Story by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.07.2014
A quiet winter morning in a mountain field, the natural silence is shattered by a landing helicopter. Marines quickly exit the helicopter into knee deep snow, and drag their 90-pound packs through the snow to set up security, then rapidly trudge through the snow to the nearby tree line....
Story by Staff Sgt. Steve Cushman | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.24.2014
Early morning, near freezing temperatures and enormous mountains paint the landscape as Marines mill around their neatly staged packs ready for the day's march....
