More than 1,000 Naval Academy freshmen slopped through mud, clambered over obstacles and beat each other with padded sticks Tuesday in a rite of passage known as Sea Trials, marking the end of their plebe year.
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Members of the Naval Academy’s Class of 2017 reunite with their families after noon meal formation. This is the first opportunity they will have to spend time with their families and friends since they began Plebe Summer six weeks ago on June 27.
In a test of physical and mental strength, plebes challenged themselves during Sea Trials Tuesday in a daunting 14-hour obstacle course that marks the end of their first year at the Naval Academy. The training exercise is modeled after the Crucible by the Marine Corps and the Navy’s Battle Stations recruit program and includes a wide array of activities from shore defense to Spartan relay, paintball, land navigation, hill assault and water tactics, according to the Naval Academy.
Photos taken by Baltimore Sun photographer Kim Hairston.
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