Riley Loughan is one of the Junior Counselors here at this year’s New York Boy’s State. This is his third trip to NY Boy’s State (once virtually). He is currently an Army ROTC Cadet attending Clarkson University and he recently completed the Army’s Air Assault school at Fort Drum. He wote this story for me … Continue reading
I never went to Boy’s State. In fact in the Spring of 2008 I heard it mentioned for the first time. I was/am the Army ROTC enrollment officer at Clarkson University. My job is to find likely candidates to enter Army ROTC, a program that trains college students to become Army Officers. I’m usually looking … Continue reading
Along with the counselors and Marines that come to New York Boys’ State each year there is another group of helpers who have been coming for about 10 years now that don’t get a lot of recognition. These are the Junior Counselors. At the City and County level these counselors are College students or recent … Continue reading
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