Army Spc. Isaac Merriam belays another soldier at Smuggler's Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., March 5, 2016. Merriam is an infantry team leader assigned to the Vermont National Guard’s Company A, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Mountain. Soldiers performed basic and advanced mountain warfare skills including ice climbing, mountain movement techniques, and nighttime navigation as part of their winter mountaineering training. Vermont Army National Guard photo by Spc. Avery Cunningham