Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!srcsip!rutgers!att!cbnews!esco@tank.uchicago.edu From: esco@tank.uchicago.edu (ross paul weiner) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Rocky Troops was Re: U.S. 10th Mountain Division Message-ID: <5400@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Apr 89 02:19:53 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "ross paul weiner" In article <5328@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write: > >More interesting to you, maybe, is the National Guard Mountain >Battalion formed in Vermont (with a Company in New Hampshire). These >troops ARE real mountain troops, and do receive the specialized >training, tactics and equipment akin to the Gebirgstruppen. They also >run a Mountain Warfare School in Vermont, with two 2-week courses, >summer (climbing) and winter (skiing). The U.S. Army also maintains a >mountain school at Fort Greely, Alaska, and there is a Light Infantry There was an interesting article about the Vermont school in a recent issue of Army magazine. Also, I remember hearing that the Marines of all people run a mountaineering school in California. -- Ross P. Weiner Dandy Dirks Discount Disclaimers esco@tank.uchicago.edu "You can't sue me, I'm broke!"