The Slink Fire burning in September 2020 near Bridgeport, Calif. - The Slink Fire burning near Marine Corps Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC), Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 29, 2020. MCMWTC is integrating with multiple firefighting agencies from across several states to battle the fire and mitigate damage to the training areas that are essential to Marine Corps Service Level Training. (Courtesy Photo by Firefighter Benjamin Paladino)
Two firefighters with a U.S. Marine survey areas affected by the Slink Fire - Sam Paris (left), Ethan Perrine, firefighters, Engine Four, Madison Fire Department, and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Scheidt, mountain communications chief instructor, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., survey areas of the training center in response to the Slink Fire at the Training Center, Sept. 2, 2020. MCMWTC is integrating multiple firefighting agencies from across several states to battle the fire and mitigate damage to the training areas that are essential to Marine Corps Service Level Training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien)
A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practices downhill skiing during Mountain Training Exercise 1-17 in the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., training area Jan. 19, 2016. MCMWTC is one of the Marine Corps’ most secluded posts, comprised of approximately 46,000 acres of terrain with elevations ranging from 5,000 to 11,000 feet. The exercise trains elements of the Marine air-ground task force across the warfighting functions for operations in mountainous, high-altitude and cold-weather environments in order to enhance a unit’s ability to shoot, move, communicate, sustain and survive in the most rugged regions of the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi Schultz) - A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practices downhill skiing during Mountain Training Exercise 1-17 in the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., training area Jan. 19, 2016. MCMWTC is one of the Marine Corps’ most secluded posts, comprised of approximately 46,000 acres of terrain with elevations ranging from 5,000 to 11,000 feet. The exercise trains elements of the Marine air-ground task force across the warfighting functions for operations in mountainous, high-altitude and cold-weather environments in order to enhance a unit’s ability to shoot, move, communicate, sustain and survive in the most rugged regions of the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi Schultz)
Colonel James E. Donnellan, oncoming commanding officer, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, shares a moment with his wife during the MCMWTC’s change of command ceremony at the expeditionary airfield, July 22, 2016. During the ceremony, Col. Scott D. Leonard, outgoing commanding officer, MCMWTC, relinquished command to Donnellan. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released) - Colonel James E. Donnellan, oncoming commanding officer, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, shares a moment with his wife during the MCMWTC’s change of command ceremony at the expeditionary airfield, July 22, 2016. During the ceremony, Col. Scott D. Leonard, outgoing commanding officer, MCMWTC, relinquished command to Donnellan. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)
Chief Petty Officer John K. Maury, senior enlisted officer, Mountain Medicine Program, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, native of Macauley Hill, Calif., uses his ski poles to exit the freezing water during an Ice-Breaker Drill at Levitt Lake, MCMWTC, Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 30, 2015. The six week course, which began Jan. 5 and is scheduled to end Feb. 18., is designed to train Marines on what to expect in a cold weather environment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released) - Chief Petty Officer John K. Maury, senior enlisted officer, Mountain Medicine Program, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, native of Macauley Hill, Calif., uses his ski poles to exit the freezing water during an Ice-Breaker Drill at Levitt Lake, MCMWTC, Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 30, 2015. The six week course, which began Jan. 5 and is scheduled to end Feb. 18., is designed to train Marines on what to expect in a cold weather environment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)