Central Ohio Young Marines

The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school. Columbus, OH.

Central Ohio, 3rd Battalion, Ohio Regiment, 5th Division of the Young Marines.

The Young Marines is open to all youth ages 8 through completion of high school. The only membership requirement is that the youth must be in good standing at school. Since the Young Marines' humble beginnings, in 1958, with one unit and a handful of boys, the organization has grown to approximately 300 units with 10,000 youth and 3,000 adult volunteers in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Japan; with affiliates in a host of other countries.