Friday, February 8, 2013

400 Bare-Chested U.S. And South Korean Marines Train In The Middle Of Winter

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Who says it's cold? The soldiers from the south-east Asian country and their fellow marines from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, dive in the snow as if they were on a beach

Sub-Zero Soldiers: Bare-Chested U.S. Marines Pushed To The Limit On Brutal Training Exercise At South Korean Ski Resort -- Daily Mail

Around 400 marines from the United States and South Korea braved bitterly cold weather for a joint training exercise to test their limits in extreme conditions.

Soldiers from the south-east Asian country joined forces with their counterparts from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, at a ski resort in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul.

They walked through icy water, did push-ups and threw snow on their bodies as they learned how to adapt to hostile climates.

The exercises, which run from February 4 to February 22, also involve firearms training, military skiing, ice diving and alpine climbing as well as night infiltration and reconnaissance missions.

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My Comment: I live in Quebec, Canada .... and right now it is -18C outside .... factor in the windshield it is about -25C. I am not going outside bare-chested to prove to myself that I can handle it (I can). Still .... I envy these guys .... you can tell on their faces that these Marines are having a blast and an experience that they will remember for a very very long time.

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