The university grew from the 1959 merger of two schools: Wisconsin State College, Platteville and Wisconsin Institute of Technology. WSC-Platteville was founded in 1866 as Platteville Normal School, the first teacher preparation school in Wisconsin.
Special Troops Battalion. A special troops battalion (STB) is an organic unit of a modular brigade, division (or equivalent), corps or higher echelon United States Army organization. It may comprise companies from different branches of the army, but typically has a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) and Signal Network Company at a minimum.
Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) The Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) is a law enforcement unit in the US that uses specialized military weapons and tactics to deal with high-risk and emergencies. The SWAT team is specially trained and heavily equipped.