AFGHANISTAN: Marines and corpsmen get cold-weather training

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There is no official word yet that more Marines are going to Afghanistan but here’s some circumstantial evidence: More Marines and sailors are undergoing training at the Marine’s cold-weather facility at Bridgeport, Calif.

Among the courses is a 12-day outdoor seminar on cold-weather medicine, how to treat troops wounded or injured in snowy, mountainous terrain when the nearest hospital is miles away.

‘Now I have a better appreciation of what our current warfighters are going through in Afghanistan,’ said Navy Cmdr. Joe Kochen, a medical officer.

Tony Perry, San Diego

Photo: Navy corpsman at the Bridgeport mountain training facility. Credit: Marine Corps