Video 1st Woman Cadet To Attend Citadel Military Academy USA - 1995

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Shannon Faulkner - the first woman cadet in 152 years to attend the Citadel military academy in Charleston - was taken to the school's infirmary Monday.


School officials said she was overcome by the heat during her first day of military training.


Shannon Faulkner has officially begun her life as a cadet at the Citadel in Charleston.


Although she's battled two and a half years to join the all male corps of cadets and has attended classes for 20 months, Monday was her first day of cadet training.


That means being issued a uniform, learning to march and learning to salute.


It's part of the school's policy of breaking down a cadet's individuality before building it back up.


While the male cadets will live in barracks, Faulkner will sleep in her own room - complete with a surveillance camera outside.


Male cadets also had a date with the school barber to get shaved, earning them the nickname "knobs".


No haircut is being required for Faulkner, but she will have to keep her hair short.


With the rest of her incoming class, Faulkner was challenged to accept the rigors of cadet life at the school.


UPSOUND:

"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up Faulkner!"


Faulkner became the first female cadet at the 152 year-old, state-supported military school on Friday after two US Supreme Court justices had rejected a last-ditch appeal from the Citadel.


But Faulkner ended her first day of military training in the infirmary, along with five other cadets.


Overcome by the 100 degree heat, she had to remain at the infirmary overnight under observation.


The cadet was stricken during the routine of marching, shouting, marching, saluting and more marching that the school calls training by stress.


Cadets commonly call it "hell week".




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