Cold weather training camp

[usmc5054]

Didn't notice the problem with the boots as you did. They were hard to get used to after using field boots all the time. Any answers to my two questions?? I've heard about a marine being knighted by the Oueen. Jonesy is 75 and I'll be 77 in Jan.

[greensideout]

Any one out there that was involved in the building of Cold Weather Camp at Pickel Meaows?? I was involved in the start of the camp. (1951)

Didn't help build it but I got to enjoy the resort in '64. Snowshoeing, skiing, sleeping in a snow hole and freezeing my gonads off!---lol.
I remember coming off the mountain to return to Pickel Meadows. They had a steak dinner with strawberry shortcake for us. I could only eat about two bites as may stomach had shrunk to the size of a walnut.

I had never been that cold before! We didn't have the cold weather gear then that they have now. We used the stand issue leather boots and field jacket with liner???

[jebollenbach]

I was stationed there from 94 - 99

[Desert Rat]

I was there in early '55 and like every other camp attendee enjoyed sleeping in the snow cave. Yeah right.... I took about 18 pr. of socks along and changed every chance I could to avoid the frost bite. By the time I joined they had called a CSMO in Korea so after Picle Meadows they decided that Libya might need straightening out so they sent me to another lovely camp, 29 Palms. Went from 35 below to 115 above in about a weeks time.

The sad part of this tale is due to being in Balboa Naval Hospital for 5 1/2 months during boot camp I had my original orders changed resulting in my trip to Pickle Meadows. I was supposed to go to Hawaii for aviation electronics. Oh well, why would anyone want to give up frozen mountains and burning sands of the desert just to go to Hawaii??

Semper Fi!
Wally

[brn2bwldbt]

WOW cold weather training.I did mine at fort drum , ny during the blizzard of 1977.The only thing i remember about it was i got a meritorious mast out of it and got the true meaning of cold. Pardon my spelling but im sure u get what i mean.

[gyrene59-63]

Went to CW training FEB 60?
Bought W/Lightn`>>cut it and sold it $5/canteen.
Lost my stripe/cut up a lumberjack in a bar brawl-w/my belt.
Made the final march 30 miles..2 days up/1day down.
Carried a baseplate (81 mm Mortarman) as punishment.
Glad to get outta there alive!
L/Cpl John Svendsen H&S Co. 2Bn.6Mar. 59-61 Iwas Ammo CPL and known as
"Cpl Sweeney" Cause nobody could say my name!
We were active-Served on 5 different ships/did carib cruise and Solant Amity
Vertical Envelopment on LPH 4 USS Boxer even found time to invade Santo
Domingo (1960)!
ANYBODY??

[mensajanitor]

i was at pickle medows in dec. '58. i got lucky, i had mess duty while i was there. we also tested "mickey mouse" boots. colder than a well diggers lunch box. that's when i learned i didn't want to ski.

[SgtHopperUSMC]

Did mine at Ft McCoy Wisconsin. That was very cold. It was colder than Norway. Operation Black Gap. 1989

[jebollenbach]

I was stationed there as an instructor from 94 - 99