70 Air National Guard airmen gathered at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minn., from Jan. 27 to Feb. 8, 2025, to train and conduct mission-essential tasks in extremely cold temperatures, during the Air National Guard’s Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC). The class was comprised of mostly security forces personnel from 37 wings representing 27 states. Two participants and one instructor from the 3rd Canadian Division’s Lake Superior...
