6th Marine Regiment battles the cold
April 08, 2019 Defense Feed
MOINTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, BRIDGEPORT, Calif. —
As bone-chilling winds tore through California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, Marines with 1st and 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, participated in Mountain Exercise 2-19, at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 25-March 28, 2019.
Established in 1951 as the Cold Weather Battalion, MWTC is one of the Corps’ most remote and isolated posts that provide cold-weather training for personnel who are bound for deployments and further training around the world. With its base camp nestled at 6,700 feet above sea level, and training areas rising above 11,000 feet, MWTC is the premier location for this specialized training.
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