Readiness

Staff Sgt. Manuel S. Zapien, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center instructor, and an Amarillo, Texas, native, describes snowshoes during a training session at the Allied Training Center here, March 9. Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, was in Norway March 4-24 for Exercise Cold Response 2012. The multinational invitational event focused on rehearsing conventional-warfare operations in winter conditions and exercising interoperability with the NATO allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marcin Platek)