FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California ~ 02 JULY 2024

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California

The Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Pickel Meadows in Mono County, California, at 6,800 feet above sea level in the Toiyabe National Forest, 21 miles northwest of Bridgeport, California. The training center exists to train units in complex compartmented terrain.

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.

MWTC is located in Pickel Meadows of the Sierra Nevada mountains south of Lake Tahoe on 46,000 acres (190 km2) of mountainous terrain with elevations from 6,700 ft – 11,000 ft. Other areas utilized by MWTC: Sweetwater Airstrip 6,835 ft, Mount Shasta 14,179 ft, the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) and Hawthorne Army Depot for live fire exercises.

Formal courses and training programs offered

Mountain Communications Course
Mountain / Cold Weather Pre-Environmental Training
Summer and Winter Mountain Leader Courses
Mountain / Cold Weather Scout Sniper Course
Assault Climber Course
Scout Skier Course
Mountain / Cold Weather Survival Course
Mountain / Cold Weather Medicine Course
OSV (Over the Snow Vehicle) / rough terrain driver training
Animal Packing Course
Special Operation Forces (SOF) Horsemanship Course
Mountain / Winter Engineer Course

 

Learn More About Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center HERE!!

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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

 

 

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[lightman]

Happy Monday—happy July!

[sasquatch]

Went there one spring. Several crews were doing double time with packs that weighed more than I did. A friend and I were fishing. When asked if they wanted beer, they laughed and took none.

[The Mayor]

July 2

A National Campout

Bible in a Year :

• Job 22-24
• Acts 11

Rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Leviticus 23:40

We camped under the stars, with nothing between us and the infinite West African sky. No need for a tent in the dry season. But the fire was crucial. “Never let the fire go out,” Dad said, prodding the logs with a stick. Fire kept wildlife at a distance. God’s creatures are wonderful, but you never want a leopard or a snake meandering through your campsite.

Dad was a missionary to Ghana’s Upper Region, and he had a knack for turning everything into a teaching moment. Camping was no exception.  

God used campouts as a teaching point for His people too. Once a year, for an entire week, the Israelites were to live in shelters made of “branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees” (Leviticus 23:40). The purpose was twofold. God told them, “All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt” (vv. 42-43). But the event was also to be festive. “Rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days” (v. 40).  

Camping may not be your idea of fun, but God instituted a one-week campout for the Israelites as a joyful way to recall His goodness. We easily forget the meaning at the heart of our holidays. Our festivals can be joyous reminders of the character of our loving God. He created fun too.

Reflect & Pray

What’s your favorite holiday and why? How does celebrating it remind you of God’s goodness?

Father, thank You for the fun You’ve put in Your creation and in Your festivals.

[MrHead]

It was beautiful in 75, i was there as a Navy corpsman.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy PROCON! WOO HOO!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening lightman, happy July to you!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you sasquatch, great story thank you!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you Mayor!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening MrHead, thanks for joining us this evening!

[The Mayor]

Thank you!

[luvie]

This Road Trip takes us to a cool spot
to get relief from this awful summer heat.
I like it! Thanks, lauren!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

Sorry I’m late and missed you. Been a long, busy, but good day.
I hope your countdown to freedom has begun!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

That snow sure does look nice at the moment, doesn’t it? LOL

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

It sure does look good. I almost...almost....cooled off just by looking at the pics. LOL!

Was it another hot and dry one there, too?

[coalminersson]

my son went thru the program in 2000 Digging shelter out of the ice and snow. He was already a skier and got lot of bennies and special duty. Ironically, he went to embassy duty in Honduras and Jordan, very little snow.

[radu]

I wish today could be repeated over and over again. It was a beautiful summer day. Upper 80s, low humidity, and breezy. I got a lot of mowing done this afternoon, cooled off a bit, then headed out to run a few errands.
We do need rain though. Desperately. It doesn’t look to promising for this area this week. From what they say, the rain expected later this week will be either north of her or west.
And it’s going to be HAWT again. I still have the front yard at the old house to do and it’ll be in shade by 6:30. I’ll knock that out tomorrow and be done.

[luvie]

Oh, that sounds heavenly! Our “cool” day is on Friday, and it’s supposed to be 91, which after the 100+’s that we have had will also feel heavenly. Perspective, as they say, is everything. LOL!