U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), participate in a hike from lower base camp to landing zone quail, roughly climbing 7,300 feet during a pre-environmental training class in order to acclimate their bodies to the high elevation, prior to the start of Mountain Exercise 5-15 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 6, 2015. Marines participate in a month-long field exercise focusing on core mission essential tasks such as assault climbing, animal packing and small unit movements, to strengthen expeditionary high altitude warfare tactics in a mountainous environment against a hybrid threat, as they prepare for world-wide deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kelly L. Street, 2D MARDIV COMCAM/Released)
Date Taken: | 09.06.2015 |
Date Posted: | 09.25.2015 11:03 |
Photo ID: | 2177153 |
VIRIN: | 150906-M-OU200-004 |
Resolution: | 4701x3134 |
Size: | 13.29 MB |
Location: | BRIDGEPORT, CA, US |
Web Views: | 73 |
Downloads: | 5 |
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