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Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center
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MCMWTC BRIDGEPORT CA

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Members of SOCOM seen here saddling a mule pack animal as part of the Special Operations Horsemanship Course at the MCMWTC.
Marines plotting route during long range movement.
Marines conducting Casevac drills during the Mountain Exercise.
MV-22's of VMM-161 conduct winter flight operations in support of the Mountain Exercise.
Marines leads a mule pack animal during a long range movement as part of the Animal Packers Formal School.
Marines from Scout Snipers in overwatch during the Mountain Exercise.
Marines depart USARNG CH-47 Chinook during helicopter insertion training during the Mountain Exercise.
Marines on movement during inclement weather
Marine conducting repelling operations at Leavitt Training Area as part of the the Mountain Exercise.
CH-53E's conducting flights up within the Military Operating Area..
Historical Guard Shack at Post 1 & the surrounding scenes of Pickel Meadows.

 (1) The MCMWTC conducts advanced individual training as the formal school for Mountain Warfare and Cold Weather Operations, develops warfighting doctrine, supports Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation for specialized equipment, and conducts service level MAGTF integrated exercises in order to facilitate increased Marine Corps readiness.

 (2) As a Service Level Training Installation, the MCMWTC manages facilities, services and support to the operating force, permanent and tenant personnel and their families to ensure the readiness and mission accomplishment of this command.

 


 

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RED HAT RECRUITMENT VIDEO
Video by Cpl. Shane Beaubien, Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray, Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser
Mountain Warfare Instructors: Shaping Next Generations Warfighters
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
July 13, 2022 | 2:54
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher H. Payne, a mountain warfare instructor, "Red Hat", with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, explains the journey of becoming an instructor and the unique training opportunities MCMWTC provides to both U.S. and partner nation service members, at MCMWTC Bridgeport, California, Feb. 22, 2022. Resting high in the Sierra Nevada, the instructors of the MCMWTC shape the future of warfighters on the ground with the guidance of the Commandant's Force Design 2030 (U.S. Marine Corps video directed and edited by Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien, cinematography by Cpl. Therese Edwards, Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray, and Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)
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Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center