Students laugh backstage before a singing and marching competition, at School #6 gymnasium, Dmitrov, Russia.

Student cadets from School #18 in Sergiyev Posad, Russia, stand in the audience at a local theater while their classmates perform in a show for townspeople.

Students from School #18 perform a dance at the local theatre in Sergiyev Posad, Russia.

Students attend a Marine Military Academy summer camp, in Harlingen, Texas, USA. The academy hosts a summer camp for boys between 12 and 18 from around the world.

Bailey (11) lines up for a uniform inspection at a weekly Young Marines meeting, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. Nationwide, the Young Marines have around 300 clubs focusing on youth development in such areas as citizenship, patriotism, and drug-free lifestyle.

A cake is on display at the Young Marines annual ball, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. The ball is held to celebrate the year, dance and receive awards.

Wisconsin Army Cadets take an ice-cream break during an urban operations training event at Fox Valley Technical College, in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. The Wisconsin Army Cadets trains youth in various military skills to give them a foretaste of a possible military career.

Students sing patriotic songs at Utah Patriot Camp, a week-long day camp for elementary school children, in Herriman, Utah, USA. The camp strives to create patriots, teaching American values, military history and God’s Word.

Cadets attending an urban operations training event in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, search a staged warehouse set-up with trapdoors and shooters.

Garett dances with his girlfriend at the Young Marines annual ball, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. Young Marines, a patriotic education program, has 10,000 students nationwide and focuses on youth development in such areas as citizenship, patriotism, and drug-free lifestyle.

Students undergo firearms training using airguns at Borodino, the battleground where Russia fought Napoleon’s forces in 1812. Some 350 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 attend a Historical War Camp to learn various weapons skills and physical endurance, with the aim of awakening a keen interest in the Russian Fatherland and expanding military-historical knowledge.

Students from School #18 in Sergiyev Posad, Russia wait behind the scenes at a local theater, during a show for townspeople, aimed at promoting their cadet program.

Elizabeth (17) waits for her friends after watching the first football game of the season, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Elizabeth enlisted for the army the summer before her senior year of high school, and will leave for boot camp three days after she graduates.

Students from five states around the Midwest attend the week-long Civil Air Patrol Joint Dakota Encampment, in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. The emergency-response organization offers a cadet program providing youth leadership and technical training.

Students undergo gas-mask training at School #7, Dmitrov, Russia.

Nicole, a senior high school student, sings the national anthem at an annual Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) at Villa Barone Manor, Bronx, New York, USA. The JROTC is a federal program for high school students sponsored by the US Armed Forces, with over 300,000 enrollees nationwide.

Students participate in a World War II reenactment at Borodino, the battleground where Russia fought Napoleon’s forces in 1812. Some 350 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 attend a Historical War Camp to learn various weapons skills and physical endurance, with the aim of awakening a keen interest in the Russian Fatherland and expanding military-historical knowledge.

Gilbert (13) practices a house-searching drill with the Wisconsin Army Cadets, during an urban operations training event at Fox Valley Technical College, in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. The Wisconsin Army Cadets trains youth in various military skills to give them a foretaste of a possible military career.

A horse rider trains at the Historical War Camp in Borodino, the battleground where Russia fought Napoleon’s forces in 1812. Camp activities center on battle reenactments and the use of weapons. 

Dmitri (17) escapes the heat during an afternoon off at the lake, during the Orthodox Warrior camp in Diveyevo, Russia. The camp combines combat training with Christian doctrine.

Student’s dirty clothes are left to dry in the sun, as they dead off to the pool to cool off, at a Marine Military Academy summer camp, in Harlingen, Texas, USA. The academy hosts a summer camp for boys between 12 and 18 from around the world.

Students step outside during an annual Young Marines ball, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. The ball is held to celebrate the year, dance and receive awards.

From right, Julia, Kayla and Thomas attend a ceremony at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA, promoting two candidates in their unit at the Civic Air Patrol Joint Dakota Encampment.

Students from Stavropol escape the heat at a lake during the Orthodox Warrior camp in Diveyevo, Russia. The camp combines combat training with Christian doctrine.

Megan, Stephanie and Elizabeth, high school students, run to their cars in a church parking lot, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, after their school lost the first football game of the season. Elizabeth enlisted for the army the summer before her senior year of high school, and will leave for boot camp three days after she graduates.

Students participate in a World War II reenactment at Borodino, the battleground where Russia fought Napoleon’s forces in 1812. Some 350 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 attend a Historical War Camp to learn various weapons skills and physical endurance, with the aim of awakening a keen interest in the Russian Fatherland and expanding military-historical knowledge.

Students stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, at the Young Marines annual ball, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA.Young Marines, a patriotic education program, has 10,000 students nationwide and focuses on youth development in such areas as citizenship, patriotism, and drug-free lifestyle.

Nerisa, a student from the Border Patrol Explorer Program, practices with VR law-enforcement equipment, Kingsville, Texas, USA.The program, sponsored by Learning for Life Boy Scouts and US Homeland Security,  helps train individuals in law-enforcement in real-life scenarios.

Participants wait to begin a relay race, at a Marine Military Academy summer camp, Harlingen, Texas, USA. The academy hosts a summer camp for boys between 12 and 18 from around the world.

Cadets line up for drill at School #7, Dmitrov, Russia. The school offers cadet classes for those who wish to participate.

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