Matthew S. Harmon attended the Air Force Junior ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Aerospace and Technology Honors Camp at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Ga. The Air Force has nine other approved Aerospace and Technology Honors Camp sites for the high school cadets attending in 2006. Cadets attending the camps are in the top one percent of 110,000 Junior ROTC cadets worldwide; only 500 cadets were selected and actually attended the honors camps.

Selection of students/cadets to attend the honors camp is very competitive. They must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0, be rising sophomores, juniors or seniors enrolled in college-prep mathematics and science courses, have leadership ability, demonstrated an interest in pursuing technical and aerospace-related careers, and be U.S. citizens.

The Air Force Junior ROTC Honors Camp program has two primary goals: expose high achieving cadets to aerospace and high technology opportunities and careers, and to leverage junior ROTC demographics to reach college-bound minorities at a younger age.

The honors camps' five-day hands-on curricula allows cadets to visit college campuses, air and space operational bases and sites, research labs, historical sites, museums, aerospace industries, hear lectures from pilots and astronauts, and participate in flight simulator training and airplane rides with licensed pilots.

He is the son of Kathy J. Harmon of Sharpsburg, Ga. and is currently attending Northgate High School, Newnan, Ga.

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