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Video: A Frosty First

Jan. 31, 2019
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Marine Corps Sgt. Tara-Lyn Baker, from Benton, Pennsylvania, is put to the test as she becomes the first female Marine to graduate from the Winter Mountain Leader Course at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California.

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Baker skis across a mountain.
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Baker skis across a mountain.
Baker does an interview.
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Video by Marine Corps Cpl. Shannon Doherty.

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center womens history

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