The Georgia fort's acting garrison commander ordered the military academy for at-risk teens shut down and barred every cadet from the fort for a year after a riot broke out involving 70 students last year.
A teen military academy in Augusta was shut down after a series of violent episodes culminated in an Oct. 13 brawl among 70 teenagers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found leaders of
ATLANTA (AP) A teen military academy in Augusta was shut down after a series of violent episodes culminated in an Oct. 13 brawl among 70 teenagers. Leaders of the Georgia National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy at Fort Gordon rushed to meet a new enrollment quota and didn't properly screen recruits for behavioral and mental health problems, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
A brawl broke out at Fort Gordon in Augusta last fall, when about 70 teenage recruits of the Georgia National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy slugged it out.