10th Mountain isn't a real mountain unit anymore. They were in WW2, and those guys were a tough bunch. The current 10th is still a tough bunch, and some are mountain trained, but not near all. There's just one Mountain unit left (by mission, as stated in their MTOE). That's 86th IBCT (Infantry Brigade Combat Team). Most of them are in VT, most of the FA guys are in Mass and 102 Infantry is in CT. I was in 3/172 Infantry, in the Forward Support Company that supports them (we actually belonged to the Brigade Support Battalion, but were 100% attached to the Infantry). Well, funny thing is, the FSC had all the best shooters of the battalion. We were constantly tagged to run the ranges for the Infantry guys. They finally dropped having us run the rifle zero and qualification ranges, when they gave us the SAW and M240 range. Of course, 2 of us were detailed to range duty there, by NAME.
Now, I'll bust any current or military member's 'nads over his affiliation, but that's just in humor. I've got a lot of respect for my brothers and sisters (in arms), and if you've served, you probably get the jist of that.
As I said to my brother-in-law, after getting assigned to Drum as a Bn CSM in 10th, "Who'd you kill?"
