Chart Your Course: Planning & Preparing for Military Youth of the Year

Chart Your Course is a series of interactive, fun, youth-led sharing sessions designed to support CYP staff and youth through each momentous step of the Youth of the Year journey! This series highlights approaches, ideas, and suggestions for current and prospective Military Youth of the Year candidates. As National Military Youth of the Years, Ryan Walker and Dasia Bandy have undergone the process. As they describe it, "there's something powerful about standing together as a united group of leaders, so we [Ryan & Dasia] hope our experiences can foster useful advice that will live long beyond our time as Youth of the Years. Ultimately, we hope this multigenerational mentorship opportunity will continue to serve as a community, one where each supports and celebrates all outstanding youth in our Navy family."