Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy Class 43 graduates 92 cadets
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Michelle Woodhouse, provost of the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College, join retired Navy Capt. Mark Chicoine, Director of the Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy, in congratulating the 92 graduates of Class 43 of Commonwealth ChalleNGe Aug. 22, 2015, at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which focuses on preparing teenagers who have dropped out of high school, or are on the verge of dropping out of high school, with the skills, discipline and academics to become a productive citizen. The Virginia Army National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band performed ceremonial music for the event. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy Class 43 graduates 92 cadets
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and Michelle Woodhouse, provost of the Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus of Tidewater Community College, join retired Navy Capt. Mark Chicoine, Director of the Virginia Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy, in congratulating the 92 graduates of Class 43 of Commonwealth ChalleNGe Aug. 22, 2015, at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, which focuses on preparing teenagers who have dropped out of high school, or are on the verge of dropping out of high school, with the skills, discipline and academics to become a productive citizen. The Virginia Army National Guard’s Clifton Forge-based 29th Division Band performed ceremonial music for the event. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)