Caden Russell, a high school student at the Career

Caden Russell, a high school student at the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC), Salem, Ore., receives some final words of advice from an Army National Guard recruiter before embarking up a rock wall during Skills USA April 22, 2017. Skills USA helps students excel by providing educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education in the nation’s classrooms. The Oregon Army National Guard has hosted the event at Camp Withycombe, Clackamas, Ore. for the past three years (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Elker, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment).