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A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division loads his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division loads his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and a French Foreign Legion soldier with the French 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade, wait for orders during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command is directly involved in joint efforts to develop, test, and improve standards to provide for joint interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and a French Foreign Legion soldier with the French 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade, wait for orders during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command is directly involved in joint efforts to develop, test, and improve standards to provide for joint interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, move to rope ladder during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, move to rope ladder during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dante Beckett, a transmissions system operator, left, and Lance Cpl. Dominic Soto, a Chicago, Illinois native, intelligence specialist, both with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a radio check during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dante Beckett, a transmissions system operator, left, and Lance Cpl. Dominic Soto, a Chicago, Illinois native, intelligence specialist, both with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a radio check during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, pull equipment up a cliff using rope techniques during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, pull equipment up a cliff using rope techniques during a simulated cliff assault as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated cliff assault during Mountain Exercise 1-24 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 20, 2023. MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Casullo, a Westerlo, New York native, mountain warfare instructor for Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, observes Marines rock climbing up a cliff face during Mountain Leaders Course as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 11, 2023. Compared to more generalized training facilities, MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Casullo, a Westerlo, New York native, mountain warfare instructor for Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, observes Marines rock climbing up a cliff face during Mountain Leaders Course as part of Mountain Exercise 1-24 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Oct. 11, 2023. Compared to more generalized training facilities, MCMWTC specializes in mountain warfare training, providing a unique and ideal opportunity to rehearse operations in a mountainous environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires his rifle during Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 2-23 on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MTX prepares units to survive and conduct extended operations in mountainous terrain during the winter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

Members of SOCOM seen here saddling a mule pack animal as part of the Special Operations Horsemanship Course at the MCMWTC.

Members of SOCOM seen here saddling a mule pack animal as part of the Special Operations Horsemanship Course at the MCMWTC.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marines in staging formations for helicopter insertion during the final exercise of the Mountain Exercise.

Marines in staging formations for helicopter insertion during the final exercise of the Mountain Exercise.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marines on patrolling during Mountain Exercise

Marines on patrolling during Mountain Exercise

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Lance Cpl. Dominique Sparacino sweeps through an area during Mountain Exercise 2014 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014. Sparacino is an assaultman with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Marines with 3/1 will become the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element in October.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)

Lance Cpl. Dominique Sparacino sweeps through an area during Mountain Exercise 2014 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014. Sparacino is an assaultman with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Marines with 3/1 will become the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element in October. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marines from Scout Snipers on over watch during the Mountain Exercise.

Marines from Scout Snipers on over watch during the Mountain Exercise.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marines stop in order to check maps during long range movement.

Marines stop in order to check maps during long range movement.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marines leads a mule pack animal during a long range movement as part of the Animal Packers Formal School.

Marines leads a mule pack animal during a long range movement as part of the Animal Packers Formal School.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

MV-22's of VMM-161 conduct winter flight operations in support of the Mountain Exercise.

MV-22's of VMM-161 conduct winter flight operations in support of the Mountain Exercise.

Photo by Mr. Bradley Hurley

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center