The Mountain Leadership Course at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., teaches unit leaders survival techniques, mobility and mountain living in a snowy mountainous environment. The six-week course also focuses on strengthening the skills the Marines learned before returning to their parent units. - The Mountain Leadership Course at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., teaches unit leaders survival techniques, mobility and mountain living in a snowy mountainous environment. The six-week course also focuses on strengthening the skills the Marines learned before returning to their parent units.
Marines send an 81mm mortar round downrange during an exercise designed to qualify forward observers at Range 106 Feb. 3, 2011. - Marines send an 81mm mortar round downrange during an exercise designed to qualify forward observers at Range 106 Feb. 3, 2011.
A Marine from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion trains on the Deployable Virtual Training Environment at the Battle Simulation Center in Camp Wilson Feb. 8, 2011. - A Marine from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion trains on the Deployable Virtual Training Environment at the Battle Simulation Center in Camp Wilson Feb. 8, 2011.
Members of Congress from the House Armed Services Committee strap into the aircraft during their departure from Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 28, 2011. - Members of Congress from the House Armed Services Committee strap into the aircraft during their departure from Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 28, 2011.
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374’s aircraft rescue firefighting branch put out blazing flames during their training Jan. 27, 2011. The squadron hosted other non-commissioned officers from around Marine Air Support Group 37, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., last week, to show them how the best do it. - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374’s aircraft rescue firefighting branch put out blazing flames during their training Jan. 27, 2011. The squadron hosted other non-commissioned officers from around Marine Air Support Group 37, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., last week, to show them how the best do it.
Trevor Romain, the founder of the Trevor Romain Co., uses body language to help tell his stories and jokes to the students of Condor Elementary during the ‘With You All the Way Tour’ assembly in the Condor cafeteria Feb. 1, 2011. - Trevor Romain, the founder of the Trevor Romain Co., uses body language to help tell his stories and jokes to the students of Condor Elementary during the ‘With You All the Way Tour’ assembly in the Condor cafeteria Feb. 1, 2011.