Any crossing that takes less that five minutes means a team is doing well. And going faster means they get to crawl in the water through a dark tunnel sooner. The teams will pass under U.S. Route 9W by negotiating a pipe that runs under the highway. They then run uphill to the wall obstacle at Site 7, a site that again tests their ingenuity and teamwork. They will have to get all nine team members over the wall with all their equipment to successfully negotiate the obstacle.
Teams come up with innovative ways to accomplish that task.
Site 8, in the vicinity of Redoubt 4, is where each member of the team will rappel down the 30-foot cliff using proper technique and a minimum of three bounds. USCC Commandant Brig. Gen. Eric T. Olson will pick the task for the teams. The team that shines will be the one that finishes with all personnel and equipment after scoring the most points at each of the nine sites and in movement. Sandhurst competition held to promote military excellence Story and photos by Sgt.