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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 08/08/2011 6:16:48 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California

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The Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Pickle Meadows near Bridgeport, California. The training center exists to train units in complex compartmented terrain. The center occupies 46,000 acres of Toiyabe National Forrest under management of the U.S. Forrest Service. A letter of agreement between the Forrest Service an the Marine Corps permits the use of the area to train Marines in mountain and cold weather operations.

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The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) is one of the Corps most remote and isolated post. The center was established in 1951 as a Cold Weather Battalion with a mission of providing cold weather training for replacement personnel bound for Korea.

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After the Korea conflict the name was changed to the Marine Corps Cold Weather Training Center. As a result of it’s expanded role it was renamed the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in 1963. MCMWTC operated on a full time basis until 1967 when it was placed in a caretaker status as a result of the Vietnam War. The training center was reactivated to a full-time command on May 19th 1976.


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The Marine Corps' Mountain Warfare Training Center, as a major subordinate element of Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, and with support from Marine Corps Installations - West, conducts unit and individual training courses to prepare USMC, Joint, and Allied Forces for operations in mountainous, high altitude, and cold weather environments in support of the Regional Combatant Commanders.

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Additionally, MWTC provides support to Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC); Training and Education Command; Marine Corps Systems Command; and other USMC and Department of Defense (DOD) agencies engaged in the development of warfighting doctrine and specialized equipment for use in mountain and cold weather operations.

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The center is cited at 6,762 feet, with elevations in the training areas ranging to just under 12,000 feet. During the winter season (October - April) snow accumulation can rear 6 to 8 feet. Further, severe storms can deposit as much as four feet in a 12 hour period. Annual temperatures range from -20 degrees to +90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Learn More About Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Here!

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FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 




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To: MEG33

Good morning Meg and (((HUGS))).


121 posted on 08/09/2011 7:13:19 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: fatima

Primarily VOICE, but also Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Music Theory, Songwriting, and Audio Production.

Sometimes painting and English as a second language as well.


122 posted on 08/09/2011 7:34:49 AM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}


123 posted on 08/09/2011 8:19:13 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Glad you were on time and your ride was smooth.

Source code is such a good friend at times. *HUGS*


124 posted on 08/09/2011 8:47:06 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: ConorMacNessa

Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))

Sorry I’m so late in responding...work got in the way.

Hope you are having a good Tuesday so far.


125 posted on 08/09/2011 8:48:29 AM PDT by beachn4fun (The free country is no longer free.)
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To: beachn4fun
Good Tuesday morning, beachy...((HUGS))...hoping for a much calmer day today.
Several of us commented yesterday that we had not had such a busy, weird, awful Monday in a long time.

I'm out the day just a bit late.


126 posted on 08/09/2011 8:49:52 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Arrowhead1952; LUV W

http://tamunews.tamu.edu/2011/08/04/texas-drought-officially-the-worst-ever/


127 posted on 08/09/2011 8:58:51 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
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To: LUV W

SO Far NOT YET Euro there is mix bag today some of the stocks were up and down Italy push everybody down in Europe so far Japan is cool they were down today not as Monday trading OH MAN that Godzilla disaster waiting to happening


128 posted on 08/09/2011 8:59:55 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: LUV W

SO Far NOT YET Euro there is mix bag today some of the stocks were up and down Italy push everybody down in Europe so far Japan is cool they were down today not as Monday trading OH MAN that Godzilla disaster waiting to happening


129 posted on 08/09/2011 9:00:14 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: left that other site

WOW.


130 posted on 08/09/2011 9:34:48 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))
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To: fatima

Ich Mahk a leben.

(Yiddish for...”I make a living.”)


131 posted on 08/09/2011 9:42:41 AM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: MEG33; LUV W

Thanks for that link. It should be a thread all by itself.


132 posted on 08/09/2011 9:54:21 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Hiya Ma ((HUGS))
It was a busy Monday here but not weird, thank God.
Hope your Tuesday is going well.


133 posted on 08/09/2011 10:04:26 AM PDT by beachn4fun (The free country is no longer free.)
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To: MEG33; Arrowhead1952; mylife; NYTexan; HiJinx; laurenmarlowe; GodBlessUSA; Kathy in Alaska; ...

Very depressing to say the least!....ping.....to Meg’s post....


134 posted on 08/09/2011 10:39:23 AM PDT by luvie (It's the Obama Downgrade!)
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To: All

One thing for sure Feds keep interest rate at 0

fieldproducer Neal Mann
by RodrigoEBR
BBC reporting that one of their radiocars has been destroyed by rioters in Salford


135 posted on 08/09/2011 11:54:05 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: All

One thing for sure Feds keep interest rate at 0

fieldproducer Neal Mann
by RodrigoEBR
BBC reporting that one of their radiocars has been destroyed by rioters in Salford


136 posted on 08/09/2011 11:54:35 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: All

One thing for sure Feds keep interest rate at 0

fieldproducer Neal Mann
by RodrigoEBR
BBC reporting that one of their radiocars has been destroyed by rioters in Salford


137 posted on 08/09/2011 11:54:51 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Good afternoon, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...another chock full day and mini fires. At least today I am keeping my head above water.

Praying for rain to find you.


138 posted on 08/09/2011 2:23:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good afternoon, Kathy! *HUGS* On the 5:51 Express back to Laurel - looks like we'll be running under heat restrictions again this afternoon. Hope all is well with you! 
 
Lamh Foistenach Abu!

Posting from my BlackBerry mobile HQ.
139 posted on 08/09/2011 3:02:33 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: tomkow6; LUV W; All

Tomkow did you get Russians taste of bad vodka

BAD BURKA MAN BAD

http://wireupdate.com/wires/19339/street-brawl-in-southern-russia-leaves-7-dead/


140 posted on 08/09/2011 3:59:19 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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