Staff Sgt. Nathan Chotikul scrubs cleans the National Museum of the Marine Corps' concrete walls with Carla Vargas, one of the students in his platoon, Corps during Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2018 Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy in Triangle, Virginia, July 21. More than 200 students were accepted into the academy, 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-performin
Staff Sgt. Nathan Chotikul scrubs cleans the National Museum of the Marine Corps' concrete walls with Carla Vargas, one of the students in his platoon, Corps during Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s 2018 Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy in Triangle, Virginia, July 21. More than 200 students were accepted into the academy, 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. Chotikul is currently serving as the mentor instructor for Alpha Company, 3rd platoon for the Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy. Vargas is a student at Franklin Police and Fire High School in Phoenix, Arizona.
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