Texas ARNG at Chilean Mountain School

[Jim]

Texas Guardsmen graduate Chilean Mountain School
Story by: Sgt. Elizabeth Peña
Texas Military Department

https://tmd.texas.gov/texas-guardsmen-g ... ain-school

[fatboy]

I spent time in a mountain course in Italy with a couple of instructors from there. They were assigned to the Italian course for a year to go through all the phases and bring back all the TTP'S they could apply to their country's military. Good group of dudes to work with and around. Rodrigo and Pablo, if you ever stumble across this, your beret's are still worn in the wrong direction.

[Jim]

When I was in Panama 1987 - 89, we had several officers and NCOs attend the Mountain School in Chile. I always thought it was super training and they issued a cool badge for completing training. No, I never had the opportunity to attend.

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[Jim]

Preparing Soldiers for War in the Mountains
Last month, a platoon of about 40 Chilean army infantry froze to death while trying to hike out of an Andean mountain blizzard. It was the heaviest snowstorm in a decade, and some Chileans called it a "snow tsunami." The tragedy carries a reminder for the U.S. Army that ongoing and expanded mountain warfare training, research and development must be a priority despite the fact most of our troops today are fighting in urban and desert terrain.
By Michael S. Woodson
June 9, 2005



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