FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps MWTC, California ~ 24 MAR 2009

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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, California

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, sever 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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[beachn4fun]

No surprise to me.

Barry wouldn’t wear the flag pin UNTIL he was Prez. That tells me a lot.

[luvie]

No surprise to me either! When I saw that picture of him
with his hands down during the Star Spangled Banner, I wrote
him off...actually I already had, but that just iced the cake!

[beachn4fun]

#50

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#100

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#150

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#200

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#250

[beachn4fun]

IMO

I am not sure where people get the idea he’s such a great orator. I’ve been hearing how many times he’s stuck his foot in his mouth without the teleprompts. LOL

[luvie]

LOL! Cute...thanks!

[luvie]

Exactly!

[beachn4fun]

LOL

That’s a good one.

[philly-d-kidder]

Incredible what can I say!! You said it all I would only be Inarticulate..

[philly-d-kidder]

TOTUS

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[philly-d-kidder]

From west chester pa http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/03/18/news/srv0000004924790.txt

[philly-d-kidder]

http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/03/18/news/srv0000004924790.txt

[Kathy in Alaska]

Volcano update.....it blew again last night, but the ash cloud is still going north.

Follow the link and then look for the pictures.

Photo by Bonnie Dee Childs/Skwentna Roadhouse. A snowmachine trail glows like a white ribbon through the ash-covered snow in Skwentna Monday. The area received as much as a quarter of an inch of ash March 23, 2009, from the eruption of Mount Redoubt.

Now all we do is wait until the volcano goes back to sleep. Not a clue how many more eruptions until that happens. So far so good as long as the ash continues to the north.

Volcano story update - click on the ashflow picture for LOTS of great pictures

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Thanks, unique, for the woohoo!

philly.....#250!!

[philly-d-kidder]

WoooHooo To #250!!!!!!!!!