Add shooting real military grade guns and rugged hiking and you have an absolutely compulsively attractive program for the very kind of aggressive, masculine young male who’s perfect for a military career. Also, imagine what happens when these kids return to school tanned, fit, and proud as punch of what they did and tell about it. They’ll be at the top of the pile with their peers. Before BSA became Boy Sodomites of America the Boy Scouts did a lot of that. Now the new merit badge is “Fudge Packing,” not exactly an incentive for masculine, risk taking recruits.
My nephew joined the Young Marines and is now a commissioned officer (In the real USMC), while they aren’t everywhere, it is a great option.