Pic of the Day: Army Cold Weather Orientation Course
US Army cold weather training in Alaska.
Cold weather training
These Secrets to Cold-Weather Survival Will Save Your Life
These three cold weather survival tips from the Army’s Northern Warfare Training Center may help you stay alive when the mercury drops.
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.
The Pic of the Day: Ice Rescue Training
Air Force fire protection specialists enter open water with an inflatable raft during ice rescue training in Alaska, Dec. 21, 2020.
The Pic of the Day: Marines Train in Japan’s Winter Weather
A Marine conducts a combat patrol during Exercise Forest Light in Japan, an annual training event between Marines and Japanese forces.
The Pic of the Day: All-Weather Leatherneck
A U.S. Marine poses for a portrait during the cold-weather training event Exercise Reindeer II in Setermoen, Norway.
The Pic of the Day: Cold Weather Training
A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter lands to pick up Air Force special warfare airmen during small unit cold weather training Alaska.
The Pic of the Day: Northern Lights
A Marine stands watch in preparation for Reindeer II, a bilateral exercise hosted by the Norwegian military in extreme conditions.
Intruder shot and killed while trying to enter Navy SEAL training compound in Alaska
On Saturday, June 13, an intruder was shot and killed after entering the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Detachment Kodiak’s compound in Alaska. The reports are preliminary and detailed information is murky at best. Jason Vinburg, age 30, was mortally wounded during the incident. He illegally gained access to the compound and attempted to enter a […]
Learn how to prepare for cold weather prior to Spec Ops selection
Because most of our military bases are in the southern United States, one area that can be neglected, especially when preparing for Special Operations training is cold weather training. It is surprising how many young people who enter the military don’t know or understand the basics of cold weather preparation. First some of the basics; […]
US more than doubles Marine deployments to Norway, Russia accuses them of starting an ‘arms race’
Amid heightening tensions between Russia and European nations, the government of Norway has approved plans to more than double the number of U.S. Marines permitted within their borders as a rotational training force. Marines have been conducting cold weather training in Norway since January of last year, and while many have attributed the American presence […]
6 Soldiers caught in avalanche at Army Mountain Warfare School in Vermont
Six U.S. Army soldiers were caught in an avalanche on Wednesday at the Army Mountain Warfare School near Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont. According to a statement released on the Vermont National Guard’s Facebook page, none of the soldiers sustained life threatening injuries. Five of the soldiers have been hospitalized, however, with the sixth able to return […]
