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At Fort McCoy, Students Take the Plunge into Cold Weather Training

The Cold Weather Operations Course teaches soldiers everything from how to use snowshoes to developing winter fighting positions.

A student of Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) Class 21-02 participates in cold-water immersion training on January 15, 2021, at Big Sandy Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

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CWOC students are trained on a variety of cold-weather subjects, including snowshoe training and skiing as well as how to use ahkio sleds and other gear. Training also focuses on terrain and weather analysis, risk management, cold-weather clothing, developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to survive and operate in a cold-weather environment.

The training is coordinated through the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security at Fort McCoy.

Want to learn some simple cold weather operations secrets? Check out this recent rundown on how to stay alive when the mercury drops.

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