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I pledge...<br /><br />The Class of 2012 take the Oath of Allegiance soon after starting the academy?s the 38 days of basic training. Towering above them is the cadet chapel. <br />(U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) Cadets storm through a smoke grenade as they attempt to secure the Military Operations Urban Terrain village during the 71-day summer training schedule. Approximately 1,200 cadets are going through intensive training this summer to prepare for possible deployment overseas after they graduate.<br /> (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) Jacks1: U.S. Air Force Academy Basic Cadet Evan Rowley crawls under barbed wire at the Jacks Valley assault course near Colorado Springs, Colo., July 21, 2009.<br /><br />(U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) U.S. Air Force Academy Basic Cadet Evan Rowley pushes through the water obstacle at the Jacks Valley assault course near Colorado Springs, Colo., July 21, 2009.<br /><br />(U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) An Air Force Academy cadet trainee attacks the mud pit on the Jacks Valley obstacle course in July 2007, at the start of two weeks at boot camp.<br /> (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Meyer) Low crawl<br /><br />U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadet Jenna Dudley crawls out of a water obstacle on the assault course during basic cadet training in the Jacks Valley training area. <br />(U.S. Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

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Academy basic field training at Jacks Valley<br /><br /><br />Basic Cadet Tara Harris performs a low crawl on the Jacks Valley Assault Course.<br /> (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan)A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet departs a Twin-Otter jump plane from 4500 feet above the academy during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting, an airmanship program where cadets earn their basic jump wings after successfully completing five free-fall jumps. <br />(U.S. Air Force photo/Capt Uriah Orland)U.S. Air Force Academy Basic Cadet Kody O'Connell digs in deep while crossing the low-crawl obstacle on the assault course at the Jacks Valley training area near Colorado Springs, Colo., during the field training portion of basic training. <br /> (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)Cadets storm through a smoke grenade as they attempt to secure the Military Operations Urban Terrain village during the 71-day summer training schedule in Colorado.<br /> (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan)U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadets receive instruction from a cadre member prior to crossing the final obstacle of the assault course at the Jacks Valley training area near Colorado Springs, Colo., during the field training portion of basic training. <br /> (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)Cadet Harrison Marble makes a jump from 4500 feet above the academy during Airmanship 490, Basic Parachuting, an airmanship program where cadets earn their basic jump wings after successfully completing five free-fall jumps.<br /> (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan)