Virginia Guard Commonwealth ChalleNGe graduation
Commonwealth ChalleNGe graduated 116 cadets Dec. 17, 2011 at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, a five and a half month program which focuses on preparing at-risk teens and high school dropouts for the General Educational Development test and future employment, military or higher education opportunities. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Maj. Gen Daniel E. Long, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and retired Col.J.J. Chandler, the director of the Commonwealth ChalleNGe, were on hand to congratulate the graduates. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew H.Owen, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Virginia Guard Commonwealth ChalleNGe graduation
Commonwealth ChalleNGe graduated 116 cadets Dec. 17, 2011 at Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach. Commonwealth ChalleNGe is the Virginia component of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, a five and a half month program which focuses on preparing at-risk teens and high school dropouts for the General Educational Development test and future employment, military or higher education opportunities. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla Graff Decker, Maj. Gen Daniel E. Long, the Adjutant General of Virginia, and retired Col.J.J. Chandler, the director of the Commonwealth ChalleNGe, were on hand to congratulate the graduates. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew H.Owen, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)