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Erika Bongo, a Kadena High School sophomore, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, smiles and thanks the National Cheerleading Association instructors after she was named the top all-American at the end of a five-day-cheerleading camp, Nov. 8, 2013. Bongo, said she didn’t have any idea she wanted to try out for all-American until the beginning of this year’s cheerleading season.
131108-M-CP522-654.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. D. A. Walters

Nov 18, 2013
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Erika Bongo, a Kadena High School sophomore, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, smiles and thanks the National Cheerleading Association instructors after she was named the top all-American at the end of a five-day-cheerleading camp, Nov. 8, 2013. Bongo, said she didn’t have any idea she wanted to try out for all-American until the beginning of this year’s cheerleading season.


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