Fort Bragg

In June 2002, Communities In Schools of NC partnered with the 18th Airborne Corps and Ft. Bragg to co-sponsor the sixth annual Youth Leadership Camp (YLC). The YLC is offered to CIS students throughout the state ages 13-17.

This year nineCIS sites sent a total of 94 students from their communities to take part in the 5-day camp. The participating counties included: Cabarrus, Caldwell, Charlotte, Cleveland, Greensboro, High Point, Perquimans, Robeson and Whiteville. A special thanks to all the local CIS sites and adult chaperones who participated at camp this year.

At the YLC, the students were divided into three platoons and squads of ten with an adult chaperone and two military mentor/chaperones assigned to each squad. The students and adults slept in the barracks at Ft. Bragg and ate all their meals in the "mess hall". Every morning, the students rose at 5:30am to do "PT" or physical training before they ate breakfast. The military mentors guided the students through the Leadership Reaction Course, Obstacle Course and Land Navigation Course, which are used by the army for their own training. During the whole week the students built confidence, self-esteem, and team dynamics. By the end of the week, they had the opportunity to rapel down a 72-foot wall and jump out of the 34-foot jump tower, which simulates jumping out of an airplane.

On the last day of camp, the students received dog tags and a certificate of participation and attended a graduation ceremony. At the graduation, the students received special recognition and a commander's coin from the 18th Airborne Corps Artillery for their accomplishments at camp.

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