Marines' Cold Weather Gear Faces Overhaul After Poor Showing in Arctic

VAERNES GARRISON, Norway -- A hump through the snow-covered sub-freezing moonscape of the Arctic is the wrong time to find out your boots won't stay latched into your skis. But that's what happened to many troops from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, as they completed an extended stretch of cold-weather training in Porsangermoen, nearly 1,000 miles north of their headquarters position here at Vaernes.

DVIDS - News - Arctic experience bring Marines back to basics

DVIDS - News - Arctic experience bring Marines back to basics

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