MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Kaneohe Bay -- Several freshmen participating in the Junior Pacific Century Fellows Program from Farrington High School in Kalihi came aboard MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Feb. 26, to get a first-hand look at what future service in the armed forces could offer them.
The JCPF was founded in Washington, D.C., and is designed to expose promising students to all forms of government work such as corrections, military, education and health care, to name a few.
The students talked with academy representatives from all five branches of the armed forces and discussed what qualifications they must have to be accepted into the prestigious academies, during a luncheon at the Officers' Club.
"We wanted to show these promising students what the military has to offer them as far as an education and a career," said Navy Capt. Alma Grocki, area coordinator for Gold and Blue Officers with the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. "These students have a lot to offer regardless of what they decide to do in life."