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High in the Sierra Nevada Mountains located halfway between Reno and Yosemite National Park is the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California. Several hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune, 2,800 miles away on the other side of the country, traded the swamps of their North Carolina training base for a month of cold weather mountain training here. Commanders say the Marines are training for new missions, countering threats posed by China, Russia, and North Korea. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

New heights of warfare: Marines train in mountainous, arctic conditions

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW HARNIK/THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Firefighter Mike Kotula lost 12 friends and firefighters in his station and says he could count 100 of the firefighters killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with whom he has had some contact with over the years.

Everyday reminders for New York firefighters

By Mike Harris - The Washington Times