Photo Essay: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion during training at Fort McCoy

By Scott SturkolDecember 21, 2017

Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
1 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., takes the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Ernst as part of cold-water immersion t... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
2 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., works to get out of the water after taking the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Er... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
3 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., works to get out of the water after taking the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Er... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
4 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., works to get out of the water after taking the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Er... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
5 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., works to get out of the water after taking the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Er... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
6 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., takes the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe Ernst as part of cold-water immersion t... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy Training: Marine takes plunge for cold-water immersion
7 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., comes back up from under water after taking the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake under the watchful eye of instructor Joe E... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

A Marine associated with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., takes the plunge into a hole cut into an ice-covered Big Sandy Lake for the Cold-Weather Operations Course on Dec. 13, 2017, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The Marine was one of 49 students in the course. In addition to cold-water immersion training, students were trained on a variety of cold-weather subjects, including skiing and snowshoe training as well as how to use ahkio sleds and other gear.

Training also focused on terrain and weather analysis, risk management, cold-weather clothing, developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to survive and operate in a cold-weather environment. The training is coordinated through the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security at Fort McCoy.

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