UPDATE FOR VISITORS All guests planning to access the academy grounds should be prepared to show proof of vaccination or negative test within 72-hours of their visit (www.covid.gov). Your first stop is to the Visitors Center located at 2107 New South Post Road, West Point, NY 10996, to obtain information for parking and shuttle locations along with the designated spectator sites for the 2-day competition. If you are unable to visit, go to West Point’s YouTube Channel for Sandhurst highlights and follow us on social media for coverage throughout the event. Breadcrumb sandhurst SANDHURST 2022 UPDATES Sandhurst 2022 Final Results Place Team Total Points 1 USAFA 1755 2 USMA Gold 1702 3 USMA Black 1665 4 University of North Georgia 1625 5 Brigham Young University 1561 6 Greece 1554 7 Team C3 1499 8 USNA 1335 9 Texas A&M 1333 10 Saint John's University 1327 11 Team F1 1326 12 Germany 1310 13 Team B4 1300 14 Team E1 1295 15 UK (Blue) 1258 16 Team D1 1240 17 UK (Red) 1237 18 Team A4 1224 19 Poland 1214 20 Team D2 1192 21 Canada (Red) 1189 22 Brazil 1171 23 Auburn University 1168 24 Australia 1117 25 Denmark 1112 26 San Diego State University 1022 27 Mexico 1003 28 Central State University 990 29 University of Central Florida 947 30 Chile 904 31 Missouri S&T 899 32 Michigan State University 861 33 Italy 836 34 South Korea 806 35 Team G3 796 36 Penn State University 794 37 University of Hawaii 788 38 James Madison University 779 Place Team Total Points 39 Campbell University 753 40 Siena College 739 41 USCGA 711 42 Canada (White) 686 43 Team A1 650 44 USMMA 602 45 Georgia 576 46 University of Colorado (CS) 539 47 Team E4 468 48 USMAPS 192 LIVE EVENTS: DAY 1 - APRIL 29, 2022 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/xdMZOuv1TwQ Sandhurst 2022: The Burden Watch Live April 29 at 8:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/embed/nXtEvZykqPU Sandhurst 2022: Zodiac Watch Live April 29 at 10:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/embed/GMGaEy0h8pk Sandhurst 2022: Grenade Assault Course Watch Live April 29 at 2:00 PM https://www.youtube.com/embed/qHsTnVfnGUU Sandhurst 2022: TCCC Watch Live April 29 at 4:00 PM https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJgniTxgWKw Sandhurst 2022: Ruck Out Watch Live April 29 at 7:00 PM LIVE EVENTS: DAY 2 - APRIL 30, 2022 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/QfP7iMszdP0 Sandhurst 2022: Marne Obstacle Course Watch Live April 30 at 10:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/embed/wDuuVPX51fE Sandhurst 2022: The Crucible Watch Live April 30 at 1:00 PM https://www.youtube.com/embed/YwXGkLfVbaw Sandhurst 2022: Award Ceremony Watch Live April 30 at 7:00 PM FOR THE MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE SANDHURST 2022 STANDINGS, CLICK HERE. BROWSE THE LATEST PHOTOS FROM SANDHURST 2022 HERE. SUPERINTENDENT'S WELCOME At West Point, we educate, train and inspire leaders of character who are committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for careers of professional excellence and service to our nation as Army officers. Since the Academy’s founding in 1802, our graduates have made significant contributions to our Army and the nation in many ways. They’ve served as heads of state, cabinet members, members of Congress, state governors, astronauts, and captains of industry. Many have been trailblazers, making history and paving the way for future generations of leaders of character. At West Point, cadets receive a top-tier education, along with military and physical training, but at the heart of everything we do is develop character, and the moral-ethical attributes essential to good leadership. We invite you to learn more about “America’s Academy” and if you’re exploring college options, I hope that you will consider West Point as an option. More importantly, please come visit us and see for yourself why we are the world’s preeminent leader development institution! SANDHURST FACTS The annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition will take place at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) on April 29 and 30. The competition has undergone multiple changes since it started in 1967. This year is a two-day competition featuring teams from West Point, Army ROTC units across the U.S., all service academies, and 16 international teams from across the globe. 1. All in the Name While it is called the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition after the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in the United Kingdom, the annual competition has always been held at West Point. Sandhurst was started in 1967 when RMAS presented West Point with a British Officer's sword to use as the prize for a competition to promote military excellence. It wasn't until 1975 that the competition began to resemble its current form with teams taking part in different challenges to test their military skills. Sandhurst was only an internal West Point competition until 1992 when ROTC teams began competing, and in 1993 RMAS began taking part annually. The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC-Canada) joined in 1997 and since 2002 the competition has featured a diverse group of international teams as well as the Naval, Coast Guard and Air Force academies and ROTC teams from throughout the country. 2. Winning It for the Queen West Point dominated Sandhurst for the first three decades winning every single year from 1967 through 1992. That streak was broken in 1993, the first year a non-West Point team competed, and a British team came from across the pond to ultimately triumph in the military skills competition that takes place annually on the Hudson River. For the next 16 years, the competition was dominated by members of the Commonwealth capturing the title in the name of Queen Elizabeth II as the RMAS team won from 1993 to 2004 and the RMC-Canada won from 2005 to 2007. RMAS and RMC-Canada went back and forth for a couple years before the gutsy upstarts from West Point’s Company B-3 finally broke through in 2011 shattering the queen's reign over the competition. Not to be outdone, the Royal Military College of Australia - Duntroon claimed the title in 2012 bringing honor back to the crown. The Commonwealth would hold the title through 2016 with RMAS and RMC-Canada winning the titles. West Point emerged victorious in 2017, but its hold on the title was short lived when a twist in the competition caught competitors off guard as the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) fought their way to victory in a competition that tests ground combat skills. Way to fight Falcons! In 2019, West Point claimed the top two spots in the competition. The USMA Black team took home the prized saber as the top team with West Point's Company D-2 nipping at their heals in second. 3. The Mission Goes On Due to the impact of COVID-19, West Point did not host the Sandhurst Competition in 2020, however the mission continued in 2021. West Point executed the 2021 competition leveraging best practices from the Army for training in a persistent COVID-19 environment that allowed West Point to conduct cadet summer training in 2020 and 2021 to preserve the military training model. The 2021 Sandhurst competition incorporated risk mitigation measures and lessons learned to enable West Point to refine the course to continue the world class competition. 4. International Flair Traditionally, about 15 international teams compete in Sandhurst. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (Great Britain) sends two teams to participate. All the teams bring stiff competition, help grow international partnerships and foster future military leaders among our allies. This year, 16 international teams from 15 countries return to the fight to compete in the 2022 Sandhurst competition. We welcome Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Poland, and United Kingdom back to the fight. 5. Step Off The order of march relay will return this year, with a few added elements from the Sandhurst operations team. In the order they finished in the relay, teams will choose which of the 12 lanes to start from. Squad leaders will look at team strength, terrain, and other factors to decided. Teams will then spend the rest of the week training on possible elements, familiarizing themselves with the terrain they must traverse during the competition. 6. Team Requirement Since 1986, each team competing in Sandhurst has been required to be co-gender with at least two females and two males on the team. The rule applies to West Point and visiting teams. This also applied to teams from the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) when they competed in years past. Because there are no women in the NMAA, a female West Point cadet would compete on the Afghan team each year. 7. A Plaque That’s Actually a Sword After fighting through two days of obstacles and lugging their minimum 35 lb. rucks for approximately 30 miles, one team will be crowned the Sandhurst champion. The winner is chosen based on performance at each of the obstacles as well as the speed with which they complete them. The champion will be awarded the Reginald E. Johnson Memorial Plaque, named for a Sandhurst competitor who died during the land navigation phase in 1980. Although it is called a plaque, the award follows the initial tradition of the competition and is a mounted cadet saber. The saber has been used as the award since 1999. 8. Sandhurst Team and Individual Awards Reginald E. Johnson Saber Plaque: Best overall team score Sandhurst ROTC Cup: First place ROTC team Sandhurst International Cup: First place International team Sandhurst Medallion: First through fifth place Marksmanship Award: Squad with highest M-4 Qual Physical Endurance Award: Team with fastest ruck time Tom Surdyke Leadership Award: Best Squad Leader All Other Teams: Certificate of Participation signed by USCC Commandant For all the details about this year's Sandhurst, including live results once it starts visit www.westpoint.edu/military/department-of-military-instruction/sandhurst SANDHURST UPDATES Order of Movement GERMANY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY US NAVAL ACADEMY COMPANY D1 US MILITARY ACADEMY (B) US AIR FORCE ACADEMY US MILITARY ACADEMY (G) CANADA (R) MEXICO UNITED KINGDOM (R) BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY DENMARK PENN STATE UNIVERSITY CHILE UNITED KINGDOM (B) AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA COMPANY E1 CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY COMPANY F1 ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY COMPANY A4 COMPANY B4 COMPANY A1 ITALY COMPANY C3 AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMPANY D2 COMPANY G3 POLAND UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA SIENA COLLEGE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY US MILITARY ACADEMY PREP SCHOOL SOUTH KOREA COMPANY E4 MISSOURI COLLEGE OF S&T US COAST GUARD ACADEMY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANADA (W) GREECE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY GEORGIA BRAZIL MEET THE TEAMS ACADEMY ROTC USCC INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/QvRDfDSdLTs Meet the 2022 USCC Sandhurst Teams https://www.youtube.com/embed/d6J7D7kl-Ao University of North Georgia Ranger Challenge Team https://www.youtube.com/embed/UPLswN71m0I Sandhurst Military Skills Competition 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/bRMGoX_hfpQ Sandhurst Crucible Challenge Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/mJVay94OB2M 2021 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition Awards Ceremony FOLLOW THE ACTION Instagram: westpoint_usma Facebook: WestPointUSMA Twitter: @WestPoint_USMA LinkedIn: United States Military Academy at West Point SANDHURST NEWS Members of the media interested in more information or attending the event, please contact West Point Public Affairs at MediaRelations@westpoint.edu Previous Next April 19, 2022 Union Army ROTC cadets headed to West Point for elite military competition They awake each morning before sunrise, a time when most college students are comfortably asleep. 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