West Point Hosts Prince Harry

West Point is just one of several New York area locations to be visited by Prince Harry this weekend.

Prince Harry will join cadets training at the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as he starts a three-day visit to New York.

Harry, third in line to the British throne, will take part in live-fire drills and watch field exercises at Camp Buckner, a cadet training facility at West Point.

The drills will be held some 64 kilometres north of New York City, but they may seem familiar to the 25-year-old prince. Harry attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and is a lieutenant in the British Army.

Harry served in Afghanistan in 2008 as a battlefield air controller until his time was cut short by a media leak. He has made no secret of his desire to return to the front lines and the decision last month by British Army commanders to train him as an Apache attack helicopter pilot could make that more likely.

Harry is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

By: Shelldrake