DORAL, Fla. – Each year, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Young Marines, a national youth organization, award five Young Marine units with the Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Award.
The award honors Young Marine units for drug demand reduction efforts through community education and peer-to-peer role modeling. Among the five winners this year was the PFC Bruce W. Carter MOH Young Marines from Doral, FL.
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“Our units make every effort to become more innovative with their anti-drug education and messaging,” said Col William P. Davis USMC (Ret), national executive director and CEO of the Young Marines. “Their goal is to reach more young people in their communities, and know they are being heard.”
The award is named in memory of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a DEA Special Agent and U.S. Marine who, in 1985, was brutally murdered while working overseas. The Young Marines who are recognized honor Camarena’s devotion to a drug-free society. Among other criteria, the Young Marines are judged on the hours they spend engaging in community outreach.
“DEA encourages other young people to follow their example by leading a drug-free lifestyle and raising awareness in our communities to stop fentanyl and other deadly drugs, and to save lives,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The Young Marines got its start in 1959 with one unit. Today, the organization has more than 236 units and 5,000 youths at home and abroad.
For more information on the Young Marines, visit https://www.YoungMarines.org.
