!Welcome to the Young Marines!
Mid-Florida Eagles                                         
Lake Wales Municipal Airport,
Fun Flight Training, 450 Airport Road
Lake Wales, Fl 33859
Tel: 863-605-3549 

 

We are the Mid-Florida Eagles of the Young Marines, located in Lake Wales, FL. The Young Marines teaches the importance of self-confidence, academic achievement, honor to our veterans, good citizenship, community service, and living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

We promote the mental, moral and physical development of our members. The program focuses on character building and leadership and promotes a lifestyle that is conducive to being productive members of society. The Young Marines is the premier youth organization in its Drug Demand Reduction effort..

The Young Marines is open to all youth ages 8 through the completion of high school. The only membership requirement is that the youth must be in good standing at school.

Upon joining our unit, youth undergo a 26-hour orientation program, generally spread out over several weekly meetings. This orientation is called Recruit Training. The youth learn general subjects such as history, customs and courtesies, close order drill, physical fitness, and military rank structure. After graduating from Young Marine Recruit Training, the youth have the opportunity to learn even more new skills, earn rank, wear the Young Marine uniform and work toward ribbon awards. Young Marines earn ribbons for achievement in areas such as leadership, community service, swimming, academic excellence, first aid and drug resistance education.