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History of the Capital City Young Marines
The Capital City Young Marines were chartered in 2001.
We serve the triangle area by providing community service whenever possible. We also provide many honor guards, and color guards and have marched in parades in the cities of Raleigh, Holly Springs, Cary and Mt. Olive.
The Capital City Young Marines have received three streamers from National Headquarters:
We have had the honor of standing alongside the Patriot Guard on several occasions including wreath laying ceremonies on the graves of fallen military personnel and welcoming home WWII Veterans at the Flight of Honor.
We have had the honor of providing Honor Guards for the Flags for Fallen Military organization that installs flag poles for families who have lost their military loved one and provides them with a ceremonial flag.
We have also had the honor of helping our heroes in the U.S. Marine Corps collect toys and donations at many Toys for Tots locations including Home Coming games at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium where we helped collect tens of thousands of dollars over the past few years.
Our own Young Marine SgtMaj Cobb was chosen as the Division 3 Young Marine of the Year in 2013. A very prestigious honor in which he was chosen over hundreds of qualified Young Marines. He also recently received the Distinguished Order of Merit award, the highest achievement award offered in the Young Marine program.
Every year at our annual Young Marine Birthday Ball we honor a Young Marine from our unit with the LCpl Eric J. Schreiber Award in recognition of courage or extraordinary leadership shown during that year. The first recipient of the award was YM LCpl Jude Smith in 2011. The award was given to YM Sgt Karl Hill in 2012. YM Sgt Brian Alston earned this award in 2013.
We also honor one of our staff at the end of each year with the Tech Sgt Adam Ginett Award. Dr. Tim has aptly received this award in both 2011 and 2012. Unit Paymaster, Bev Hill, earned this award in 2013.
The Capital City Young Marines were chartered in 2001.
We serve the triangle area by providing community service whenever possible. We also provide many honor guards, and color guards and have marched in parades in the cities of Raleigh, Holly Springs, Cary and Mt. Olive.
The Capital City Young Marines have received three streamers from National Headquarters:
- Marine Corps League Unit Commendation for outstanding performance of duty to the community.
- Young Marine Unit Commendation with Gold Palm for service to Veterans.
- Young Marine Encampment for having perfect attendance at a unit encampment.
We have had the honor of standing alongside the Patriot Guard on several occasions including wreath laying ceremonies on the graves of fallen military personnel and welcoming home WWII Veterans at the Flight of Honor.
We have had the honor of providing Honor Guards for the Flags for Fallen Military organization that installs flag poles for families who have lost their military loved one and provides them with a ceremonial flag.
We have also had the honor of helping our heroes in the U.S. Marine Corps collect toys and donations at many Toys for Tots locations including Home Coming games at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium where we helped collect tens of thousands of dollars over the past few years.
Our own Young Marine SgtMaj Cobb was chosen as the Division 3 Young Marine of the Year in 2013. A very prestigious honor in which he was chosen over hundreds of qualified Young Marines. He also recently received the Distinguished Order of Merit award, the highest achievement award offered in the Young Marine program.
Every year at our annual Young Marine Birthday Ball we honor a Young Marine from our unit with the LCpl Eric J. Schreiber Award in recognition of courage or extraordinary leadership shown during that year. The first recipient of the award was YM LCpl Jude Smith in 2011. The award was given to YM Sgt Karl Hill in 2012. YM Sgt Brian Alston earned this award in 2013.
We also honor one of our staff at the end of each year with the Tech Sgt Adam Ginett Award. Dr. Tim has aptly received this award in both 2011 and 2012. Unit Paymaster, Bev Hill, earned this award in 2013.
