{"id":14365,"date":"2014-02-08T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/?p=14365"},"modified":"2021-04-22T15:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:21:20","slug":"28-days-later-boys-graduate-from-mma-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/14365\/28-days-later-boys-graduate-from-mma-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Days Later: Boys graduate from MMA Summer Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/summer-camp-2014-parade.gif\" alt=\"summer camp 2014 parade\" class=\"wp-image-14366\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 26, 334 young men graduated from Marine Military Academy\u2019s renowned summer camp program. The boys returned to their hometowns stronger, sharper, and more motivated than when they arrived 28 days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before heading home, every camper participated in the July 25 field meet and then the July 26 graduation parade and ceremony. More than 800 family members from across the country and around the world were at MMA to watch the campers compete, march and graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MMA Summer Camp is a military adventure camp for young men ages 12-17. In a month\u2019s time, campers participate in at least 30 military exercises and sports \u2013 from archery to ziplining. Run by U.S. Marines, the tight camp structure and highly physical and challenging activities are designed to improve the fitness, focus and self-confidence of the campers and build their self-discipline, character and leadership skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mmaharlingen\/sets\/72157645993328872\/\">See MMA Summer Camp Field Meet Photos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mmaharlingen\/sets\/72157646000324396\/\">See MMA Summer Camp Parade Photos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mmaharlingen\/sets\/72157645658956999\/\">See MMA Summer Camp Graduation Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 26, 334 young men graduated from Marine Military Academy\u2019s renowned summer camp program. The boys returned to their hometowns stronger, sharper, and more motivated than when they arrived 28 days earlier. Before heading home, every camper participated in the July 25 field meet and then the July 26 graduation parade and ceremony. More [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14483,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365\/revisions\/14483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}