Sandhurst Competitionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Sandhurst Military Skills Competition is a military skills competition at West Point that first began in 1967 with the presentation of a British officer's sword to the United States Corps of Cadets by the British Exchange Officer. This year's event, dubbed SANCOM10 (SANdhurst COMpetition 2010), was a two-day event conducted at West Point, New York. The 2009 competition featured a record 49 teams and nearly 500 competitors. Besides the 32 squads from each of the West Point companies, visiting service academy teams included the Naval and Air Force Academies, Britain's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) teams "Red" and "Blue", Canada's Royal Military College (RMC), the National Military Academy of Afghanistan, and the Chilean Military School. This year saw eight ROTC squads: Texas A&M, BYU, East Carolina University, Iowa State University, Florida Tech, Georgetown, University of Hawaii, and Appalachian State.