Fort Leonard Wood
Date: 9/4/2007 Album ID: 325463
U.S. soldiers persevering over the summer heat during basic training at Fort Leonard Wood.
8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
The heat was getting to Pvt. Derian Banks, from Columbia, South Carolina, as he tried to stay conscious on the march back to the barracks during basic training Wednesday  morning at Ft. Leonard Wood. Banks, who is with Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion, made it back with out incident.
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
A drill sergeant takes a drink of water while watching members of Bravo Company of ther 210th Infantry practice a live fire exercise during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Pvt. Jonathan Ewing, from Johnstown, Pa., tries to cool down after completing the obstacle course during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. Ewing is a member of Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion.
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
 Soldiers of Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion fill their canteens during a mandatory  water break at basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. Drill sergeants order the soldiers to drink water to keep from dehydrating in the heat.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Pvt. Anthony Campanano, from Whitehall, Pa., takes a mandatory water break during bayonet training in the heat at basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
 Pvt. Dreason Bodkin, 17, from Newton, N. Carolina, pores water on his head to cool off after completing a live fire training exercise during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. Bodkin is with Bravo Company of the 210th Infantry.

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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Soldiers from Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion line up for an electrolyte drink before going through the bayonet obstacle course during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. Drill instructors took more and more precautions as the temperature climbed through the day.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Pvt. Sidney Peterson, from Tomahawk, Wisconsin, wipes the sweat from her eyes after completing the live fire training exercise during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. Peterson is with Bravo Company of the 210th Infantry.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
 A soldier from Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion jumps a ditch during the bayonet obstacle course as part of basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Pvt. Joshua Vlach, left, from Phillips, Wisc, and Pvt. Bret (cq) Woodyard, from Newark, Ohio, try to cool down after completing the bayonet obstacle course in the heat during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. They are from Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion.
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
A soldier from Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion works up a sweat as he crawls under the barb wire in the obstacle course during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Soldiers from Bravo Company of the 210th Infantry march past the temperature gauge that is monitored at all training sites      during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. As the temperature rises, different precautions are taken to keep soldiers from overheating.
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8/8/07  Wednesday  Ft. Leonard Wood
Concerned comrades of Pvt. Derian Banks, second from left, from Columbia, South Carolina, try to cool him off by pouring water on his wrists to keep him from passing out in the heat during basic training Wednesday at Ft. Leonard Wood. These soldiers are from Foxtrot Company of the 35th Engineer Battalion. Banks had become light-headed after completing the obstacle course.
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
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