SAME Camps Recap 2024

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Our theme for the 2024 camps season was Start YOUR Stem Journey! And what a journey it has been. SAME had the privilege of welcoming 265 students and 116 mentors to the five camp installations across the United States:

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss.
  • U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C.
  • U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.
  • U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

It was a remarkable season of fun, including building concrete beams and dog kennels, operating drones and remote-controlled underwater vehicles, using survey equipment, conducting experiments, constructing and racing cardboard boats, and more! Learn more about the SAME Camps Program.

We can’t express our appreciation enough to all the sponsors, the SAME Foundation, SAME Posts, Camp Directors, volunteer staff and mentors, parents, and of course the AWESOME students for a great camp season.

From the first-ever SAME camp at NAS Jacksonville to the 24th year that future military engineers and STEM professionals descended in Colorado Springs for the SAME/Air Force Academy Camp, the SAME’s 2024 camps continued to make a positive impact on the futures of hundreds of high school students.

Our son really enjoyed the USAFA campus, SAME STEM Camp Counselors, and the structured program which afforded him several “hands on experience” with construction, problem solving, and leadership. The SAME STEM Camp leadership, organization, and structure of this camp not only exceeded the expectations of our son and family but has left a long-lasting impression with Xavier to continue his passion to return to the USAFA next summer by getting selected to attend their “Summer Seminar” and eventually attend the USAFA as a Cadet in 2026.

Peter Rouse, SAME/Air Force Academy Camp Parent

Check out our national media coverage: here, here, and here!


Hear From a 2024 Camp Mentor

Captain Ray Palazzo is a long-time annual mentor for our SAME/Air Force Academy Engineering & Construction Camp in Colorado Springs, Colo. A camper himself in 2014, Ray has used the skills and inspiration he took from the camp to launch his professional career.

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Thank You Camp Sponsors!


National Camp Sponsors


Companies Donating $1000

Black &Veatch
WSP

Companies Donating $500


Post Camp Sponsors


Immerse Yourself in THEIR Future…Thanks to SAME Camp Mentors!

You can be part of the solution by participating in SAME’s STEM/Engineering & Construction Camps as a mentor. By sharing your knowledge and experience, you not only enhance your own leadership skills but also directly contribute to shaping the future of our industry. Join us in giving back to the community and developing young talent while strengthening your own skillset at these amazing camps!

Interested in becoming a mentor? Sign up here
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The Camps Mentoring Program is financially supported by the SAME Foundation.

Help foster engineering leadership with a generous donation to the Foundation!

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2024 SAME Camp Photos

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I would like to extend my gratitude to the Portland Post for their sponsorship and $800 travel stipend. Through the sponsorship, I was able to have an experience that is unmatched. I learned all about construction in all different areas and, even more importantly, how to work with a team. And for that I will be forever grateful to SAME.

Eliana Ferdani, 2024 USMC Camper
Thank you to all the Posts that sponsored campers; every 2024 camper was sponsored!
Albuquerque Arkansas
Atlanta Baltimore
Blue Ridge Boston
Cape Fear Carolina Midlands
Central Virginia Charleston
Chesapeake Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina Dallas
Denver Detroit
Emerald Coast Fort Benning
Fort Leonard Wood Fort Liberty
Fort Worth Frontier
Gem State Great Basin
Greater Kansas City Guam
Hampton Roads Honolulu
Houston Huntington
Huntsville Jacksonville
Japan Kaiserslautern
Kentuckiana Kittyhawk
Lake Michigan Lewis & Clark
Los Angeles Memphis
Memphis Post Mid-Maryland
Minneapolis-St Paul Mobile
Mount Tacoma New Jersey
New York City Northern Virginia
Oklahoma CIty Omaha
Orange County Oxnard-Ventura
Panama City Pensacola
Philadelphia Phoenix
Pikes Peak Piscataqua
Pittsburgh Portland
Rhein Main Robins AFB
Rock Island Sacramento
San Antonio San Diego
San Francisco Savannah
Scott Field Seattle
South Florida Southern Arizona
Southern Nevada Space Coast
Tampa Tulsa
Virginia Peninsula Washington DC
Wichita Mountain  
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