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The rhythm of boots marching in unison echoes off the surrounding buildings as a cadet with the Maryland National Guard’s Freestate ChalleNGe Academy marches his platoon to the academy’s mess hall, Nov. 17, 2015. For cadets at the academy—part of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program, which provides a path for "at-risk" youth to receive a GED or high school diploma—marching is an everyday part of life at the academy where a military-style boot camp environment is used to create structure and build discipline among cadets.
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Arlington, Virginia - The rhythm of boots marching in unison echoes off the surrounding buildings as a cadet with the Maryland National Guard’s Freestate ChalleNGe Academy marches his platoon to the academy’s mess hall, Nov. 17, 2015. For cadets at the academy—part of the National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Program, which provides a path for "at-risk" youth to receive a GED or high school diploma—marching is an everyday part of life at the academy where a military-style boot camp environment is used to create structure and build discipline among cadets.


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