MCMWTC BRIDGEPORT CA

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

We Are Here

Marines plotting route during long range movement.

Casevac Training

Marines conducting Casevac drills during the Mountain Exercise.

MV-22 Osprey

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

Animal Packers

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

Staging

Fog of War

Overwatch

Marines from Scout Snipers in overwatch during the Mountain Exercise.

Helicopter Insertion

Marines depart USARNG CH-47 Chinook during helicopter insertion training during the Mountain Exercise.

Winter Movement

Marines on movement during inclement weather

Marine on Rappel

Marine conducting repelling operations at Leavitt Training Area as part of the the Mountain Exercise.

Flight Ops

CH-53E's conducting flights up within the Military Operating Area..

MCMWTC Post 1

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.

MTX 2-23 Company Offensive Operations Lane and Range 1000

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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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