Day 1, June 25, 2010
West Point & the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum…
Prince Harry started his three-day visit to New York with a bang yesterday at West Point, where the camouflage-clad lieutenant shot target practice with American cadets.
Before heading to Manhattan, Harry landed at the military academy by helicopter. He hopped in the back of a Humvee and went straight to the firing range for live-ammo exercises. He fired an M4 rifle alongside cadets at popup, silhouette targets as far as 300 meters away.
“He clearly knows what he’s doing,” said Col. Casey Haskins, an academy instructor. “He clearly knows how to shoot. He clearly knows how to move.”
From West Point, Harry traveled down the Hudson to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, where he spoke about the long military ties between the U.S. and the UK.
“American and British forces have fought shoulder-to-shoulder for 100 years,” he said, adding that the countries should forge stronger links between their veterans.We in Britain can learn from the American culture of charity, and from the great pioneering work in the fields of care, prosthetics and rehabilitation,” he said.
Articles: NY Post | The Telegraph
Pictures: Getty Images
Does this mean they’re still together? Quite possibly. Time will tell if the relationship lasts… (or if the rumours are true at all)
