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By MARY JO WHITE EATON RAPIDS - Eighteen-year-old Nikiya Bria of Eaton Rapids never thought she'd be singing in front of thousands of people at the start of the Detroit Marathon a few weeks ago. Especially dressed in her gray uniform and black boots from the Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy in...

http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2009/10/images/102309-Cadet.jpg Cadets from the Challenge Academy program at Fort McCoy lend a hand Oct. 22, 2009 during a Homes for our Troops construction project. The home is being built for Jason Schulz, a disabled Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and a 2004...

By Tara Garcia Mathewson Friday, September 25, 2009 BREMERTON ? Washington Youth Academy students serve as tutors, drill instructors and role models for younger kids. Every Wednesday and Thursday, cadets from the Washington Youth Academy get together with elementary school-aged children...

Cadets graduate in ceremony at Prairie Capital Convention Center Gabriele Ray of Riverton watched her 17-year-old son, Jeffery, graduate Saturday from Lincoln's Challenge Academy, a program for troubled youth operated by the Illinois National Guard. Her description of her son's road to graduation...

SGT. KARIMA TURNER Alaska National Guard Friday was a special day for 136 cadets from the Alaska Military Youth Academy. They gathered with family and friends for a graduation ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Fort Richardson. The ceremony also marked the 15th anniversary of...

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2009 ? When Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided today at the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe graduation in New Jersey, he witnessed a rite of passage being shared by about 8,000 at-risk youth...

By Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden Armed Forces Information Services TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 29, 2009 - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen congratulated more than 100 high school graduates here who pursued their diploma through a New Jersey National Guard program. In a ceremony at the War Memorial here today,...

strugglingteens.com August 17, 2009 United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., yesterday joined education experts and Department of Defense (DOD) officials at the National Press Club to release positive early findings from a study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. This...

Event focused on leadership August 17, 2009 6:00 AM PORTSMOUTH ? Retired Major General Ken Clark, former adjutant general for the state of New Hampshire, was the featured speaker at the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program Directors Workshop this past Wednesday. "The world we are in...

Article published Aug 13, 2009 PORTSMOUTH ? Sen. Jeanne Shaheen received a standing ovation in Portsmouth on Tuesday for her remarks in support of the National Guard Youth ChalleNge Program. "As we look at this new administration, there is a focus on looking at the data and what works and making...

FLIGHT PLANS By Nikasha Dicks | Staff Writer Thursday, August 06, 2009 Less than two years after suffering a broken rib in a gang fight, Wesley Jones is learning how to take flight. The Fort Gordon Youth Challenge Academy graduate was awarded one of two $100,000 scholarships by the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2009 Contact: Katie Laning Niebaum (202) 224-4843 Camp Robinson, North Little Rock ? U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln today visited Camp Robinson to highlight a National Guard program?s positive impact on the lives of Arkansas teens. Lincoln, welcomed by Brigadier...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2009 Landrieu Promotes Expansion of High School Dropout Recovery Program, "Youth ChalleNGe" WASHINGTON -- United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., yesterday joined education experts and Department of Defense (DoD) officials at the National Press Club to...

By Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith National Guard Bureau http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2009/07/images/072909-Education.jpg Army Brig. Gen. Maria Britt, commanding general of the Georgia Army National Guard, speaks to nearly 2,200 conferees at the Department of Defense Worldwide...

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/072009/07292009/481797/lo0729cadets1.jpg BY JENNIFER NEFF Cody Oldroyd was in trouble. Less than a year ago, he was expelled from North Stafford High School for the second time, struggling with an anger disorder and facing a dim...

By: Gilbert Baez FORT BRAGG (WTVD) -- A group of high school dropouts and expellees learned skills to get their lives back on track at Fort Bragg on Thursday. About 150 cadets are taking part in North Carolina's Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy. It's a quasi-military program for kids who, if left...

WUWM, Milwaukee Public Radio recently reported on the Wisconsin ChalleNGe Academy. The report includes an interview with ChalleNGe graduate Shemaiah Brown one year after completing the program. To listen to the broadcast, click here.