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What New Army Cadets Go Through During The First Six Weeks At West Point | Boot Camp
What New Army Cadets Go Through During The First Six Weeks At West Point | Boot Camp
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Lane three on rappel!
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Narrator: This is one of the most intense exercises
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at West Point's basic training.
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New cadets must rappel down a 25-foot cliff face.
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Narrator: Then a 75-foot wall.
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Narrator: The United States Military Academy
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in West Point, New York,
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is the No. 1 military academy in the US,
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where 120,000 of the nation's top students
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and soldiers apply each year.
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Only 10% get in,
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and new cadet Jabril Williams is one of them.
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I'm excited. I'm going to attack it with
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as much enthusiasm and intensity as I can.
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Narrator: But before the start of school,
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Williams and his fellow cadets
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must complete the six-week basic training program,
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the beginning of the 47-month journey
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that creates the next generation of leaders for the US Army.
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Cadet basic training, or CBT,
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begins immediately after R-day.
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R-day, or reception day,
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is the day when students first report to West Point
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and get assigned to the company they'll train in.
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Cadet cadre: Attention!
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Narrator: The class is divided into nine companies,
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each competing to earn the most points
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and be awarded the title of best company
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at the end of basic training.
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Congratulations, new cadet,
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you are now a part of Alpha Company,
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the best company in cadet basic training regiment.
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Narrator: During CBT,
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upperclassmen serve as the leaders, or cadre.
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The most important thing we do at West Point
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is teach leadership, followership,
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and instill the warrior ethos.
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'Cause when they graduate here,
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they're going to go lead America's sons and daughters.
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Narrator: After R-day,
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cadets begin their training by learning the basics
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to gain the confidence they need
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before moving on to more advanced skills.
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The first thing they do is they go and they learn
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how to qualify on a M4 carbine.
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So they go out and do marksmanship training.
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Patrick McManamon: Every soldier in basic training
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is qualified on a rifle. Most of them have never
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picked up a weapon in their life.
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McManamon: So, there's 40 rounds.
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There's different targets set at different distances
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out in each lane on the range,
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and they'll pop up in different combinations.
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So, they shoot from five different positions,
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and we do a lot of practice leading up to it,
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but this is when they all put it together
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and put it to the test.
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Narrator: To become qualified in basic rifle marksmanship,
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cadets must score a minimum of 23
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out of 40 possible points.
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Each dummy contains a sensor that, when hit,
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sends a signal up to the control tower,
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adding a point to the cadet's score.
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Instructor: Lane? Cadet: 11.
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Instructor: 31.
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McManamon: So if they don't pass,
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they're going to stay until they do.
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So every company before us
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has had everybody qual that is able to qual
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before they leave for the day.
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Tricia Chen: I actually went on lane one,
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which isn't a great range
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'cause a couple of the targets are actually
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sitting in the shadows,
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but I still managed to qualify with a 27,
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28 my highest.
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Instructor: Cease fire, cease fire.
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[air horn blares]
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Narrator: Today, cadets are taking
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their land-navigation test.
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This is a lot. But that's OK.
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Narrator: They have three hours
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to find a minimum of three out of five hidden points.
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John Jackson: We are given a map with different points.
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You will find what's called an attack point.
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Attack points are a point on the map that you know,
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hey, I am here.
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From there, you'll take out your compass.
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And you'll shoot a azimuth.
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And from 180 degrees, I know my point is 180 meters.
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So I'll walk out 180 meters and then, boom, find my point.
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Narrator: Each cadet receives unique coordinates
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and sets out to complete the test alone.
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Narrator: Each attack point
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is represented by an orange flag.
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When cadets find it, they must mark their scorecard
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using the attached hole puncher.
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If cadets are unable to find enough points
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in the allotted time, they fail the test
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and must return later to attempt the course again.
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Narrator: In addition to winning points for their company,
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ambitious new cadets aim to beat records set
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by past West Point students.
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After only an hour and 31 minutes,
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a cadet has returned with all five points found correctly.
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Narrator: Only nine minutes away
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from breaking the school record --
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a big win for the ongoing best-company competition.
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Having spent a couple weeks learning basic military skills,
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new cadets are now ready to learn advanced skills
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that will test their confidence.
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I am an American soldier.
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I am a warrior [coughing]
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and a member of a team.
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Narrator: Around the halfway mark of CBT,
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new cadets get to experience the gas chamber,
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also known as the "House of Tears."
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Ashton Dull: Right now, we are at the House of Tears.
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Everyone here is nervous, whether they admit it or not,
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to go in that gas chamber.
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And I think that part of this whole experience
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throughout these six weeks is overcoming your fears
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and your anxiety for things that are dangerous.
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Narrator: The House of Tears is designed
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to instill confidence in the new cadets,
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but also to teach them how to properly wear MOPP gear.
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Dull: So, you don it. You put the mask
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over the back of your head.
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You breathe the bad air out. You suck good air in.
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It suctions to your face.
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Narrator: With masks secure,
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the first platoon enters the chamber.
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Instructor: Go, go, go! Go!
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Instructor: Get in there, let's go!
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Dull: When they open the door, we file in,
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about 20 of us at a time. You stand along the walls.
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A little bit of an intense environment,
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a little bit sketchy and scary.
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You do some jumping jacks.
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You check the mask,
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like, you lift the mask up for about 10 seconds,
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and then you put it back down and seal it.
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Instructor: Breathe out.
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Dull: And then after that, of course, you take it off
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and do the Soldier's Creed.
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The Soldier's Creed.
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I am an American soldier.
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I'm a warrior and a member of a team.
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It's spicy. You feel the spice on your skin.
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You feel it on your hands, your neck, your face.
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You get about three or four words in,
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and you just start choking and coughing.
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Narrator: The CS gas used during training
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is composed of tiny particles that float through the air
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and land on human skin, irritating areas of moisture,
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more specifically mucus membranes in the eyes,
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nose, mouth, and lungs.
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[cadets cough]
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[crowd cheers]
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Dull: After a few seconds, it kind of goes away
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and it becomes a lot better
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and you kind of can laugh about it.
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Chen: This week, we've been working on
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individual movement techniques
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as well as medical lanes.
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Narrator: During the medical-lane training event,
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cadets ruck through a forest
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and are then ambushed by enemy forces
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played by noncommissioned officers.
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[missile whistles]
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Chen: Get on line! Get on line!
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One squad will be performing security
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on the frontal side,
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and the Bravo team squad will be rendering aid.
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And half of them will be pulling rear securities.
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My role was a team leader in Alpha team.
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I'm the first person who is reacting to the contact.
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Left side down!
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Narrator: Shortly after the squad is ambushed,
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a casualty has been announced that requires medical aid.
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Narrator: While cadets applied the tourniquet
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to the dummy casualty, one cadet was hit by enemy fire.
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[missile whistles] [missile explodes]
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Cadet: It's OK! It's OK!
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Cadet: Is there any blood squirting from the injury?
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Narrator: Once casualties are relocated to a safe location,
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cadets radio in for helicopter rescue.
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Dustoff, this is Pitbull.
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I have a medivac request, over.
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Line one, whiskey lima 8 5 7 9 8 6 2 4.
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Narrator: Instructors simulate helicopter sounds
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and play the role of a medivac crew.
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Definitely nerve-wracking.
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It's pretty exciting, honestly,
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but I was just like, oh, shoot.
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Like, yeah, we're about to begin.
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It was pretty fun, sir.
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Narrator: As cadets continue to gain confidence
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in their skills, they're brought
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to the mountaineering and rappelling course ...
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Lane three on rappel!
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Narrator: Where they learn to safely make their way down
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natural cliff faces in the New York mountains.
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Today we learned how to set up our belts,
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how to cinch them,
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how to use our break hand and get our feet set.
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Overcome some fear.
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Williams: The exercise is the rappel,
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but the challenge is getting over your fear
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and inching down the cliff one inch at a time.
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Lane one on rappel! Lane one on rappel!
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Narrator: New cadet Williams started
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on the 25-foot wall ...
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Instructor: Lean back.
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Narrator: And quickly lost his footing.
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I definitely had some fear after that slip,
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but I gained my ground.
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Narrator: After conquering the 25-foot wall,
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Williams was ready for the 75-foot wall.
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If I mess up like the first time,
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this drop is a little bit deeper.
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Lane three on rappel!
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This time I had a wider base.
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I noticed that was what kind of messed me up
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on the 25-foot one.
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Narrator: Once cadets make it down the 75-foot wall,
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they move to the mountaineering course
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and use their hands and feet to climb up the cliff face.
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Williams: That's the thing, I didn't look down.
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I didn't look down until I was halfway through.
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The only thing that was going through my head really was,
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man, all these people are watching,
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it'd be a shame if I fell. So.
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Narrator: Once cadets reach the top
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of the mountaineering lane,
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they're instructed to let go
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and walk backwards down the cliff ...
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Narrator: Trusting that their battle buddy
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and their equipment will keep them safe.
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This gives us knowledge on being a well-rounded soldier.
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You're not always going to have to
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go to a mission or have a mission
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where you're going to need to rappel,
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but it's just good background knowledge to have.
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Narrator: As the end of summer nears,
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new cadets are ready to put their skills to the test
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in an event called The Crucible.
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So, The Crucible here is
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the penultimate team-building event.
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Narrator: This is the last chance
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for each company to earn points
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and come out on top as the best company.
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[air horn blares]
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Jackson: All of your warrior skills, your individual tasks,
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they're all kind of put to the test.
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Narrator: Platoons have two hours
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to map out eight different stations
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given as coordinates, correctly locate them,
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and then complete the tasks
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to get as many points as possible.
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Jackson: When you get to the point,
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you have to execute some type of physical movement.
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Cadet: Help! Help!
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Narrator: The first event is a race
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where cadets must securely strap a cadre to a skid
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and race around a set of cones.
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Following the skid race,
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one volunteer has to correctly put on
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an entire set of MOPP gear.
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Ready set.
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Cadet: Come one, come on, come on.
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[cadets cheer]
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Cadet: You got it, Ainsworth.
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Do your wrists.
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A minute left.
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Keep your head up. Keep your head up. Keep your head up.
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[cadets applaud]
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Narrator: Next, the platoons must find a new location,
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where they must move a partner on their back 50 yards
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using either a fireman's carry or a piggyback.
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We also practice the employment of hand grenades.
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Obviously not actual hand grenades,
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but with the hollow shells,
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and making sure we can employ those properly,
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which for us is landing within 5 meters
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of targets at 30 meters' distance,
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which is the proper range for the employment
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of a hand grenade.
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I think we did really good overall.
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We came in at the very last minute,
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which means we were pushing all the way to the very end.
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Narrator: Six weeks after arriving
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at West Point as civilians,
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1,194 new cadets were able to ring the bell,
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a West Point tradition
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that signifies that cadet basic training is over.
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On the last day of CBT,
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cadets complete a 12-mile ruck back to West Point's campus
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in an event known as March Back.
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Alpha company won the best-company competition
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and led the class back to campus.
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New cadets are welcomed by the community
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and parents to celebrate this milestone.
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Jackson: I'm proud of myself.
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We were continually given challenges,
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and we overcame them.
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Chen: I feel relieved
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and also empowered to move on to the academic year.
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I've learned a lot here.
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Narrator: With cadet basic training completed,
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these incoming freshmen,
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or plebes, as they're now called,
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are ready for the next big challenge,
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the academic year.
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You persevere and get that resilience,
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'cause it's not about how hard you could throw a punch
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or how hard you could take one,
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it's about how often you get back up.
