Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy is a six day United States Marine Corps youth program focused on leadership, ethics, teamwork, and college preparation. The archival image documents student participants conducting manual soil digging during a volunteer conservation activity at Merrimac Farm in Nokesville, Virginia on 21 July 2017.

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