_FREEDOM ISN'T FREE - EARN EVERY MILE_

SALUTE RED WHITE & BLUE WILL START AND FINISH IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI AT CAMP SHELBY IN FRONT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ARMED FORCES MUSEUM (BUILDING, 850 FORREST AVE W, HATTIESBURG, MS 39407).

ATHLETES CAN CHOOSE TO RUN OR WALK THE CHALLENGING 11 MILE COURSE, THE 11K COURSE, OR THE 5K COURSE. ALL THREE COURSES WILL BE ON PAVED ROADS.

RACE COURSE MAP WILL BE AVAILABLE BY JULY 20, 2025.

ALL FINISHERS WILL EARN A MEDALLION/MEDAL.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

PACKET PICK UP AT CAMP SHELBY (EXACT LOCATION TBA) ON FRIDAY EVENING FROM 4:30-7:00PM AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY FROM 6:30-7:30 AM.

_THE SALUTE RED, WHITE & BLUE RACE KICKS OFF AT 8:00 AM, WITH ALL COURSES CLOSING BY 11:00 AM. CUSTOM AWARDS WILL FOLLOW AROUND 11:00-ISH, AND THE FINISH LINE CELEBRATION WILL KEEP GOING STRONG UNTIL NOON. WERE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING AND CAN ALREADY TELLTHIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HECK OF A PATRIOTIC RUN!REGISTRATION OPENS ON JULY 8 WITH SPECIAL PRICING FOR A FEW HOURS ONLY! _

THIS RACE SUPPORTS THE MISSISSIPPI YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY AT CAMP SHELBY.

THE YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK YOUTH RUN BY THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES (WHICH IS WHY THE NG IN CHALLENGE IS EITHER: CAPITALIZED, ITALICIZED, BOLDED OR ALL OF THE ABOVE), WHICH CONSISTS OF YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMIES (KNOWN AS YCA'S) IN EACH PARTICIPATING STATE. THE STATED MISSION OF THE YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM IS "TO INTERVENE IN AND RECLAIM THE LIVES OF AT-RISK YOUTH TO PRODUCE PROGRAM GRADUATES WITH THE VALUES, SKILLS, EDUCATION AND SELF-DISCIPLINE NECESSARY TO SUCCEED AS ADULTS." THE PROGRAM ACCEPTS 16- TO 18-YEAR-OLD MALE AND FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WHO ARE DRUG-FREE AND NOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. THE PROGRAM LASTS FOR 17 1/2 MONTHS. THE FIRST 5 1/2 MONTHS ARE PART OF THE QUASI-MILITARY RESIDENTIAL PHASE. THE LAST 12 MONTHS ARE PART OF THE POST-RESIDENTIAL PHASE. MOST PARTICIPANTS WILL EARN THEIR GED OR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BY THE END OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL PHASE.

THE PROGRAM IS ONE OF MANY PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU THAT ADDRESS LEADERSHIP, LIFE SKILLS, AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.

SEE YOU AT CAMP SHELBY ON 11-8-25.