Photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels | North Carolina National Guard | 12.07.2018
Cadet Michelle De Leon Resendiz of class 51 gives the cadet response the during their graduation ceremony from the Tarheel Challenge Academy in Clinton, Dec. 7, 2018. TCA provides at-risk teens with a second opportunity to curve the direction of their life. The quasi-military program instills discipline, structure and values similar to what soldiers experience going through basic training. ......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels | North Carolina National Guard | 12.07.2018
Parents fill the auditorium with cries of joy as they watched their son or daughter accept their diplomas from the Tarheel Challenge Academy during their graduation ceremony in Clinton, Dec. 7, 2018. TCA provides at-risk teens with a second opportunity to curve the direction of their life. The quasi-military program instills discipline, structure and values similar to what soldiers experience......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels | North Carolina National Guard | 12.07.2018
Graduates of class 51 scream with excitement as their watch their colleagues accept their diplomas from the Tarheel Challenge Academy during their graduation ceremony in Clinton, Dec. 7, 2018. TCA provides at-risk teens with a second opportunity to curve the direction of their life. The quasi-military program instills discipline, structure and values similar to what soldiers experience going......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Leticia Samuels | North Carolina National Guard | 12.07.2018
Graduates of Class 51 accept their diplomas from the Tarheel Challenge Academy during their graduation ceremony in Clinton, Dec. 7, 2018. TCA provides at-risk teens with a second opportunity to curve the direction of their life. The quasi-military program instills discipline, structure and values similar to what soldiers experience going through basic training. (U.S. Army National Guard photo......
Photo by Capt. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 06.09.2017
Graduates of the Tarheel Challenge Academy at Salemburg gather outside the Agri-Exposition Center in Sampson County, June 09, 2017 after their graduation ceremony. The Tarheel Challenge Academy has existed for 23 years and is sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard. Its unique quasi-military structure instills at risk teens with life skills while focusing on academics, physical......
Photo by Capt. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 06.09.2017
Graduates of the Tarheel Challenge Academy at Salemburg gather outside the Agri-Exposition Center in Sampson County, June 09, 2017 after their graduation ceremony. The Tarheel Challenge Academy has existed for 23 years and is sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard. Its unique quasi-military structure instills at risk teens with life skills while focusing on academics, physical......
Photo by Capt. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 06.09.2017
Retired Col. Gary Allen, Deputy Director of the North Carolina National Guard, congratulates the academic honor graduate of Class 48, Anthony Vincent during the graduation ceremony at the Agri-Exposition Center in Sampson County, June 09, 2017. The Tarheel Challenge Academy has existed for 23 years and is sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard. Its unique quasi-military structure......
Photo by Capt. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 06.09.2017
Dr. Shari Herring, director of North Carolina Tarheel Challenge Academy at Salemburg, hands a graduate of Class 48 a certificate during the graduation ceremony at the Agri-Exposition Center in Sampson County, June 09, 2017. The Tarheel Challenge Academy has existed for 23 years and is sponsored by the North Carolina National Guard. Its unique quasi-military structure instills at risk teens......
