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30th Jun 2010, 08:36
Prince Harry takes part in West Point training - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times (http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/06/ap_army_west_point_prince_harry_062510/)
Prince Harry takes part in West Point training
By Michael Hill - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jun 26, 2010 10:16:43 EDT
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Prince Harry showed he knows his way around a rifle as he joined cadets in training at the storied military grounds Friday at the start of his three-day visit to New York.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, arrived by helicopter about 1:30 p.m., uniformed in camouflage. He hopped on the back of a Humvee, swapped his light blue beret for a helmet and headed out for live-fire exercises on the artillery range and field exercises in nearby woods.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan in 2008, fired an M4 assault rifle along with a team of West Point cadets involved in a firing range training exercise. He and the cadets shot at pop-up silhouette targets anywhere from 15 to 300 meters away.
Crouched in the gravel and then later lying down, Harry had to hit the “enemy” targets but refrain from shooting at the yellow-banded “friendlies.” Col. Casey Haskins said he did quite well, hitting multiple targets.
“He clearly knows what he’s doing,” Haskins said. “He clearly knows how to shoot. He clearly knows how to move.”
Prince Harry later shadowed a group of cadets through heavy woods in a combat exercise but did not participate.
He was met upon his arrival at West Point by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Franklin L. “Buster” Hagenbeck and others.
Harry attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and is a lieutenant in the British Army. His service in Afghanistan as a battlefield air controller continued until a media leak cut his time short.
He has made no secret of his desire to return to the front lines, and the decision last month by British Army commanders to train him as an Apache attack helicopter pilot could make that more likely.
After West Point, Harry heads to another military-themed event on the flight deck of Manhattan’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, a retired aircraft carrier, where he will promote cooperation between U.S. and British veteran organizations.
Harry will throw out a first pitch at a Mets game against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday and take part in a UNICEF event.
On Sunday, he will walk with wounded veterans participating in a road race through Central Park. He also plans to participate in the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic that day on Governors Island in New York Harbor.
The polo event will benefit American Friends of Sentebale, the U.S. arm of the global charity co-founded by Harry that supports impoverished children of Lesotho in southern Africa. He’s holding a reception for the event Saturday evening in Greenwich, Conn.
Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
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More here:
Prince Harry At West Point: Target Practice, Helicopters, Bonding With Cadets (PHOTOS) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/prince-harry-at-west-poin_n_626262.html)
Prince Harry takes part in West Point training
By Michael Hill - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jun 26, 2010 10:16:43 EDT
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Prince Harry showed he knows his way around a rifle as he joined cadets in training at the storied military grounds Friday at the start of his three-day visit to New York.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, arrived by helicopter about 1:30 p.m., uniformed in camouflage. He hopped on the back of a Humvee, swapped his light blue beret for a helmet and headed out for live-fire exercises on the artillery range and field exercises in nearby woods.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan in 2008, fired an M4 assault rifle along with a team of West Point cadets involved in a firing range training exercise. He and the cadets shot at pop-up silhouette targets anywhere from 15 to 300 meters away.
Crouched in the gravel and then later lying down, Harry had to hit the “enemy” targets but refrain from shooting at the yellow-banded “friendlies.” Col. Casey Haskins said he did quite well, hitting multiple targets.
“He clearly knows what he’s doing,” Haskins said. “He clearly knows how to shoot. He clearly knows how to move.”
Prince Harry later shadowed a group of cadets through heavy woods in a combat exercise but did not participate.
He was met upon his arrival at West Point by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Franklin L. “Buster” Hagenbeck and others.
Harry attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and is a lieutenant in the British Army. His service in Afghanistan as a battlefield air controller continued until a media leak cut his time short.
He has made no secret of his desire to return to the front lines, and the decision last month by British Army commanders to train him as an Apache attack helicopter pilot could make that more likely.
After West Point, Harry heads to another military-themed event on the flight deck of Manhattan’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, a retired aircraft carrier, where he will promote cooperation between U.S. and British veteran organizations.
Harry will throw out a first pitch at a Mets game against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday and take part in a UNICEF event.
On Sunday, he will walk with wounded veterans participating in a road race through Central Park. He also plans to participate in the third annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic that day on Governors Island in New York Harbor.
The polo event will benefit American Friends of Sentebale, the U.S. arm of the global charity co-founded by Harry that supports impoverished children of Lesotho in southern Africa. He’s holding a reception for the event Saturday evening in Greenwich, Conn.
Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
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More here:
Prince Harry At West Point: Target Practice, Helicopters, Bonding With Cadets (PHOTOS) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/prince-harry-at-west-poin_n_626262.html)