Where eagles dare is held at the Forrest Hills Climbing Complex. There are three climbing obstacles: the ropes course, the climbing wall and the climbing tower. I climbed the ropes course with Charlie Company thinking that I would climb the course later with my company and with my gear: Not happening. I forget that I’m afraid of heights until I’m up high, and it was definitely a scary experience. I also climbed the rock wall and shot down on the cadets for about two hours.
Cadets arrived in the Louisville Airport and were bussed to Fort Knox.
Upon arrival, they were separated into their platoons and squads and entered the barracks for the first time. There, their bags were thoroughly inspected, and they learned how to properly make their beds and organize their closets. The cadets were also weighed and measured.
The next day during in processing, cadets filled out multiple pieces of paperwork, received approval for any medications they had brought with them, posed for their photo IDs, and performed other administrative type work.
The next day, the cadets visited the warehouse to pick up all of their gear.
Photos are property of the U.S. Army PAO and Kristin Sherrard.
Just wanted to say that I’m sorry for not keeping up. I have been taking tons of photos, I promise! I have just gotten a little overwhelmed since my company has shown up that I haven’t had time to put pictures up on my blog. However, I have been posting to the Leader’s Training Course Web site. I will make an effort this week to post my best pics to my blog so that you guys can see them. Keep checking back! 
A few other interns and I went out to stream crossing to find Company 1 Platoon 3 and cover Cadet Victor McCullough for a cadet profile. McCullough, below, is a champion MMA fighter, as well as a husband and father.
McCullough crosses the stream via the two-rope bridge.
McCullough’s squad members cheer on his squad as they compete against the other squads in a competition to see who can build a one-rope bridge quicker across the stream. Their squad one, but lost against the competition between their STOs and the stream instructors.
Last week, I headed out to the Forest Hills Climbing Complex with a writer to work on a cadet profile. While Joe interviewed our cadet, I took a few shots of the cadets on the obstacle course. The plan was to shoot Cadet McCullough on the rock wall after lunch. But Mother Nature had other plans. It poured right as they were finishing lunch, which made things a little more complicated and slowed everything down. Because of an afternoon budget meeting, we couldn’t stay to shoot, but I did come away with a few shots and a little practice for when my company arrives.
The second half of Sunday was spent out at the Zodiac boats. Here, I got to go out on a John boy to take photos of the cadets paddle and attempt to capsize their boats.
Photos are property of the U.S. Army PAO and Kristin Sherrard.
Even though there are no faces in these photos, I really like them anyway.
Photos are property of the U.S. Army PAO and Kristin Sherrard.
Station 1: 5 mins treading water
Station 2: 15m Combat Equipment Swim
Station 3: Equipment release – cadets must jump into the water backwards and remove their vests before resurfacing
Station 4: 3m Unexpected Entry – cadets step off the high dive while blindfolded
Station 5: Survival float – turning their uniforms into flotation devices
Photos are property of the U.S. Army PAO and Kristin Sherrard.
JROTC cadets arrived Friday night from Jackson, Miss., to participate in exercises at Fort Knox, Ky. The weekend began with a welcoming ceremony conducted by Sgt. Maj. Rucks of Ft. Knox and Col. Willis of JROTC.
A cadet dances during the company’s chants… before being yelled at by cadre.
Sgt. Maj. Rucks addresses the cadets.
Photos are property of the U.S. Army PAO and Kristin Sherrard.
