EAGLE LAKE, Texas — Cadets at the Texas ChalleNGe Academy talk to a female chief warrant officer pilot for the UH-72 Lakota helicopter during a visit to the school Sept. 9, 2022 in Eagle Lake, Texas. The Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force continues its more than 30 year tradition of supporting the TCA’s cadets and cadre in many ways, including a helicopter visit where the cadets get to check out the aircraft and talk with Texas National Guardsmen for motivation, mentorship and comraderie. The Texas ChalleNGe Academy is a 5 1/2 month quasi-military residential academy sponsored b
EAGLE LAKE, Texas — Cadets at the Texas ChalleNGe Academy talk to a female chief warrant officer pilot for the UH-72 Lakota helicopter during a visit to the school Sept. 9, 2022 in Eagle Lake, Texas. The Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force continues its more than 30 year tradition of supporting the TCA’s cadets and cadre in many ways, including a helicopter visit where the cadets get to check out the aircraft and talk with Texas National Guardsmen for motivation, mentorship and comraderie. The Texas ChalleNGe Academy is a 5 1/2 month quasi-military residential academy sponsored by the Texas National Guard where it is the mission to reclaim the potential of at-risk youth through education, training, mentoring and service to community. (National Guard photo by Army Sgt. Christina Clardy)
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