Both Recruits and staff always seem to look forward to our camp bivouack. We pack our necessities and hike way out on the property in order to experience nature at its best. Being able to camp out under the stars makes this excursion all the more exciting. During our bivouack excursion, recruits enjoy a weenie roast and story telling time.   

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Our land navigation course is made up of navigation points, spread out throughout camp. Recruits are broken into teams and must utilize grid coordinates and compass azimuths to navigate from point to point. Those who paid good attention in our land navigation classes will fare well. The lessons learned during Land Navigation training will come in handy at the end during the Dirty Dozen camp competition.

Hikers are not permitted to hike to the top of Mount Humphries, due to protected wildlife that is at the peak of the mountain, but we can take a nice hike and enjoy nature on this excursion. The mountain is covered with snow during most of the year, and usually warms up enough to be snow free in the summer time. The elevation keeps it nice and cool, a comfortable hike.

Going swimming is a fun activity that allows for a little bit of “down time” and relaxation. The pool is immaculately kept, and the people there are awesome. 

The pool is always staffed with certified life guards as an added measure of safety. There is also a picnic area where we can enjoy lunch after swimming. Swimming is a great way to get exercise, and have fun at the same time. Who says there’s no water in Arizona?

We like to treat our recruits to a dining out night during their stay at camp. This usually happens during one of our longer outings, such as the Grand Canyon Trip, or the Mountain Hike. Our favorite place to eat is at the Mandarin Chinese Buffet in Flagstaff, Arizona. Even Major Denton likes this restaurant, and she is known to be quite the conniseur of Chinese food.

This trip is a great opportunity for our recruits to show off their proper etiquette and excellent table manners. The recruits know that it is a privilege to eat out at a restaurant, and that when they are outside of camp, their behavior is a reflection of not only RRMC, but of themselves and their family as well. We have had the unfortunate experience of having a recruit sit on the bus and have PB & J instead of the buffet if his behavior is not up to par. This is a good incentive for our recruits to do their very best, not only at camp, but always.

Thank you to the great staff at Mandarin Buffet, your hospitality and hard work is always appreciated. If you’re ever in Flagstaff, and you’re looking for some great Chinese food, be sure to give them a try.

We firmly believe that children should never stop learning, even if it is summer time. Read on to learn about some of the topics that are covered at camp in our camp classroom.

• Anger / Stress Management

Stress is a fact of life. How we handle stressful situations can mean the difference between obtaining positive results or negative ones. This course helps recruits to understand and control their anger and stress levels. They will learn how to de-escalate potential hot spots and maintain peace and order, even in challenging situations.

• Code of Conduct

Recruits learn the code that all servicemen and women swear and live by in the Armed Forces. As with all military units, the Code of Conduct is used as a guideline to act with honor, integrity and courage under the most demanding, stressful and seemingly grave situations. This is a skill that can certainly be beneficial to recruits when they are back at home.

• Confidence Course

Recruits confront and overcome fears and potential barriers through a series of obstacles designed to challenge both the mind and body. An alternate approach to traditional learning, the confidence course, long proven by militaries world wide, provides a challenging platform on which fears can be confronted in a safe and controlled manner. This activity is known to have an “I can do it!” effect on our recruits.

• Drill and Ceremonies

The discipline learned and achieved through precision marching and drill is invaluable. There is no better way to build teamwork and Esprit de Corps, and look good doing it. Recruits will begin learning basic positions and marching, and continue to expand on their skills base, as they learn more challenging drill maneuvers throughout the course of camp.

• Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Drug and Alcohol abuse among adolescents has reached epidemic proportions. This program teaches recruits the physical, emotional, and social hazards of using controlled substances. Upon completion of this course, your recruit will be able to identify all of the risks involved with using controlled substances and how to avoid them at all costs. He will also learn why experimentation is dangerous, and how to say “No”. Any recruit that has ever mustered the strength to tell their parents “No” should certainly be able to do the same to their peers when they need to…. right?

• Environmental Awareness

This course takes the topic of Environmental Awareness and uses it as a delivery system for a larger and broader message. Recruits learn the values and hazards of their surrounding environment and the resources available to maintain safety and awareness. Environmental preservation and respect for surroundings is a necessary lesson that will ensure a bright future for our children.

• Future Planning

Emphasizes the importance of planning for the future and helps recruits select a career field. In this class, the recruits are guided through the necessary steps towards planning for their vital upcoming years. From colleges to careers, the campers learn how to plan and prepare for a prosperous future.

• Goal Setting

Goal Setting teaches your child how to analyze tasks or missions and break them down into smaller, more attainable goals. recruits learn how to apply these skills towards common everyday tasks, such as chores, homework and their family life.

• Land Navigation

Recruits are taught how to navigate through open terrain with a compass and a map. Along with receiving some extra exercise, your child will learn the valuable skill of successfully maneuvering his way around unfamiliar territory.

• Leader Quick Reaction Course

Recruits learn to take initiative and responsibility by rotating through leadership positions in a variety of challenging situations. The LQRC is an effective tool in teaching some of the most basic, yet vital leadership skills. Analytical thinking, sound decision making, and gathering intelligence are just a few skills learned in this class.

• Map Reading

The ability to understand where you are and how to get where you are going is important in order to stay safe. Map Reading teaches children basic map reading on standard topographical maps, brushes up on math skills and promotes analytical thinking.

• Military Customs and Courtesies

Today’s Military Customs and Courtesies are built on millenniums of past traditions. Your child will learn our most important customs and where they originated from. Bugle calls, salutes and ceremonies all teach respect for authority and enforce discipline.

• Military History

Recruits learn about some of our world’s greatest leaders, their accomplishments and the character traits that defined them. From Alexander the Great to Napoleon, and from Theodore Roosevelt to General George Patton, campers collect a plethora of information.

• Parents as Leaders

Remember when honoring your parents was a responsibility, and not a request? Our recruits are given a (loud and) clear explanation of why they must honor and respect their parents as their leaders, and the difficulties that evolve when they don’t. This is a message that is repeated often throughout their stay at camp, an important message that goes unspoken all too often.

• Peer Pressure Proof

Generations ago, the school bully was demanding milk money. Times have changed, and our new “bullies” have altered their traditional manipulation tactics, now coaxing your recruit into illicit drugs and encouraging their participation in illegal behavior. Our recruits learn how to cope with today’s society and the pressure fellow youth place on each other on a daily basis. Our recruits learn the difference between positive pressure and negative pressure and will leave camp armed with the knowledge to be Peer Pressure Proof.

• Phonetic Alphabet

Recruits learn the military codes for our alphabet and numeral system. The Phonetic alphabet is vital to conducting military operations, as its primary purpose is to eliminate misunderstandings on military radios caused by the intense background noise during battle. Visit our “Information for New Recruits” link to give your recruit a head start on this class.

• Principles of Fitness

Good health and physical fitness are a winning combination for growing adolescents. When your recruit is in good health and maintains a high level of physical fitness, he will be less fatigued in school and have increased mental alertness; thus having a higher capacity for learning and knowledge retention. Recruits learn how to achieve their desired fitness levels while participating in a safe and rewarding physical fitness program. We encourage our recruits to maintain some type of fitness regiment upon their return home, to maintain optimum health.

• Social Skill Development

Did you ever wonder if your recruit was living with wolverines while he was supposed to be learning proper social skills and etiquette? You know you’ve taught him better, he must have just forgot…. This course covers polite conversation through table manners, and consideration of others through speaking out of turn; everything he needs to carry himself as a polite young man.