US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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Marches When a basic combat trainee is learning to become a soldier, he no longer walks-he marches. He marches over every type of terrain imaginable, to and from train- ing areas, and to bivouac in his seventh week of training. The objectives of this type of training are to teach the individual soldier the principles of march discipline, march hygiene, preparation and adjustment of packs, and to provide a series of practical exercises in cross- country marches. Various types of foot marches are executed throughout bivouac. This develops a unit which will be capable of marching to its destination and arriving in a Fit condition to carry out its assigned mission. Trainees test their training by experience and learn a final lesson: to cherish a most precious piece of equip- ment, their feet.