West Point Reception Day amid pandemic

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  • Cadet candidate Daphne Karahalios, of Chicago, has her temperature taken as she arrives at the U.S. Military Academy on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • A formation of new cadets marches on July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • Noah Petty, of Boise, Idaho, has his hair cut by Jeanine Jennings on his first day at the U.S. Military Academy on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.
    Noah Petty, of Boise, Idaho, has his hair cut by Jeanine Jennings on his first day at the U.S. Military Academy on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state in the nation. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear facial coverings, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • A West Point cadet, right, leads a formation of new cadets on July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • A new cadet, left, listens as First Class Cadet Madison Teague, right, yells commands as a plastic screen separates them at the U.S. Military Academy on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • New cadets march in formation on July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
    New cadets march in formation on July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be tested for COVID-19 immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • A West Point cadet leads a formation of new cadets on July 13, 2020, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
  • A West Point cadet reads the New Cadet Handbook on his first day at the U.S. Military Academy on July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. The Army is welcoming more than 1,200 candidates from every state. Candidates will be COVID-19 tested immediately upon arrival, wear masks, and practice social distancing. (Mark Lennihan/AP)