Eligibility
Who We Look For
We are looking for highly mature young women and men with strong leadership potential.
We are not – nor do we wish to be – a "corrective" program for youth who cannot accept discipline or who have behavioral issues.
We welcome both cadets with military goals and those with none at all.
All our cadets will learn how to recognize their leadership potential and develop it in a military environment, which is unique in its ability to teach discipline, inner strength, and “no-excuses” personal responsibility.
Membership Requirements
To be considered for membership in Massachusetts Bay Division, you must satisfy ALL of the following criteria:
- Highly mature young woman or man at least 13 years old, but not yet 18
- Able to commit to attending 75% of drills
- Willing to take responsibility for your own actions
- Be comfortable training in a highly disciplined and physically demanding military environment
- Maintain a neat, clean military image including grooming standards
- Satisfactory grades and regular advancement in school
- No criminal record
- Reject and renounce the use of drugs and alcohol
Diversity makes us a stronger and better team. We especially welcome female applicants as well as members of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Physical Fitness &
Medical Accommodations
Our unit emphasizes physical fitness as a positive lifestyle choice. We encourage this by doing all-hands physical activity (run by the cadets themselves!) at almost every drill. Unit PT includes military-style team physical training, such as pushups, sit-ups, formation running, stretching.
Twice per year, all cadets are required to successfully complete a Physical Readiness Test. The Physical Readiness Test is based on age and gender and consist of the following:
Program Cost
Currently, the first-year enrollment fee for a new cadet is $300. Thereafter, the yearly renewal fee is $200.
Cadets will be loaned (at no charge) most of the uniforms they will need unless they are an unsually small or large size. Each cadet is only required to return all uniforms loaned at the time he or she leaves the program.
Massachusetts Bay Division is 100% funded by enrollment fees and donations. Our 1-2 week away-from-home training programs receive significant federal assistance, which results in you paying an average of $200 for one week of training (including food, lodging and operational expenses).
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