Sgt. 1st Class Esteban De Leon(left) helps Cadet Paige Updike adjust her beret before she performs Color Guard duties for a Veteran's Day ceremony Nov. 9 in Bowling Green.
Cadets walk back to the firing line after checking their grouping accuracy during the semester FTX April 13 in Fort Knox.
Cadet Zach Sizemore plunges into the pool in his combat uniform with gear as a part of the Combat Water Survival Test in the Bill Powell Natatorium Sept. 7 in Bowling Green.
Blackhawk helicopters transport WKU ROTC Cadets from Bowling Green to Training Area 14 inside Fort Knox for the semester FTX April 13 in the air above Kentucky.
Captain Darrell Sheppeard lifts his son above the end zone while watching WKU football in Houchens Stadium Oct. 14 in Bowling Green. Sheppeard was assigned to WKU as a professor of military science.
Cadet Tyler Jackson checks navigation point against the marker during WKU's FTX night land navigation test in Training Area 14 April 21 in Fort Knox.
WKU Cadets train to bound forward in fire teams at FTX in AO Wolverine Sept. 23 in Fort Knox. "I 'm up. He sees me. I'm down," is the mantra chanted bounding until it becomes muscle memory.
Cadet Trae Cardwell prepares to mount the night land navigation course at 1915, with the sun just down past the trees in training area 14 Sept. 16 in Fort Knox.
Cadet Anthony Griffin performs Color Guard duties before WKU takes on Old Dominion at Houchens Stadium Oct. 20 in Bowling Green.
The view through the targeting reticule with Army Mil-Dot sighting used in 3rd Regiment, Advanced Camp's "Call for Fire" exercise at the Virtual Training Center June 23 in Fort Knox. A "mil" is a variation of a unit of angle called a millradian. The distance between two mils is approximately 36 inches, or 1 yard at 1000 yards. By Joseph Barkoff.
WKU cadets of Whiskey Company run the 2-mile APFT inside Diddle Arena Jan. 30 in Bowling Green.
WKU Cadet Tyler Hardy bounds forward while practicing movement with her fire team during FTX at AO Wolverine Sept. 23 in Fort Knox.
WKU Cadets Allison Wombles and Eric Tollefson plot their next navigation point during FTX's advanced land navigation at Training Area 14 April 22 in Fort Knox.
The sun rises as the moon sets in the early morning sky above training area 14 Sept. 17 in Fort Knox. Cadets are eating their breakfast of powdered eggs, potatoes, french toast and oatmeal in the bleachers, fueling up for the day.