the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is not a Mountain Infantry Division, and it only wears the "Mountain" tab for legacy purposes, just like how the 82nd Airborne Division will soon loose its Airborne status in a few years, but keep the tab. The only Mountain Infantry units in the Army today are the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) and the Mountain Warfare Training School of the Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island Army National Guards.
For the Army it's still at Fort Ethan Allen. The Marines have a Mountain Warfare Training Center on the East Side of the Sierras in California at about 9,000 ft and it goes up to 12,000 ft for training. The Us 10th is a Mountain Division in Name only they are really just ski troops. There are no plans for the Army to move their training center at this time but the should move it to Ft Carson in Colorado near where the WWII Base for the 10th was based at Camp Hale.
Unfortunately, the US Army's "mountaineering" is now done at Fort Drun, NY --- a towering, forbidding 20 feet above sea-level --- and without any mountain warfare weapons or equipment.
Congress sent the "Mountain" Division based at Fort Drum to Afghanistan, fully expecting them to ACTUALLY DO MOUNTAIN WARFARE --- they are, after all, called a "Mountain" Division.
They got PWNED by the harsh conditions of Afghan mountains.
How hard is it to base US "Mountain" troops near ACTUAL MOUNTAINS?
They didn't get PWNED. They got relieved. They did their jobs and they came home. However, I agree that the 10th mountain division should return to it's roots and focus on real mountain warfare.
the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is not a Mountain Infantry Division, and it only wears the "Mountain" tab for legacy purposes, just like how the 82nd Airborne Division will soon loose its Airborne status in a few years, but keep the tab. The only Mountain Infantry units in the Army today are the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) and the Mountain Warfare Training School of the Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island Army National Guards.
geneseo12 7 months ago
Nice ive been on those climbing lanes Alpha co 172 mtn Infantry
ironicvermont1 1 year ago
What's the song, if anyone knows?
NottheFacePlease 1 year ago
@NottheFacePlease I don't know what the music it, but I definitely need to find it to pump up my mountain soldiers.
jesdunk 1 year ago
I did mountain warfare school with the CAARNG in 1992 and we went to Vermont at the Eathan Allen mountain range...when did they move it?
Dave
Dave04M3 2 years ago
They didn't. The only Mountain Warfare School is still at Ethan Allen Range. It's the ONLY place to earn a Mountain Tab or a Ram's Head.
"Ascend To Victory"
3/172 MTN.
jeepcreep927 2 years ago
For the Army it's still at Fort Ethan Allen. The Marines have a Mountain Warfare Training Center on the East Side of the Sierras in California at about 9,000 ft and it goes up to 12,000 ft for training. The Us 10th is a Mountain Division in Name only they are really just ski troops. There are no plans for the Army to move their training center at this time but the should move it to Ft Carson in Colorado near where the WWII Base for the 10th was based at Camp Hale.
redgriffin728 2 years ago
Unfortunately, the US Army's "mountaineering" is now done at Fort Drun, NY --- a towering, forbidding 20 feet above sea-level --- and without any mountain warfare weapons or equipment.
Congress sent the "Mountain" Division based at Fort Drum to Afghanistan, fully expecting them to ACTUALLY DO MOUNTAIN WARFARE --- they are, after all, called a "Mountain" Division.
They got PWNED by the harsh conditions of Afghan mountains.
How hard is it to base US "Mountain" troops near ACTUAL MOUNTAINS?
BlacktailFA 3 years ago
They didn't get PWNED. They got relieved. They did their jobs and they came home. However, I agree that the 10th mountain division should return to it's roots and focus on real mountain warfare.
m60jack 2 years ago