Corps of Cadet's Platoon Tactical Challenge: A day with the first Lima Platoon

The Corps of Cadets competed in the platoon tactical challenge Saturday, March 21, 2015. 24 different platoons competed in seven different challenges that took several hours to complete. The Collegiate Times followed the first Lima platoon throughout the day during the challenges. The challenges included a water crossing, casualty evacuation, a Commander's Challenge (involving climbing a 15 foot wall), land navigation, a platoon marching drill, and a written test. Platoons began competing in the early morning with the last ones finishing in the late afternoon. The first Lima platoon placed second overall in the challenge.

Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A group of cadets begins to build a raft designed to carry supplies across a body of water, March 21, 2015. The challenge had the cadets move their rafts across the pool in War Memorial Gym.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets stand on the other side of the pool after swimming across to wait for their equipment rafts to cross the water, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets haul their equipment raft out of the water to begin unpacking it, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Groups of cadets swim across the pool in War Memorial Gym with equipment rafts, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets pull their equipment raft out of the water to begin unpacking it for the completion of the challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Two cadets scale over an obstacle during the casualty evacuation challenge, the second event of the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A cadet climbs over an obstacle to assist his platoon members in the casualty evacuation challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets hang their legs between the boards of an obstacle as they wait for their platoon members to finish organizing, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first of three gurneys is pictured on the other side of the obstacle that the cadets moved it over, March 21, 2015. The cadets had to pass the gurneys without bumping or dropping them on to the ground.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A group of cadets help push their first platoon member over a 15-foot-high wall during the Commander's Challenge, March 21, 2015. The challenge involved getting every cadet over the wall as quick as possible, climbing down a latter on the side, and gathering in a circle until everyone was done.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets help a platoon member over the wall as another cadet climbs down on the other side, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets continue to pull platoon members over the wall as other members climb down to complete their portion of the challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon reacts after the last member, platoon leader William Chung, climbs over the wall, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon runs down Duck Pond Drive after the completion of the Commander's Challenge on their way to the fourth event of the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon runs down Duck Pond Drive after the completion of the Commander's Challenge on their way to the fourth event of the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Two cadets carry a log during the supply retrieval challenge, March 21, 2015. The challenge required the cadets to disassemble an organized structure of supplies and reassemble it down the road.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A cadet carries several bricks away from the first pile of supplies to move them to the designated location where the new supply structure will be assembled, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A cadet rolls a pipe down the road to a new location during the supply retrieval challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets carry a stone trash can down the road during the supply retrieval challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets work together to carry materials during the supply retrieval challenge, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets begin laying the foundational cinder blocks the will support the new structure, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Platoon leader William Chung looks at a picture of what the new structure is supposed to look like in order to help direct his team, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets move old ammunition containers on to the foundation of the new structure, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Cadets lift the wooden spool on to the foundation of the new structure, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
A cadet helps lift a large tire on to the top of the structure to nearly complete the task, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon stands around the structure they built as the officer in charge (standing on the right with the red cap) of the challenge evaluates their work, March 21, 2015. The platoon received a five minute penalty for a few misplaced objects.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon headed by platoon leader William Chung (right) takes off for the next challenge of the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon marches in formation during the platoon drill challenge, the second to last challenge of the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
The first Lima platoon stands in formation, rifles on their shoulders, as they await commands from platoon leader William Chung (right), March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015
Platoon leader William Chung (right) runs with a member of his team to the Signature Engineering Building to turn in the Tactical Challenge scoresheet for the day, March 21, 2015.
Corps Platoon Tactical Challenge 2015