ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico National Guard is taking another step to set young people up for success.
The ribbon is cut, the dorms are furnished and the classrooms are ready for associates in the New Mexico Job Challenge Academy.
“There was something missing for those kids that didn’t join the military, didn’t go to New Mexico Military Institute, didn’t go back to high school and weren’t old enough to really get the job skills that they needed to get jobs that allowed them to sustain themselves,” said Major Gen. Miguel Aguilar, the adjutant general in New Mexico…