Elite U.S. Army academy lures kids with mud and duty
By Claudia Parsons Fri Jun 27, 8:38 AM ET
WEST POINT, New York (Reuters) - Climbing ropes and crawling in the
mud under barbed wire, dozens of American high school kids at an
unusual summer camp vied to see who could get most dirty as they
tackled an Army obstacle course.
And as they ran between obstacles in the woods, the kids shouted Army
chants. Asked by a cadet if they were motivated, they shouted back in
unison: "Motivated, motivated, downright motivated. Ooh, aah, ooh,
aah, I want to kill somebody."
Kathleen Engle, 16, from Fairfield, California, said she had looked
into the Peace Corps and other options but decided on the military.
"I was in fifth grade when 9/11 happened and that's when I decided the
best thing I could do for my country was this," she said, playing a
video game called "America's Army."
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