, the owner of the apartment and off-duty Officer Mike Karow, fired three rounds into West's chest after demanding that he leave. A shootout shortly occurred as several gang members retreated to an apartment across the complex. STAG raided their apartment, injuring and detaining the members of the gang, seizing illegal contraband and weaponry.

Following the arrests of the gang members, the '90th Street' gang leader Javon "Von" declared that STAG would be a Kill on Sight for any members, and that any attempt to enter the local Sunshine Apartments would be tortured. The STAG Initiative responded by attempting another raid on the Apartment complex using M3 Bradley IFVs, Armored SWAT Lenco BearCat vehicles and Deutsche-Kerberos Automotive STAG N-Forcers. This resulted in the use of an RPG-7 being fired at two of the vehicles, causing a retreat. Eventually, the situation was handed over to the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation.