WEBVTT 00:01.950 --> 00:04.110 Not , everything is desert , not 00:04.119 --> 00:06.119 everything is flat . We're going to 00:06.119 --> 00:08.286 have mountains out there . We're going 00:08.286 --> 00:08.119 to have austere environments that we're 00:08.130 --> 00:10.130 going to have to operate in . If we 00:10.130 --> 00:12.019 didn't have that , we wouldn't be 00:12.019 --> 00:14.297 preparing our marines a proper way for . 00:18.059 --> 00:20.226 I'm gunner sergeant , Terrence Bradley 00:20.226 --> 00:22.448 Showers . I am currently the operations 00:22.448 --> 00:24.503 chief for combat logistics battalion 00:24.503 --> 00:26.837 451 based out of Rock Island , Illinois . 00:26.837 --> 00:28.892 This exercise is for all of us to be 00:28.892 --> 00:30.837 able to come together and work and 00:30.837 --> 00:30.600 really dig down to the doctrine of the 00:30.610 --> 00:32.443 Marine Corps and test how we can 00:32.443 --> 00:34.166 actually operate in an austere 00:34.166 --> 00:36.221 environment . Once you get on to the 00:36.221 --> 00:38.054 mountains , everything changes , 00:38.054 --> 00:40.110 whether you're trying to assemble 00:40.119 --> 00:42.063 assaults , whether you're building 00:42.063 --> 00:44.341 defensive positions , counter mobility , 00:44.341 --> 00:46.508 mobility , survivability or just basic 00:46.508 --> 00:48.452 logistical operations , everything 00:48.452 --> 00:50.286 changes . When you get into that 00:50.286 --> 00:52.508 mountain area , these strong small unit 00:52.508 --> 00:54.619 leaders that we have out here , those 00:54.619 --> 00:56.452 NC OS , the NC OS , they are the 00:56.452 --> 00:56.080 backbone of the Marine Corps . But when 00:56.090 --> 00:58.257 they get into this mountainous terrain 00:58.257 --> 01:00.610 and communications are very limited and 01:00.619 --> 01:02.675 you're going to have a lot of issues 01:02.675 --> 01:04.897 with them . We are absolutely dependent 01:04.897 --> 01:06.897 on those corporals and sergeants to 01:06.897 --> 01:08.952 push forward the fight and know what 01:08.952 --> 01:11.286 their task is and what's coming up next . 01:11.286 --> 01:11.000 If we didn't have those N CS out here , 01:11.209 --> 01:13.431 we wouldn't have much at all challenges 01:13.431 --> 01:16.059 that mtx poses no matter what month it 01:16.069 --> 01:18.236 is . It's always cold . For instance , 01:18.236 --> 01:20.125 it's June and we woke up to below 01:20.125 --> 01:22.236 freezing weather this morning as well 01:22.236 --> 01:24.069 as the elevation . Most of these 01:24.069 --> 01:26.236 marines have never been in any kind of 01:26.236 --> 01:26.050 mountainous environment . And right now 01:26.059 --> 01:28.059 they were suddenly tossed into 6000 01:28.059 --> 01:30.389 plus feet . You now have to get used to 01:30.400 --> 01:32.511 going up and down literal mountains , 01:32.511 --> 01:34.678 sometimes cliff faces and learning how 01:34.678 --> 01:36.844 to use ropes extensively to be able to 01:36.844 --> 01:38.622 traverse that kind of terrain . 01:38.622 --> 01:40.678 Afghanistan was mountains . Iraq had 01:40.678 --> 01:42.900 mountains , we could fight in mountains 01:42.900 --> 01:42.319 in the future . We always have to 01:42.330 --> 01:44.441 provide some kind of baseline for the 01:44.441 --> 01:46.608 marines to operate off of in case they 01:46.608 --> 01:46.480 ever get put in this kind of 01:46.489 --> 01:48.779 environment . Corporal John Conroy , 01:49.260 --> 01:51.480 I'm an instructor here at the MWTC 01:51.489 --> 01:53.620 Stables , here at the stables . We 01:53.629 --> 01:56.239 teach marines how to pack mules and we 01:56.250 --> 01:58.472 do that because there's a lot of places 01:58.472 --> 02:00.694 you can't get a vehicle . And there's a 02:00.694 --> 02:02.639 little saying that the mule is the 02:02.639 --> 02:04.417 original four by four vehicle . 02:04.417 --> 02:06.639 Logistics are one of the most important 02:06.639 --> 02:08.639 aspects of the battlefield . If you 02:08.639 --> 02:10.694 can't eat , you can't fight . If you 02:10.694 --> 02:12.861 don't have bullets , you can't fight . 02:12.861 --> 02:14.972 So we just teach marines how to use a 02:14.972 --> 02:16.694 very reliable platform to move 02:16.694 --> 02:18.639 logistics . A good mule will go up 02:18.639 --> 02:20.750 anything out here . You won't have to 02:20.750 --> 02:22.972 push them too hard . They'll follow you 02:22.972 --> 02:25.600 to hell and back the Mount Warfare 02:25.610 --> 02:27.721 Training Center is an excellent place 02:27.721 --> 02:29.888 to come out and really test yourself . 02:29.888 --> 02:31.999 You may be a 300 PFT or you may think 02:31.999 --> 02:31.899 that you're the most fittest marine in 02:31.910 --> 02:34.077 the Marine Corps . But once you get up 02:34.077 --> 02:36.132 into this type of elevation and this 02:36.132 --> 02:38.077 type of environment , it's , we're 02:38.077 --> 02:40.243 gonna give yourself a gut check . No , 02:40.243 --> 02:39.440 I highly encourage any marine if they 02:39.449 --> 02:41.560 have the opportunity to jump on board 02:41.560 --> 02:43.393 and get with a mountain training 02:43.393 --> 02:44.160 exercise to do so .