Cadets earn cavalry spurs after Cavalry Spur Ride

Class of 2022 cadets Bobby Kirkland (right) and Cody Quelland (left) successfully completed a Cavalry Spur Ride while attending Cadet Troop Leader Training with 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. (Left and below) The Cavalry Spur Ride is an event where new cavalry troopers demonstrate their proficiency, discipline and professionalism by completing numerous events over multiple days. Throughout the 36-hour Spur Ride, these cadets completed events such as physical fitness assessments, cavalry knowledge, ruck marches, land navigation, weapons familiarization, combat casualty care and much more. At the completion of the event, Kirkland and Quelland earned their cavalry spurs and were inducted into the Order of the Spur. (Courtesy Photos)

Class of 2022 cadets Bobby Kirkland (right) and Cody Quelland (left) successfully completed a Cavalry Spur Ride while attending Cadet Troop Leader Training with 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. (Left and below) The Cavalry Spur Ride is an event where new cavalry troopers demonstrate their proficiency, discipline and professionalism by completing numerous events over multiple days. Throughout the 36-hour Spur Ride, these cadets completed events such as physical fitness assessments, cavalry knowledge, ruck marches, land navigation, weapons familiarization, combat casualty care and much more. At the completion of the event, Kirkland and Quelland earned their cavalry spurs and were inducted into the Order of the Spur. (Courtesy Photos)

Class of 2022 cadets Bobby Kirkland (right) and Cody Quelland (left) successfully completed a Cavalry Spur Ride while attending Cadet Troop Leader Training with 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. (Left and below) The Cavalry Spur Ride is an event where new cavalry troopers demonstrate their proficiency, discipline and professionalism by completing numerous events over multiple days. Throughout the 36-hour Spur Ride, these cadets completed events such as physical fitness assessments, cavalry knowledge, ruck marches, land navigation, weapons familiarization, combat casualty care and much more. At the completion of the event, Kirkland and Quelland earned their cavalry spurs and were inducted into the Order of the Spur. ( Courtesy Photos)