BALTIMORE, Md., May 26 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news release:
A small group of students from the Uniformed Services University's(USU) Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) quietly demonstrated something far more meaningful than physical endurance.
When the call went out for participants in the inaugural Norwegian Foot March at Naval Support Activity Bethesda-a demanding 18.6-mile ruck with a 25-pound pack-ten students from EMDP2 Cohorts 11 and 12 stepped forward. What followed over the next two months was less about preparing for a single event and more about building something that defines the program itself: trust, shared purpose, and a commitment to lifting each other up.
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