'Class of many firsts': Three CGYCA Class 61 grads earn scholarships and admission into UDC

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Maj. Gen John C. Andonie, Commanding General (interim) of the District of Columbia National Guard; Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz (ret.), former Commanding General, D.C. National Guard; Mr. Keith Hammond, CGYCA Manager of Information Systems; Mr. Philip M. Burke, CGYCA program director, and Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia National Guard, stand for a photograph during the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy Class 61 residential phase commencement ceremony at the University of the District of Columbia, Dec. 29, 2023. Since 2013, the mission of the program is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of at-risk youth, and produce program graduates with the values, skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults.

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'Class of many firsts': CGYCA Class 61 grads earn scholarships and admission into UDC

WASHINGTON - Maj. Gen John C. Andonie, Commanding General (interim) of the District of Columbia National Guard; Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz (ret.), former Commanding General, D.C. National Guard; Mr. Keith Hammond, CGYCA Manager of Information Systems; Mr. Philip M. Burke, CGYCA program director, and Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia National Guard, stand for a photograph during the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy Class 61 residential phase commencement ceremony at the University of the District of Columbia, Dec. 29, 2023. Since 2013, the mission of the program is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of at-risk youth, and produce program graduates with the values, skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Arthur M. Wright)

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2023 Army-Navy Game Shout Out

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Dec. 4, 2023 | 0:25

Maj. Gen. John C. Andonie, Commanding General (interim) of the District of Columbia National Guard graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, in 1989. Maj. Gen. Andonie provides a video shoutout for the upcoming Army-Navy game on Dec. 9, 2023. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Arthur M. Wright)