FORT DRUM, JEFFERSON COUNTY (AP) -- It's a first for Fort Drum: the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps training together at the northern New York military post.
Soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors often work together during overseas deployments, but they don't get many opportunities to train that way.
This week, members of all three services have been participating in combat training at Fort Drum, home to the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
The commander of a Marine attack helicopter squadron tells the Watertown Daily Times that the installation's rolling, heavily wooded terrain is similar to what U.S. troops encounter in Afghanistan.
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