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Training Center Petaluma is a Coast Guard training facility in the northern California counties of Sonoma and Marin. Formerly the installation was the United States Army "Two Rock Station" . [ 1 ] Approximately 4,000 military students train there each year. [ 1 ]
Newest training facility is directly adjacent to Landers, California, seen here just before sunset. Twentynine Palms Base is located within the Morongo Basin and the High Desert region of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. [7] MCAGCC Twentynine Palms is approximately 98 miles from the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Barstow, California.
The Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Pickel Meadows in Mono County, California, at 6,800 feet (2,100 m) above sea level in the Toiyabe National Forest, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Bridgeport, California. The training center exists to train units in complex compartmented terrain.
The training emphasizes physical fitness, and recruits must attain a minimum standard of fitness to graduate by passing a Physical Fitness Test. Recruits must also meet minimum combat-oriented swimming qualifications, qualify in rifle marksmanship with the M16A4 service rifle , and pass a 54-hour simulated combat exercise known as "The Crucible".
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The remainder of the base came under California Army National Guard control in 1977 and the current name of Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos (JFTB), was adapted in 2000 to reflect its multiple uses by the California Army National Guard, California Air National Guard, the U.S. Army Reserve, and other federal reserve component units. [8]
The 1,063-acre (4 km 2) site has a firing range, an administration building, barracks, and a 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) length mountain endurance training course. The United States Navy has operated on the 1,300 acres (5 km 2) plus acres since the early 1960s, and is seeking to set aside an additional 4,486 acres (18.15 km 2) of federal Bureau of Land Management property for the facility.
A United States Geological Survey map showing the Fort Irwin National Training Center boundary, drainage basin boundaries, and areas of interest. Fort Irwin has a total area of 2,579.77 km 2 (996.05 sq mi), with only 0.3277 km 2 of this area as water, according to the United States Census Bureau , however the CDP covers an area of 7.1 square ...