War Docs: Survival Training in the Sierra

'Losing is dying'

In the bitter cold, Navy corpsmen find mix of pride, exhaustion

For a moment, the team of military medics was defeated. Humbled. Stopped. Straining to climb a steep, snow-covered hill at 8,500 feet, their lungs and legs burned with exhaustion. A cold wind strafed the remote stretch of eastern Sierra Nevada. More of this story...

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