Some equipment used by students in the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course is set up on display at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area on Jan. 5, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Cold-Weather Operations Course is modeled on the Cold-Weather Leader Course taught by the Army Northern Warfare Training Center at Black Rapids, Alaska. Some of the tasks taught during the course include cold-weather injury identification and treatment, proper ways to wear cold-weather clothing, cold-weather risk management, snowshoeing and skiing, and adverse effects of cold weather on military equipment. Training also inclu
Some equipment used by students in the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course is set up on display at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area on Jan. 5, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Cold-Weather Operations Course is modeled on the Cold-Weather Leader Course taught by the Army Northern Warfare Training Center at Black Rapids, Alaska. Some of the tasks taught during the course include cold-weather injury identification and treatment, proper ways to wear cold-weather clothing, cold-weather risk management, snowshoeing and skiing, and adverse effects of cold weather on military equipment. Training also includes developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, building improvised shelters, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to survive and operate in a cold-weather environment. ( Army
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