Bulldog Company at summer camp at Marseilles Training Center

Bulldog Company, the U.S. Navy JROTC program at Richards High School, sent nearly a dozen students to summer camp at the Illinois National Guard facilities in Marseilles, Illinois.

Every year Richards students travel to the Marseilles Training Center for a week of leadership development, team building, physical training, and fun.

Pictured, from left to right, are Richards students Yusef Gaamoom, Fabian Escobar-Gomora, Kevin Pham, Luis Gabriel-Melendez, Nick Bruno-Lind, Kenny Pham, Mohammed Judeh, Logan Evans, Odeh Odeh, Elizabeth Schuster, Jessica Schaal, Victoria Fasano and Sofia Gomez.

In other photos, Richards students Elizabeth Schuster, Victoria Fasano and Fabian Escobar-Gomora visit the Middle East Conflict Wall Memorial in Marseilles.

Finally, Richards student Odeh Odeh learns how to properly apply a tourniquet as part of first aid training. After applying the tourniquet, he evacuates the simulated victim using the fireman’s carry technique.