FORT KNOX, Ky. –  Cadet participating in Field Training Exercises are expected to live, breath and eat in the outdoors. Their lives revolve around preparing for their missions, but when a mission consists of only minutes of heart-racing, blood boiling action the Cadets spend the majority of their time at temporary camps, ‘enjoying’ downtime. 5th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets were 15 days into their FTX. Their first day of the Cadet led FTX experience. Prior to July 11 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, they had their ‘hands held’ as they learned the ropes and received specific orders from Cadre, freshly commissioned lieutenants […]