Subject: ALERT Alumni Update | May 2023

May 19, 2023


Dear Alumni, 

 

It has been a busy few weeks here at the Academy, and it looks like it won't slow down anytime soon. With Unit 68 advancing next week and Unit 67 graduating the week after, it's continuing to be a full semester as we make the mad dash to summer furlough. 

 

Here are some statistics on this last training quarter:

  • Basic Training will advance 32 men

  • 3rd Phase’s graduating class is 27 men

  • We've deployed seven times

  • 3rd Phase classes went to Maine, Florida, and Mexico for training

We have had some great alumni connections over the past few weeks as well. Eric Houghton from Unit 26 deployed with one of our teams for a day doing tornado relief in Little Rock, AR. The Construction unit was able to join Rob Smith from Unit 3 and help him complete some major renovations on a local widow's home, and Jesse Granger from Unit 67 helped Col. Behr staff logistics for the Ducks Unlimited Expo in Dallas for a week. It was also great to connect with the alumni who were able to join us for the Endurance Hike as well. 

 

If you would like to be involved in any of our training in the future, come along on an Endurance Hike, or deploy with us, please do not hesitate to reach out. We’d love to see you, even if you'd just like to swing by for an afternoon. We love using our alumni as subject matter experts, or getting to give them a platform to share their testimony or life story with the men in training. You can either reach out to me or to Lt. Winkler, who runs our alumni department. Also, if you have projects or programs that you would be interested in having our guys come help with, especially our Construction or Missions classes, please let us know.

As we bring the spring semester to a close, please be in prayer for all our guys to finish well, and for our instructors as they prep for next semester. Our goal is to give our men the Gospel, and we cannot do that without the continual aid of the Holy Spirit.


Forge on!

Major Jesse Boulden | Unit 40

ALERT Commanding Officer

Volunteer Opportunity

Victory Bible Camp in Glacier View, Alaska is in urgent need of young men to join their team for the summer. They are looking for men who are passionate about sharing the good news of the gospel with people as they seek to fulfill their mission of “evangelizing children, youth, and adults in Alaska for Jesus Christ”. This is a volunteer position, and staff training starts June 4, 2023. For more information, please contact Caleb Hein at calebh@vbcalaska.org