Category Archives: Military

Military Mentors Have a Lifelong Impact on USSYP Delegates

The United States Department of Defense has supported  the United States Senate Youth Program from the program’s inception by lending extraordinarily accomplished military officers in service as mentors to the student delegates for Washington Week.  In fact this represents one of the longest standing partnerships  between the United States military and a national youth organization, and the officers are given the formal title of Military …

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USSYP Military Mentors: Elite Officers Guide Students Through Washington Week

The students who are selected as delegates for the United States Senate Youth Program are among the highest achieving in the nation, both academically and through in-depth extracurricular commitments in student politics, community service, athletics and artistic pursuits.  Arriving in Washington, D.C., they are met by a cadre of elite military officers, also hand-selected through a highly competitive process, representing each branch of Military Service, …

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