Candidate to Cadet

August 8, 2024

As of August 4, the candidates have now completed the acclimation phase of the program.  After 2 weeks…

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Cadet Norman making the News On 6

March 14, 2023

Click on the link below to hear more about Cadet Norman and his journey to Thunderbird. https://www.newson6.com/story/640cb44ae8338b02c0b7fcb2/thunderbird-youth-challenge-program-helping-young-people?fbclid=IwAR0Q0WotXqA4FjTurnWiWrUeks-PPYbrgnnQyvGxOQPYW81kIHnVXm6_C18#.ZBCRJfPKGRM.link

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Cycle 58

CYCLE 58 GRADUATION

May 25, 2022

Cycle 58 Graduation      It’s finally here. Graduation. After 20 weeks of hard work and determination, Cycle…

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Cycle 28 Cadets

Cycle 58: On the Ground

February 4, 2022

On the Ground On a cold, snowy January weekend, Thunderbird Challenge Program welcomed the Candidates for Cycle 58. …

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Cycle 57 Graduates - Smug Mug Glalery

Class 57 Graduation

December 16, 2021

On December 4, 2021 Thunderbird Challenge Program graduated their largest class, with 129 Graduates.  Not only did Class…

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One of the things about Thunderbird that is great is that we are always growing and changing! This cycle we were able to host a Girls Volleyball Team! We wanted to do a photoshoot for them and show them how excited we were for all the growth they showed this volleyball season.

These young ladies worked hard to learn the game as well as how to be a team. Awesome job cadets!
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One of the things about Thunderbird that is great is that we are always growing and changing! This cycle we were able to host a Girls Volleyball Team! We wanted to do a photoshoot for them and show them how excited we were for all the growth they showed this volleyball season. 

These young ladies worked hard to learn the game as well as how to be a team. Awesome job cadets!Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

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Looking great Cadet Green 💚

I love it 💙🧡

Amazing. As a mentor to a current cadet, why don’t you all get a football team for the boys?

Lastly we wanted to take a moment and recognize a Cadet who went above and beyond.

Our cadets perform Community Service while they are enrolled at Thunderbird. This allows them to see good citizenship in action. Our cadets were given the opportunity to help out a local cemetery by painting a fence on the property. Later that week we received this message.

“There’s one young cadet who stood out from all the others. We heard him being called “Hammer”. This young man went the extra mile in every way! He constantly stayed busy. He actually organized the other cadets in a manner that they would work faster and “smarter”. He spaced the other cadets along the fence sections (inside and outside) and the painting went so much faster than it did early on. Hammer also painted a lot of fence, he also relieved my husband and my sister as they used a push mower to mulch rows of leaves that were raked earlier. Hammer also used a broom to sweep off some headstone bases. We give him extra appreciation because he deserves it.”

Congratulations Cadet Hammer, we appreciate your leadership and your commitment to helping others. Great work young man.

#ThunderbirdChallenge #cycle63 #nationalguardyouthchallengeprogram #NGYCP #leadershipdevelopment #buildingleaders
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Lastly we wanted to take a moment and recognize a Cadet who went above and beyond. 

Our cadets perform Community Service while they are enrolled at Thunderbird. This allows them to see good citizenship in action. Our cadets were given the opportunity to help out a local cemetery by painting a fence on the property. Later that week we received this message. 

“There’s one young cadet who stood out from all the others. We heard him being called “Hammer”. This young man went the extra mile in every way! He constantly stayed busy. He actually organized the other cadets in a manner that they would work faster and “smarter”. He spaced the other cadets along the fence sections (inside and outside) and the painting went so much faster than it did early on. Hammer also painted a lot of fence, he also relieved my husband and my sister as they used a push mower to mulch rows of leaves that were raked earlier. Hammer also used a broom to sweep off some headstone bases. We give him extra appreciation because he deserves it.” 

Congratulations Cadet Hammer, we appreciate your leadership and your commitment to helping others. Great work young man. 

#ThunderbirdChallenge #cycle63 #nationalguardyouthchallengeprogram #NGYCP #leadershipdevelopment #buildingleadersImage attachmentImage attachment

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Congratulations

Wooohooo!! Terrific job Cadet Hammer!! Jenifer Jones

Super Proud of you Son!!!

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We also promoted three new positions!

Congratulations to
SGT Cannon
SGT Gomez
SSG Martinez

Great work ladies!
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We also promoted three new positions! 

Congratulations to 
SGT Cannon
SGT Gomez
SSG Martinez

Great work ladies!Image attachment

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Way to go girls

Great job ladies ❤️🩵

Great job young ladies, keep striving to be the best version of yourselves! 👏🏽🙏🏽👏🏽

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