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An officer candidate negotiates an obstacle course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Dec. 8, 2012. The course, known as the Montford Point Challenge, was designed in 2011 to give candidates a sense of the hardships the first African-Americans allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps faced.

MONTFORD POINT CHALLENGE

An officer candidate negotiates an obstacle course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Dec. 8, 2012. The course, known as the Montford Point Challenge, was designed in 2011 to give candidates a sense of the hardships the first African-Americans allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps faced.

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