Abram Dierickx (left) and Ryan Gutierrez jump over a vertical wall while navigating through a confidence course during Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2018 Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy aboard Officer Candidates School, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, July 18. Students accepted into the academy were hand-selected by a board of Marines who look to find attendees with similar character traits as Marines. Inspired by the Marine Corps' third promise of developing quality citizens, the program was designed to challenge and develop the nation's top-performing high schoo
Abram Dierickx (left) and Ryan Gutierrez jump over a vertical wall while navigating through a confidence course during Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2018 Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy aboard Officer Candidates School, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, July 18. Students accepted into the academy were hand-selected by a board of Marines who look to find attendees with similar character traits as Marines. Inspired by the Marine Corps' third promise of developing quality citizens, the program was designed to challenge and develop the nation's top-performing high school students so they could return to their communities more confident, selfless and better equipped to improve the lives of those around them. Dierickx is a student at Calamus-Wheatland High School in Wheatland, Iowa. Gutierrez is a student at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, Arizona. ( Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Mitchell Collyer)
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