For context, this isn’t exactly a military exercise, but rather a part of in series of tests (or maybe training) which willing adventurers must pass if they wish to receive quests from Equestria’s administrative branches. After all, you can’t just send any noob on a journey if you can’t know for sure what awaits them…
I wasn’t really sure whether to add the sword there, since somehow it doesn’t seem to be fitting into that spot very well - let’s just say that Flash Magnus insisted him to put it on.