gist, and saw a $140 million F-22 Raptor. And she had the rare experience of touring a submarine in Norfolk. “I’m really glad there are
people capable of being able to live in that environment and protect us, because I don’t think I would be able to live in a submarine like that,” she says. “It was really small.” The greatest lesson she
PLANE EXCITING Regent camp attendees beneath an imposing B-52 at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.
nity to go behind the scenes and tour high-security facilities was irresistible. She toured miniature towns that
the firm once known as Blackwater had set up in a remote area of North Carolina, where it trains police and soldiers on how to safely sweep a town or a house. She attended lectures by a former Air Force colonel and by a microbiolo-
learned, she says, is the impor- tance of servant-leadership. “Regent’s camp really hammered the importance of servant leadership, and how it unifies and brings all these pieces of national security together to make sure that it’s running smoothly and com- petently, and protecting the United States the way it’s sup-
posed to,” she says. Her only regret: She wishes every
young person could see the unsung dedication and commitment of those who are tirelessly working to protect America. For some, camp director Moreno-Riano said, it is a life-chang- ing experience. “It lets them know how great our country is, that we’re not a perfect
country but it’s a great country,” he tells Newsmax. “They see how great its people are,
and the great things that we’re doing. And that, in and of itself, is worth so much,” he says. He knows that someday one of
those campers — perhaps King herself — could play a vital role in securing the nation for future generations.
Not Your Parents’ Summer Camp
A
t this summer camp, you won’t find kids dangling their feet
out of a raft as they meander down a lazy river. Campers say the Regent University Summer Government Camp is a lot of fun, but it’s also a serious chance to learn the inner workings of national security. Campers get to meet the real
front-line warriors in the war on terror, and see how national security really works. Among the activities at previous
camps: Briefings on 9/11 and foreign policy Tours of U.S. Naval Station Norfolk
surface ships Trips to NASA Langley Research
Center Polygraph demonstrations
courtesy of the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Tours of the facial-recognition lab
at Old Dominion University Field trips to Langley Air Force
Base, with tours and presentations A visit to the U.S. Army’s
Edgewood Chemical-Biological Center Field trips to see the Virginia
Beach Police Bomb Squad Submarine tours at U.S. Naval
Station Norfolk Behind-the-scenes of the Academi
(formerly Blackwater) facility in North Carolina
SEAING IS BELIEVING Campers tour Coast Guard ships that patrol the seas. AUGUST 2012 | NEWSMAX 23
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