Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert | Oklahoma National Guard | 10.25.2024
The Thunderbird Challenge Program is a 22-week tuition-free military program for Oklahoma students in need of school credit recovery. The program uses the structure and discipline of the military to support cadets while they attend high school classes, GED classes as well as learn job skills and life coping skills. While at Camp Gruber Training Center, Thunderbird cadets took on the same......
Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert | Oklahoma National Guard | 10.25.2024
The Thunderbird Challenge Program is a 22-week tuition-free military program for Oklahoma students in need of school credit recovery. The program uses the structure and discipline of the military to support cadets while they attend high school classes, GED classes as well as learn job skills and life coping skills. While at Camp Gruber Training Center, Thunderbird cadets took on the same......
Video by Master Sgt. Amber Monio | National Guard Bureau | 01.10.2024
Since its inception in 1993, approximately 287,156 teens have enrolled in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, with more than 207,000 of those graduating – a 72-percent success rate. The program aims to get teenagers on track toward graduating from high school and on to a promising future. Today, there are 39 Youth ChalleNGe academies and eight Job ChalleNGe academies in 30 states and......
Video by Staff Sgt. Chelsea Weaver | South Carolina National Guard | 01.20.2023
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, the adjutant general of South Carolina and LaToya Reed, South Carolina National Guard Youth Challenge Academy Director spoke on the benefits of the program and the transformations they have seen through out the years. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Chelsea Weaver and Pfc. Ana-Grace Catoe, South Carolina National Guard)...
Video by Spc. Brianna Banuelos | West Virginia National Guard | 10.17.2018
The Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy is a free, voluntary program designed to train and mentor selected at-risk youth ages 16 to 18-years-old to become contributing members of society using the program’s eight core components in a quasi-military environment. The residential phase is 22-weeks and is designed to give academically challenged teens a chance to obtain their basic education or earn......
Video by Sgt. Paul Thorson | 101st Public Affairs Detachment | 10.13.2018
Delaware teens who participate in the D.C Capital Youth ChalleNGe Academy had a chance to visit the Delaware National Guard for a Capabilities Tour. Interviews: 00:07 - Donald Kukan, School Resource Officer and Mentor, William Penn 00:12 - Jared Reed, Senior Cadet, D.C Capital Youth ChalleNGe Academy...
Video by Sgt. Paul Thorson | 101st Public Affairs Detachment | 10.13.2018
B-Roll of Delaware teens participating in the District of Columbia Capital Youth ChalleNGe Academy visiting the Delaware National Guard for a capabilities tour. Interviews: 00:07 - Donald Kukan, School Resource Officer and Mentor, William Penn 00:12 - Jared Reed, Senior Cadet, D.C Capital Youth ChalleNGe Academy...
Video by Capt. Alan Ortiz | DC National Guard | 08.09.2018
Cadets from the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy (CGYCA) conduct routine activities before starting a day of classes August 9, 2018 at Camp Schwartz, Laurel, Md. The CGYCA is a program run by the District of Columbia National Guard in partnership with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia designed to give youths who have not completed a......
