US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:28:41 +0000

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts

ARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif.  — Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map is wedged into the ice just below the machine gun.

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