The Patriotic Clubs Training Young Americans

Theodore Roosevelt Educational Campus celebrates its 7th annual JROTC Military Ball at the Villa Baron Mansion, Bronx, New York

The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, a federal programme for high schoolers sponsored by the US armed forces, is one of the largest youth programmes in the world, with more than 300,000 enrolees

Marine Military Academy, Harlingen, Texas

This all-boys institution hosts a summer camp on its academic campus. The boys, aged 12-18, engage in physical, mental and weapons training, in preparation for careers in the US Army, Air Force, Navy or Marine Corps

Youth of Watford City and Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota

Jamison, Jade, Gregory and Nick celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in 2017. The boys are saying goodbye to one of their friends, Logan, who leaves in two days for boot camp with the Marines