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Army cadets practice using binoculars before a field training exercise on Camp Buckner at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., July 10, 2013. Cadet teams rehearsed several field exercises, including marksmanship, urban operations, land navigation and interdiction for improvised explosive devices. The exercises trained more than 1,000 cadet candidates from the Class of 2016.

Army cadets practice using binoculars before a field training exercise on Camp Buckner at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., July 10, 2013. Cadet teams rehearsed several field exercises, including marksmanship, urban operations, land navigation and interdiction for improvised explosive devices. The exercises trained more than 1,000 cadet candidates from the Class of 2016.

Army cadets practice using binoculars before a field training exercise on Camp Buckner at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., July 10, 2013. Cadet teams rehearsed several field exercises, including marksmanship, urban operations, land navigation and interdiction for improvised explosive devices. The exercises trained more than 1,000 cadet candidates from the Class of 2016.

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