 | This article contains promotional content. (October 2023) |
| Young Marines | |
|---|---|
 Official logo of Young Marines, Inc. | |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Size | 238 units 6,100 Young Marines 2,100 adult volunteers |
The Young Marines is a youth program in the United States and Japan open to all youth between the ages of 8 and 18 or high school graduation (whichever is later, not to exceed 20 years of age).[1] The Young Marines program is the leader in youth Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) education and has received many accolades for its DDR programs (drug prevention and resistance).[2] It has been awarded the United States Department Of Defense's Fulcrum Shield Award 12 times, with the last one awarded in 2022. The program has partnered up with National Family Partnership to help keep kids off drugs. The Young Marines take part in Red Ribbon Week and hold activities and events that take place during that week in October to push drug prevention and resistance efforts nationally. A documentary released in 2019, but filmed much earlier (somewhere between 2008 and 2010) The Recruits, has brought the Young Marines under renewed scrutiny[3]
- ^ "Registered Adult Manual" (PDF). May 2013. p. 2‑3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- ^ "Young Marines Awards". Young Marines. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "The Recruits". The Recruits Film. Retrieved 2022-06-29.