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National Guard Youth Challenge The Mississippi ChalleNGe Academy (MCA) is part of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. We serve male & female at-risk youth, 16-19 years of age. The MCA has graduated 28 classes to total 5,423 cadets to date.
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<br>MCA is currently accepting applications for Class 30 which starts January 10, 2009...Are you ready to accept the CHALLENGE? 
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Inprocessing for Class Number 29 took place on 19 and 20 July 2008 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Graduation is scheduled for 10:30 am Saturday morning December 20, 2008 at the Forrest County Multipurpose Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  Please arrive early for best seating.

Regular interviews for Class Number 30, which begins January 10, 2009 will be indicated here when scheduled.  They will take place at various locations around the state.  If you submit an application packet and your address subsequently changes, it is imperative that you provide your new address, telephone number(s), and email addresses to the ChalleNGe Academy.  Address updates may be submitted to Mr. James L. Smith at 800-507-6253 or 601-558-2300, or Mrs. Kirri Martin at 601-558-2465.  If you prefer to email your updated information, their email addresses are:

Mr. James L. Smith: jsmith@msyouthchallenge.org

Mrs. Kirri Martin: kirri@msyouthchallenge.org

Selected corpsmembers for Class Number 30 will receive a letter detailing instructions for items to bring and additional details about inprocessing.  Pay close attention as these instructions are rather detailed and rigidly adhered to.