Army 2nd Lieutenant Katherine Harris, assigned to 39th Signal Battalion, drives her ball with precision during the traditional festivity in the town of Chièvres, Belgium, Feb. 14, 2018. This annual golf-like, medieval sport of “crossage”, takes place the day after MardiGras. Players drive an oak ball, called a “chôlette” (pronounced: show-let), with a wooden club, or “rabot” (pronounced: rah-bo), into metal kegs targets set up around town. Whenever a player is ready to swing, he yells: “Chôlette.”

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