Young Marines recruiting for Van Buren County

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2188&dept_id=560374&newsid=19238457&PAG=461&rfi=9

01/28/2008

The newly-chartered Van Buren County Young Marines is in the process of accepting applications for enrollment. An informational meeting will be held Wednesday, January 30 at the Lawrence Elementary School cafeteria, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Recruit training will begin Wednesday, February 6 at the same time.

According to Glenn Alters Commanding, the Young Marines promote the mental, moral and physical development of its members, a healthy, drug-free lifestyle, and focuses on character-building and leadership skills.

Any young person between the ages of 8 and 18 years who is in good standing at school is welcome to sign up. After graduating from the 26-hour orientation program, youths will have the opportunity to learn new skills, earn rank, ribbons and awards for activities such as community service, athletics, academic excellence, first aid, CPR and drug resistance education.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. OMG, shades of Hitler's Youth program!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. These folks, obviously, have never been in a marine barracks.

"....promote the mental, moral and physical development of its members, a healthy, drug-free lifestyle, and focuses on character-building and leadership skills."

As one who spent 4 years in those barracks, all I can say is....

:rofl: :puke:

[I work for workers]

3. From my understanding, it's kind of like boy scouts and the big brother

program rolled into one. I'm sure they get recruiting pitches, but so does everyone else and this probably looks good on a college application.

[saigon68]

4. Nice Find Don

Looks like we are training the next generation of "Crusaders"

[Squatch]

5. "...awards for activities such as community service, athletics, academic excellence, first aid, CPR"

Yeah, they're sure inculcating a warrior ethos...

[NNN0LHI]

8. Don't need to militarize little kids to accomplish those things

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2298584652331310362&q=Young+Marines&total=578&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

[saigon68]

9. Who needs the Hitler Youth When you have this

Well they will learn the (insert racial epithet here)Heads shoot back like Juba the sniper

[gratuitous]

6. How does killing people build character?

What's moral about shooting other human beings? What's healthy - physically, mentally or spiritually - about kicking in a family's front door and executing them? Or do those lessons come a little later?

[bemildred]

7. Another good catch. nt