Guardsmen from the Arkansas National Guard, along with junior counselors and youth campers, participate in the 2018 Arkansas National Guard's Minuteman Youth Camp Fishing Derby at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas, July 18, 2018.
The Minuteman Youth Camp is a five-day, residential camp program conducted annually by the Arkansas National Guard at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock. The camp is for 10 and 11-year-old children of military families. The camp is offered free of charge, and priority is given to those children with a deployed or recently deployed military parent. The week long program provides lots of outdoor activities combined with presentations on family resiliency, habits to develop for success, along with tours of equipment and facilities at Camp Robinson and Little Rock Air Force Base.
The program accepts up to 70 campers each year and is put on as a function of the Child & Youth Programs section of the Joint Services Support Branch of the Arkansas National Guard.