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Includes FULL COLOR maps and illustrations. Presents a significant
look at the cold weather and mountain training facility of the U.S.
Marine Corps in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
Includes FULL COLOR maps and illustrations. Presents a significant
look at the cold weather and mountain training facility of the U.S.
Marine Corps in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
The following account represents a significant look at a half
century of U.S. Marine Corps effort in the Sierra Nevada mountain
range of California. This has been and is still the location of the
Corps cold weather and mountain training facility. Over time the
needs and demands for Marines and units prepared to operate under
these conditions waxed and waned with the real world requirements
of deployed forces. This was reflected in the realities of
conflicts in the Korean Peninsula, the Cold War's northern and
southern flanks, and in the current Global War in Terrorism fight
in Afghanistan and elsewhere. While the future is often uncertain,
this firm look at the past is useful to show how previous
challenges have prompted creative and innovative responses. This is
as much a story of evolution as an institution. The primary author,
Major General Orlo K. "O.K." Steele took on this project based on
personal experience as a mountain leader instructor, and unit
commander. His purpose was to document the 1951 through 2001 story
to demonstrate the continued relevance of mountain and cold weather
training at Bridgeport and Pickel Meadow. A native of Oakland,
California, General Steele's Marine Corps' active career spanned
the years 1955 through 1990. As an infantry officer he served with
distinction at every level from platoon, battalion, regiment,
amphibious unit, amphibious brigade, division through expeditionary
force. Other tours of duty included Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San
Diego; the Mountain Warfare Training Center; Marine Detachment, USS
America (CVA 66); NROTC officer instructor Dartmouth College;
Marine Barracks Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Marine Barracks, Washington,
D.C.; and Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. He is a graduate of
Stanford University, Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Marine
Corps Command and Staff College, and the National War College.
Since retirement he has been active on advisory boards, mentoring,
and with this project which he conceived, resourced, and executed.
The coauthor Lieutenant Colonel Michael I. "Mike" Moffett took part
in this effort as a member of the History Division's Field History
Branch. He assisted in the review and revision of the entire
manuscript and authored the sidebars and final chapter. A New
Hampshire native, he served as a regular and reserve infantry
officer at the platoon, company, and battalion level. His service
also included his attendance at the mountain leader winter course
at the Mountain Warfare Training Center. Lieutenant Colonel
Moffett's other significant duties have been with the Marine
Enlisted Commissioning Program Preparatory Course, as well as
serving a field historian tour in Afghanistan. He is a graduate of
the University of New Hampshire and Plymouth State University. Mr.
Ken Williams's editing and design branch prepared the manuscript
for publication with editing by Ms. Wanda Renfrow and layout by Mr.
W. Stephen Hill.
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