Completing Fort McCoy’s Cold-Weather Operations Course is no easy feat, whether you’re a man or a woman. The course includes miles of ruck marching in the cold, building shelters and bivouacking in ...

Minnesota Air National Guard students from the cold weather operations course at Camp Ripley Training Center participated in a cold-water immersion on Friday. The exercise was part of a six-day field ...

In preparation for the February exercise, HHC, 2-14IN sent 25% of its Soldiers to Fort Drum to attend the Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC), led by the Fort Drum Mountain Training Group. The ...

WASHINGTON — As the race to control the Arctic intensifies, more research is focused on how to optimize service member performance in the extreme cold, where lack of sleep and appetite, altitude and ...