West Point welcomes more than 1,200 for Class of 2022
By The Associated Press
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More than 1,200 new cadets wait in line outside Eisenhower Hall with their families as they begin their four-year journey at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018. (Michael Lopez/Army)
More than 1,200 new cadets wait in line outside Eisenhower Hall with their families as they begin their four-year journey at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018. (Michael Lopez/Army)
New recruit cadets stand in line to be processed in Thayer Hall on July 2, 2018. (Bryan Ilyankoff/Army)
A new cadet receives his first of many haircuts at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018, during Reception Day. (Michelle Eberhart/Army)
A new cadet receives his first of many haircuts at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018, during Reception Day. (Michelle Eberhart/Army)
A new cadet is fitted for the first of many uniforms he will wear throughout his four-year academic career during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on July 2, 2018. (Eric S. Bartelt/Army)
More than 1,200 new cadets report to their individual companies at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during Reception Day on July 2, 2018. (Eric S. Bartelt/Army)
New recruit cadets recite the Oath of Allegiance in a classroom in Thayer Hall on July 2, 2018, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. The Class of 2022 is composed of 294 women, 30 percent minorities, 16 international students and 10 combat veterans. (Bryan Ilyankoff/Army)
One of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s most time-honored traditions, new cadets are required to report to the senior cadets during Reception Day to demonstrate fundamental military skills under pressure. The more than 1,200 cadets reporting on July 2, 2018, will be tested on physical fitness and learn military fundamentals ahead of six weeks of Cadet Basic Training. (Michelle Eberhart/Army)
Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army, reads Bugle Notes with inductees on July 2, 2018, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during Reception Day. (Michael Lopez/Army)
A U.S. Military Academy at West Point senior teaches new cadets how to salute and march during Reception Day on July 2, 2018. (Michelle Eberhart/Army)
A new cadet reads the Cadet Basic Training book during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point July 2, 2018. During the six weeks of CBT, new cadets will be physically and mentally tested as they learn basic combat and leadership skills ahead of the academic year. (Michael Lopez/Army)
A U.S. Military Academy at West Point senior teaches new cadets how to salute and march during Reception Day on July 2, 2018. (Michelle Eberhart/Army)
A United States Military Academy at West Point senior teaches new cadets how to salute and march during Reception Day on July 2, 2018. (Michael Lopez/Army)
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Military Academy is welcoming a new class of more than 1,200.
Monday is reception day, or R-Day, at West Point. New arrivals are fitted for military clothing, given haircuts and start learning how to march and toe a line.
The reception kicks off six weeks of rigorous Cadet Basic Training, after which they will be formally accepted into the Corps of Cadets. The Acceptance Day Parade for the Class of 2022 is scheduled for Aug. 18.
The incoming class includes 294 women and 400 minorities.
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