{"id":22944,"date":"2017-12-29T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/29\/thousands-of-marines-will-get-new-skis-for-cold-weather-ops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:45:25","slug":"thousands-of-marines-will-get-new-skis-for-cold-weather-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/12\/29\/thousands-of-marines-will-get-new-skis-for-cold-weather-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Marines will get new skis for cold-weather ops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps is spending $7 million on new skis for Marines to train in cold weather, a Marine Corps official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes after Marines found that some of their current skis were breaking, said Barbara Hamby, a spokeswoman for Marine Corps Systems Command.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps plans to buy a total of 2,648 sets of new skis, boots and bindings for scout snipers, reconnaissance Marines and some infantry Marines, Hamby told Marine Corps Times on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first 1,400 sets of skis and gear will be purchased in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 and fielding is planned for the second quarter of fiscal 2019, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines with the Corps\u2019 rotational force in Norway will be the first to get the new gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI talked to the Norwegian colonel. I told him, no Marine is going to leave here unless they know how to ski,\u201d Commandant Gen. Robert Neller told Marines in Norway during a recent visit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/dodbuzz\/2017\/12\/26\/marine-corps-invests-millions-new-skis-cold-weather-training.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Military.com reported<\/a>. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines will receive the NATO ski system, which boasts of flexible bindings and a \u201cski march\u201d boot, Lt. Col. Chris Madeline, program manager for infantry combat equipment at Marine Corps Systems Command, told Military.com.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With an increased focus on possible near-peer conflicts that could include Russia or North Korea, the Marines\u2019 arctic preparedness has come into question. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/01\/18\/marines-in-norway-will-learn-to-ski-fight-and-survive-in-arctic-cold\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/marines-in-norway-for-exercise-cold-response-16.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marines in Norway will learn to ski, fight and survive in arctic cold<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 300 Marines are learning how to shoot and move in Norway&#039;s mountains.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"js-paste-start-21514496001564\">Marine Corps Times first reported in April that Marines training in Norway and the Marine Corps Mountain Training Center in California found their standard-issue backpack frames were cracking and breaking.<span class=\"js-paste-end-21514496001564\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delivery of 16,000 reinforced backpack frames from a company in Puerto Rico was delayed one month by Hurricane Maria, but all the frames should be fielded by early 2018.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/04\/20\/marine-corps-packs-are-failing-in-the-arctic\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/norway-marine-pack.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine Corps packs are failing in the Arctic<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Marines training in the Arctic region of Norway last year reported that many of the Corps\u2019 standard-issue FILBE pack frames were cracking and breaking because of the intense cold and harsh winter environment. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Senior reporter Jeff Schogol contributed to this story. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marines in Norway will get them first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":49828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[101,12,25,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3308],"class_list":["post-22944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"5AYYD4VL4RHYDHQ7WI2KHABUJQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/12\/29\/thousands-of-marines-will-get-new-skis-for-cold-weather-ops\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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