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Journey Through the Snow (Part 2)

By Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi // April 27th, 2012

Editors note: This is the second in a three-part series written from the perspective of a combat correspondent new to cold weather and high altitude training.

Our first few days were spent acclimating to the elevation. I had a really bad headache the entire first day. I talked to a hospital corpsman, also known as “doc,” about it. Apparently my brain was expanding because of the decrease in air pressure.

To continue reading about the Mountain Warfare Training Center:

http://marines.dodlive.mil/2012/04/27/journey-through-the-snow-part-2/