Sandhurst 2012 763
Danny Wild/USMA -- Cadets compete in the 2012 Sandhurst Competition (SANCOM), a two-day military training competition course at Camp Buckner at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. sponsored annually by the West Point Department of Military Instruction. The Sandhurst Military Skills Competition has been held since 1967 and features nine-member squads from around the world, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Germany, Chile, Spain, China and Afghanistan.
Squads this year included 36 from the U.S. Military Academy, two from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK) as well as American teams from the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy. Eight Army ROTC teams also joined a USMAPS squad. Teams are graded by time as they aim to compete various courses over the seven-mile Buckner area, including an obstacle course, a rope bridge, a rappel challenge, first aid and CAS-EVAC, weapon assembly, an IED scenario, a boat challenge and more.
More info on Sandhurst: www.usma.edu/dmi/sandhurst_competition.htm
Photo by Danny Wild for USMA | dannywild.com
Sandhurst 2012 763
Danny Wild/USMA -- Cadets compete in the 2012 Sandhurst Competition (SANCOM), a two-day military training competition course at Camp Buckner at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. sponsored annually by the West Point Department of Military Instruction. The Sandhurst Military Skills Competition has been held since 1967 and features nine-member squads from around the world, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Germany, Chile, Spain, China and Afghanistan.
Squads this year included 36 from the U.S. Military Academy, two from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK) as well as American teams from the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy. Eight Army ROTC teams also joined a USMAPS squad. Teams are graded by time as they aim to compete various courses over the seven-mile Buckner area, including an obstacle course, a rope bridge, a rappel challenge, first aid and CAS-EVAC, weapon assembly, an IED scenario, a boat challenge and more.
More info on Sandhurst: www.usma.edu/dmi/sandhurst_competition.htm
Photo by Danny Wild for USMA | dannywild.com