Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy

10/09/2026

Post made by: Cadet Luan, Social Media Assistant
🔥 Sparking Interest in Future Careers! 🔥

BBYCA cadets visited Tricon in Elko for a hands-on look at careers in welding and the skilled trades! 👨‍🏭

Cadets completed mock job applications, learned about different positions and daily operations, toured the facility, and even got the opportunity to try welding themselves!

A great opportunity to explore career paths, develop job readiness skills, and put our Job Skills Core Component into action! 💪

A big thank you to Tricon for welcoming our cadets and providing this valuable experience! 💙💛

10/09/2026

📸 Sneak peek through the camera of our Social Media Cadets! 💙💛

From fun activities to unforgettable moments with their battle buddies, our cadets have been busy capturing memories along the way! Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at life at BBYCA, all through the lenses of our very own cadets! 🇺🇸

Post made by: Cadet Luan, Social Media Assistant

10/09/2026

💪🇺🇸 Teamwork, Strength & Leadership!

BBYCA cadets took to the field alongside staff for hands-on military-style training, including dead gunner drills, simulated battlefield searches, squad movements, casualty evacuation of injured or fallen battle buddies, and leg wrestling!

These exercises challenged cadets to build communication, endurance, teamwork, and leadership skills while learning the importance of never leaving a battle buddy behind! 🇺🇸

Post made by: Cadet Luan, Social Media Assistant

10/08/2026

Our students are being part of history!

They have completed their tiles for the "My America" project, which is creating a student-designed American flag mosaic for America’s 250th birthday. Students from across all 50 states and U.S. territories are joining together for this historic project. The giant, football size flag will be displayed in Boston, MA.

10/07/2026

We’re officially on TikTok! 🎉

Follow for a closer look at cadet life, program activities, academics, challenges, events, and the everyday moments that make up the BBYCA experience.

Come see what Battle Born Youth ChalleNGe Academy is all about — and follow along with our cadets throughout the cycles.

📲 Find us on TikTok:
🌐 Learn more: BBYCA.org

09/28/2026

🛍️ The BBYCA Online Store is LIVE!

Show your BBYCA support with apparel and gear for cadets, families, friends, and supporters!

Shop here: https://bbyca.mybrightsites.com/
💙💛

09/28/2026

🏒 Please help us spread the word! 🏒

BBYCA Cadet Color Guard will be performing at the Tahoe Knight Monsters hockey game on Sunday, October 25! 🇺🇸

Fill the comments with 💙 if we’ll see you there!

🎟️ Get your tickets: gofevo.com/event/Battleborn64

Please share this post and help us get the word out!

🏒 BBYCA is headed to Tahoe! 🇺🇸

Our Cadet Color Guard will be performing at the Tahoe Knight Monsters hockey game on Sunday, October 25 at 3:00 PM at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline!

🎟️ Get your tickets & support our cadets:
gofevo.com/event/Battleborn64⁠

📣 Parents/guardians: We will notify the families of the cadets selected to attend and perform in October.

09/27/2026

09/24/2026

🏆 Celebrating Our Cadets!

Another round of well-earned recognition for our cadets and the hard work they continue to put in! 👏

Congratulations to all of our cadets being recognized! Keep putting in the work — it’s paying off. 💪🎓

09/22/2026

🎥 Family Day through the eyes of one of our Cadet Social Media Assistant! *Facebook has removed the sound*

He took the lead behind the camera and put his skills to work creating this cinematic look at Family Day. From capturing the moments to bringing it all together, we love giving cadets opportunities to explore their talents and try something new.

Pretty impressive work behind the lens! 👏🎬

What do you think?!

Credit to Cadet Greer