They are probably going to the National Training Center (NTC) in Ft. Irwin Ca.
They are probably going to the National Training Center (NTC) in Ft. Irwin Ca.
Very likely, that video of tanks being moved via trains was outside Palm Springs, not far from Ft Irwin.
Spent 5 summers doing two weeks summer camp training in Ft Irwin in the late 60's, 70's. They typically occurred in late July or early August. Some years units from all over the state attended, 1000's of us in a tent city.
HOT HOT HOT.
The first few years we did it were in tents just outside the Ft, the last few years got to stay in the barracks because most of the regular Army was moved out by then. Then in the mid 70's the base re-opened to full capacity with regular Army because it was ideal climate to train for future conflicts anticipated in the Middle East.
Required a lot of beer because of the heat at that time of the year.
Tank training occured at Ft Irwin. To cool off 6 or 8 of us frequently in the evenings would load up a case of beer in a cooler and take a tank up the range to a hill overlooking the base.