Establish Young Marines Chapters
throughout Wisconsin.
Recruit students between ages of
8-20 to become Young Marines.
Establish Young Marines chapter
under the command of Tim Baranzyk, teacher at Andrew S. Douglas
Community Academy, volunteer, and former participant of Title I Parent and Family Technology Resource Center.
Objectives:
Provide recruits with meeting place
on a weekly basis for drills and meetings.
Inform and recruit parents willing
to participate along with their children on all activities
related to Young Marines.
Create sense of community within
students and parents participating with the leadership of the
Young Marines.
Instill in students and parents
that this organization will develop leadership, discipline,
citizenship, fitness, and academic achievement.
Participants will involve in
school honor and color guard, community projects with the
elderly and building tools to seek educational opportunities.
Mission:
Advocate a drug free lifestyle
through a continual drug prevention education program.
First Aid and CPR
Newsletter Editing and Creation
Video Productions and Photography Labs
Swimming and Water Safety
Enhance the future success
of our youth through education and discipline.
Wisconsin Curriculum Standards
Career Development
Promote the mental, moral and physical development of its
members.
School Activities
Summer Camps
Space Camp
Compass and Map Reading
Orienting
Instill in its members the ideals
of honesty, fairness, courage, respect, loyalty,
dependability, attention to duty, love of God, and
fidelity to our country, and its institutions.
Leadership, Environmental, Community
Citizenship
Community Activities
Community Services
Stimulate an interest in, and
respect for, academic achievement and the history and
traditions of the United States of America.
History and Traditions of the Marine Corps
Promote physical fitness through
the conduct of physical activities, including
participation in athletic events and close order drill.
Physical Fitness
Drill
Review:
In a society where there is
much unrest, drug abuse, discontent and disdain of authority,
the Young Marines provides an alternative for our youth.
The Young Marines seeks to instill a sense of pride in our
Youth -- pride in themselves, in their community and in their
country. Both youth and adult staff help to police their
own ranks because it provides the opportunity to develop
self-discipline and motivation by exposing them to positive
adult role models, instruction and guidance. The
advocacy of a drug-free lifestyle is particularly important
given the pervasiveness of the drug threat to our children
today, and the resultant violence and moral corruption that
drugs lead to by their nature.
Today,
there are many opportunities for young Americans to be
led astray into crime, drug use, poor academic
performance, and other vices. Peer pressure,
which is often the causes of these vices, is exerted
towards wholesome ends such as school work, sports,
physical fitness and other school and community
activities.
The Young Marines program
provides an alternative for youth. The program
seeks to instill a sense of pride in the youth, pride
in themselves, in their community, and in their
country. Both young and adult staff help to
police their own ranks because it provides the
opportunity for our youth to develop self discipline
and motivation by exposing them to positive adult role
models, instruction and guidance. The advocacy
of a drug free lifestyle is particularly important
given the pervasiveness of the drug threat to our
children today and the resultant violence and moral
corruption that drugs lead to. In view of the
damage that illicit drugs do to children and to
American society as a whole, the need to mobilize all
available resources with which to fight the battle
against their use is obvious.
Creed:
Obey my parents and
all others in charge of me whether young or old.
Keep myself neat at
all times without other people telling me to.
Keep myself clean in
mind by attending the church of my faith.
Keep my mind alert
to learn in school, at home, or at play.
Remember having self
discipline will enable me to control my body and
mind in case of an emergency.
Organization:
Young
Marines Units are run by adult volunteers. The
Commander and Executive Officer for each unit are
elected by the adult staff members of that unit.
Battalion Commanders and Executive Officers are
elected by the local Commanders, and Regimental
Officers are elected by Battalion and local
Commanders. A National Director and two
Assistant National Directors, a Senior and Junior, are
elected for three year terms by the Regimental,
Battalion, and local Commanders. The elections take
place at the Young Marines
workshop which is held
during the annual National Convention of the Marine
Corps League.
In addition, there is a
Young
Marines board of Directors consisting of the National
Director, the Senior and Junior National Directors,
three trustees who are elected for 3 year terms, a
representative of the Advisory Board, and a
representative of the commandant of the Marine
Corps. A National Adjutant and National
Paymaster are appointed by the National Director.
Young
Marines Program and the Community:
Qualified
volunteers serve in a staff capacity in a Young
Marines unit, functioning as mentors, role models and
instructors. They must be willing and able to
commit to a consistent, reliable period of
participation in the program. After successful
completion of an initial 13 week basic training
period, or "boot camp," Young Marines attend
weekly meetings at their "drill site."
Progressing through various phases of training, they
are shepherded through a journey of learning designed
to emphasize and reinforce the fundamental skills
necessary for success as citizens, young adults and
team players. This rigorous training instills a
sense of pride and personal accomplishment along with
a profound sense of potential for future
leadership. Community service is stressed
throughout the Young Marines curriculum.
One of the key elements
of each Young Marine's identity as a member of his/her
unit is the sense of pride demonstrated in wearing the
Young Marines uniform.
First Aid and CPR
The Young Marines program
provides an alternative for youth. The program
seeks to instill a sense of pride in the youth, pride
in themselves, in their community, and in their
country. Both young and adult staff help to
police their own ranks because it provides the
opportunity for our youth to develop self discipline
and motivation by exposing them to positive adult role
models, instruction and guidance. The advocacy
of a drug free lifestyle is particularly important
given the pervasiveness of the drug threat to our
children today and the resultant violence and moral
corruption that drugs lead to. In view of the
damage that illicit drugs do to children and to
American society as a whole, the need to mobilize all
available resources with which to fight the battle
against their use is obvious.
Young
Marines Units are run by adult volunteers. The
Commander and Executive Officer for each unit are
elected by the adult staff members of that unit.
Battalion Commanders and Executive Officers are
elected by the local Commanders, and Regimental
Officers are elected by Battalion and local
Commanders. A National Director and two
Assistant National Directors, a Senior and Junior, are
elected for three year terms by the Regimental,
Battalion, and local Commanders. The elections take
place at the Young Marines
workshop which is held
during the annual National Convention of the Marine
Corps League.
Qualified
volunteers serve in a staff capacity in a Young
Marines unit, functioning as mentors, role models and
instructors. They must be willing and able to
commit to a consistent, reliable period of
participation in the program. After successful
completion of an initial 13 week basic training
period, or "boot camp," Young Marines attend
weekly meetings at their "drill site."
Progressing through various phases of training, they
are shepherded through a journey of learning designed
to emphasize and reinforce the fundamental skills
necessary for success as citizens, young adults and
team players. This rigorous training instills a
sense of pride and personal accomplishment along with
a profound sense of potential for future
leadership. Community service is stressed
throughout the Young Marines curriculum.
