Photo Essay: Marines build water-filtration skills during Ullr Shield exercise

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Marines at Fort McCoy for the 2nd Marine Air Wing’s Ullr Shield exercise work on drilling a hole in the ice while managing water filtration operations at Big Sandy Lake on South Post on Jan. 17, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold-weather environments. The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Hundreds of Marines participated in the exercise at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

01.26.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Marines at Fort McCoy for the 2nd Marine Air Wing’s Ullr Shield exercise managed water filtration operations at Big Sandy Lake on South Post on Jan. 17, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

It was one of several days that Marines went to the lake to filter water for their exercise participants to use.

Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold-weather environments.

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.

Hundreds of Marines participated in the exercise at Fort McCoy.

• Date Taken: 01.26.2018
• Date Posted: 01.26.2018 13:39
• Story ID: 263442
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US
• Hometown: CHERRY POINT, NC, US