Welcome to Chino Valley Young Marines
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We are a youth organization with the mission to strengthen and improve America’s youth. By providing Discipline, Leadership, Character Development, Confidence, & Living a Drug free lifestyle.
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Our History
In 1959 in Waterbury, Connecticut, several former Marines formed an organization for boys that would mirror the values of the Marine Corps. Their vision – to offer leadership training and other life skills – formed the bedrock of the organization known today as the Young Marines. Years later, the program is a highly respected youth organization, for boys and girls ages eight through high school graduation, that has grown to over 236 units. Our focus, though, has remained the same: to strengthen the lives of America’s youth by teaching the importance of self-confidence, academic achievement, honoring our veterans, good citizenship, community service, and living a health, drug-free lifestyle. The core values - leadership, teamwork, and discipline - are well understood and practiced by all.
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Who we are not |
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The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school. The Young Marines promote the mental, moral, and physical development of their members. The program focuses on character building, leadership, and promotes a healthy, drug-free lifestyle and teaches the value of truthfulness, fairness, respect, courage, attention to duty and love of God and Country. The Young Marines is the official youth program of the U.S. Marine Corps and the focal point for the Marine Corps’ Youth Drug Demand Reduction efforts.
The Chino Valley Young Marines is a challenging, exciting and motivating program that requires commitment to excel. Membership
The Young Marines program is open to all boys and girls ages eight through completion of high school. The only membership requirement is that the youth must be in good standing at school and must pass recruit training.
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The Young Marines program is not a summer camp, daycare program, or military school. If you are looking for a babysitter, don’t look here. Please do not expect the Young Marines Staff to raise your child. That is not their responsibility and purpose.
The Young Marines is not a “scared straight” or “boot camp” type of program for troubled youths. We cannot “fix” children with discipline problems. We are not social workers, so don’t expect us to work miracles in behavior improvement or behavior modification with your child. Our staff members are parents just like you, not professionals qualified to handle such issues. Our staff, however, will try to re-enforce standards of good behavior and academic achievement expected by any parent, as well as by society, for their child. We are not a paramilitary group and are not a military recruiting station for any branch of the Armed Forces. Young Marines do not carry weapons and do not receive any form of combat training. While a Young Marine may decide to join the military when he or she turns 18, he or she is under no obligation to do so. Likewise, participation in the Young Marines program does not automatically guarantee acceptance into the Armed Forces. |
"Strengthening the lives of American’s Youth”
"Building America’s Future One Youth At A Time”