Air assault commander Daniel Muncaster of Crest Hill is one of the cadets who will lead military training for the Class of 2024 at West Point this summer, the U.S. Military Academy recently announced.

More than 1,220 cadet candidates reported to West Point in three staggered arrivals from July 12 to July 14.

Military training will be conducted under the highest standards of safety that include facial coverings, social distancing, and COVID-19 testing in order to safeguard the health and welfare of all cadet candidates, families and community members.

Drills are conducted to simulate the physical and mental challenges cadets will face when they become officers in the U.S. Army where they will be leading in a COVID-19 environment.

Realistic training has inherent risks and the safety and welfare of the entire West Point community is the academy’s top priority.

Training opportunities for the cadets include infantry operations, artillery firing, weapons training, aviation operations, military engineering projects, training in field communications, demolitions and survival skills techniques.

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City.

It was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering and continues today as the world’s premier leader-development institution, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country.

For more information, visit westpoint.edu.