Twentynine Palms

Twentynine Palms

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

Twentynine Palms, California

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha takes part in the integration exercise of Training Readiness Exercise II and Mountain Training Exercise 4-18, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 5, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha listens to a terrain model brief during the integration of Training Readiness Exercise II and Mountain Training Exercise 4-18, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 5, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha looks over the landscape of Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 5, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha performs a night-time cliffside rappel during a mountaineering training exercise, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 24, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha looks over an 80-foot gorge his team will be conducting a tyrolean traverse, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 29, 2019. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha explains the course of action for a casualty evacuation exercise in mountainous terrain, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 24, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational Detachment Alpha conduct a mountainous-terrain medical evacuation exercise aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 24, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational Detachment Alpha conduct a mountainous-terrain medical evacuation exercise aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 24, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha conducts a course to prepare fellow unit members for a training exercise involving a tyrolean traverse over an 80-foot gorge at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 23, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha prepares climbing rope for a training exercise involving a tyrolean traverse, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 23, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational Detachment Alpha conduct a tyrolean traverse training exercise aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 23, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha conducts a tyrolean traverse over an 80-foot gorge, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 23, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha practices tying knots for a training exercise involving a tyrolean traverse, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 28, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, with Operational Detachment Alpha, begins a night-time rappelling exercise during a mountaineering course, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 28, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to MCMWTC has the opportunity to do their list of schools; ranging from Assault Climber, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Sniper and others, or they can program their own training through use of an internal mountaineering subject matter expert. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

Marines with Headquarters Battalion fold a U.S. flag at the Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery, following a funeral ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Dorothy L. Angil, in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, in support of World War II. She also went on to support the Korean War war effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Robin Lewis)

Marines with Headquarters Battalion fold a U.S. flag at the Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery, following a funeral service, in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, in support of World War II. She also went on to support the Korean War war effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Robin Lewis)

Women from the Women Marines Association say a final “Semper Fi” for Tech. Sgt. Dorothy L. Angil at the Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in 1943 in support of WWII, and later the Korean War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Robin Lewis)

An attendee of Tech. Sgt. Dorothy L. Angil’s memorial service cries while placing a flower upon her coffin, at the Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, in support of World War II. She also went on to support the Korean War war effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Robin Lewis)

The U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard presents arms to fallen Tech. Sgt. Dorothy L. Angil at the Twentynine Palms United Methodist, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, in support of World War II. She also went on to support the Korean War war effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)

Chaplain Lorraine Chamberlain, Women’s Marine Association California 29 Palms, gives a speech at Tech. Sgt. Dorothy L. Angil’s funeral service at the Twentynine Palms United Methodist, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 22, 2018. Angil enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943, in support of World War II. She also went on to support the Korean War war effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young)