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More than 1,000 cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., participate in their final challenge – a 12-mile ruck march from Camp Buckner to West Point – to complete basic training, Aug. 13, 2012. The Class of 2016 completed its six-week summer training program as onlookers watched them march.

RUCK MARCH

More than 1,000 cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., participate in their final challenge – a 12-mile ruck march from Camp Buckner to West Point – to complete basic training, Aug. 13, 2012. The Class of 2016 completed its six-week summer training program as onlookers watched them march.

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