A candidate with Charlie Company, Officer Candidate School, maneuvers
across a horizontal rope during The Montford Point Challenge at Marine
Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 24, 2012.
This is the second company to
take on the challenge, which was created to honor the sacrifice and
heroism of the first African American Marines who trained at Montford
Point, N.C., from 1942 to 1949.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.
Emmanuel Ramos |