![Naughton Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565302393/missourimilitaryacademyorg/nwrccoh1mskjb8zv7aun/Naughton_Michael_Cadet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565302393/missourimilitaryacademyorg/nwrccoh1mskjb8zv7aun/Naughton_Michael_Cadet.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565302393/missourimilitaryacademyorg/nwrccoh1mskjb8zv7aun/Naughton_Michael_Cadet.jpg","width":640}])
“[With] the brotherhood up there and the way they all take care of each other, he has a home [at MMA].”
— Thomas Naughton, MMA dad
Family Stories
![Castle Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565302413/missourimilitaryacademyorg/yn3zoiqtwiqoemj0ov0h/Castle_Maxon_Cadet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565302413/missourimilitaryacademyorg/yn3zoiqtwiqoemj0ov0h/Castle_Maxon_Cadet.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565302413/missourimilitaryacademyorg/yn3zoiqtwiqoemj0ov0h/Castle_Maxon_Cadet.jpg","width":640}])
“I wish that more kids had the opportunity to experience [MMA]. I think it would make a world of difference.”
– Cheryl Castle, MMA mom
![Kiefer Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565302455/missourimilitaryacademyorg/z3haq9dde9xzw4mvx1eq/Kiefer_Thomas_Cadet.jpg","width":240}])
"I can’t thank everyone enough who works at MMA to help groom our boys into the men they are destined to become."
– Michelle Kiefer, MMA mom
![Thibodeaux Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565302433/missourimilitaryacademyorg/lzpux7rcktndzjvfwubn/Thibodeaux_Matthew_Cadet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565302433/missourimilitaryacademyorg/lzpux7rcktndzjvfwubn/Thibodeaux_Matthew_Cadet.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565302433/missourimilitaryacademyorg/lzpux7rcktndzjvfwubn/Thibodeaux_Matthew_Cadet.jpg","width":640}])
“The whole attitude of the school was more about academics and a scholar more than it was being a tough guy.”
–David Thibodeaux, MMA dad.
![Hughes Family]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565302474/missourimilitaryacademyorg/hzcleofjuxk8ogk9r9gd/Hughes_Sean_Cadet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565302474/missourimilitaryacademyorg/hzcleofjuxk8ogk9r9gd/Hughes_Sean_Cadet.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565302474/missourimilitaryacademyorg/hzcleofjuxk8ogk9r9gd/Hughes_Sean_Cadet.jpg","width":640}])
“The teachers and the leaders there at the school recognize the potential that is in each of these young men and then puts it to the test and says, ‘Here, you’re going to hone those skills.’”
– Nicole Hughes, MMA mom
![military academy campus]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562517755/missourimilitaryacademyorg/mnuwtt5krlnfnxqmowjj/MMA_Entrance_Stribling.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562517755/missourimilitaryacademyorg/mnuwtt5krlnfnxqmowjj/MMA_Entrance_Stribling.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1562517755/missourimilitaryacademyorg/mnuwtt5krlnfnxqmowjj/MMA_Entrance_Stribling.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562517755/missourimilitaryacademyorg/mnuwtt5krlnfnxqmowjj/MMA_Entrance_Stribling.jpg","width":1180}])
"Last night on the phone he said, 'I know I don’t tell you enough, but I am very grateful for the opportunity you have given me to be able to go to MMA.'"
— V.S.T., MMA mom
