Audio by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Kriess | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 05.18.2021
In this episode I sat down with Jeff Hehe and Dakota Ross. Dakota was a student at the Washington Youth Academy and Jeff was his mentor. We talked about the mentor/mentee relationship, how Jeff was instrumental in Dakota's education and how one can volunteer as a mentor. If you would like to get more information on how to apply to be a mentor at the academy, send an email to:......
Audio by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Kriess and Sara Morris | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 12.06.2018
In this show we take you inside the Washington Youth Academy. It is a FREE life intervention, credit recovery program and any resident of Washington state can attend between the ages of 16-18. The academy recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary. This program has quite simply, changed lives. But the program is not easy. They wake up a 4:45 AM, they do physical training, rain or shine, they......
