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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Life offers many challenges, some more difficult than others. Senior Airman Ephesians Bagorio 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and Airman 1st Class Kameron Combis, 332nd Expeditionary Communication Squadron, have encountered some of life's harder challenges early on in...

Cadet Johnarius Williams, son of John and Turkeesha Williams of Swainsboro, is performing exceptionally well in the Youth ChalleNGe Academy. Cadet Williams has excelled in his academics, and continues to dominate in RECON. Read...

?Yes, Sergeant!? is the expected response, voiced robustly, from 180 candidates, members of the ninth class of Sunburst Youth Academy. The candidates are divided into three lines stretching from edge-to-edge of a paved area south of the Veteran?s Center and credit union near the front entrance of...

Knightstown, Ind. - Sharon Fox wants her students to have a better understanding of their world. She firmly believes that happens when they develop reading skills. She also knows books are the last thing most teenagers go looking for when they are bored. Read...

1/5/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- The Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division Lakehurst Educational Outreach Office recently joined forces with the New Jersey Youth Challenge Academy to provide its high school students with a mind-expanding, vocational-widening experience. Read...

A $1,000 scholarship has been awarded to Breanna G. Des Champ of Broken Arrow, a recent graduate of the Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor. Read More:...

RALEIGH ? Governor Bev Perdue presented the Governor's Award for Excellence to the North Carolina National Guard's Tarheel Challenge Academy in a ceremony Nov. 29. The award recognizes the academy's outstanding contributions to community and public service...

Five graduates from the Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy completed 10 months of service with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Nov. 17. Read More Here

At a briefing today on Capitol Hill, the National Guard Youth Foundation, in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau, announced a long-term plan to scale the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program Read the rest of the story here

RANTOUL ? Design and planning work continues for a $38.1 million project that will result in construction of a new campus for the Lincoln's Challenge Academy. Read More: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-11-12/planning-under-way-new-lincolns-challenge-campus.html

PRYOR, Oklahoma -- Thunderbird Youth Academy is breaking ground on a new barracks for female cadets. Their current facilities for girls are no longer adequate, according to TYA Director Jack Ritchie Read...