Charles Rose, left, director of the Maryland National Guard’s Freestate ChalleNGe Academy, looks on as Ronny Colindres, right, embraces academy staff members as he accepts his diploma during academy graduation ceremonies at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. For the graduates, the day marks the end of the residential phase and the beginning of the 12-month post-residential phase of the program, where cadets work with their mentors and academy staff to meet long term goals they set for themselves during the residential phase. ( Army photo by Staff Sft. Darron Salzer)

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