NJ National Guard Youth Challenge Academy Presentation

Attention All Military History Appreciators and Supporters of our Military Heritage!

The Armed Forces Heritage Museum (AFHM) will be presenting an educational documentary chronicling The NJ National Guard’s “Youth Challenge Academy” program at the Burlington County Lyceum, located at 307 High Street, Mt. Holly, NJ, on Saturday, June 22nd, at 11am. Light refreshments will be served.

The NJ National Guard has a long history of providing this program that offers a High School Equivalency (GED) exam preparation school to disadvantaged/troubled youth, ages 16-18. This program is entirely voluntary and includes a military-regimented leadership and team building training experience that spans a six-month period of time on the Camp Dix complex of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Wrightstown, NJ.