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Our Detachment always welcomes new members. If you have any questions, or just want more information, please contact:
Tim Haley @ 466.5045 or Email Who Can Join? (scroll down for the History and Purpose of the League) The league is comprised of honorably discharged as well as reserve and active duty Marines and FMF Navy Corpsmen with over 90 days of service. Those individuals that want to participate with the
Marine Corps League but do not otherwise qualify may join as Associate Members.
Along with a check for $30 payable to Marine Corps League Semper Fi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE The Marine Corps League (MCL) is a Marine Corps oriented organization comprised of persons who are serving, or have served honorably in the United States Marine Corps "on active duty", for not less than ninety (90) days, and persons who are serving, or have served in the United States Marine Corps reserve, and have earned no less than ninety (90) reserve retirement credit points, and United States Navy Corpsmen who have trained and served with United States Marine Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) units in excess of ninety (90) days and have earned the Marine Corps device (clasp) worn on the service ribbon, and those who earn the Warfare Device authorized for FMF Corpsmen, shall be eligible for regular membership in the Marine Corps League. Interested individuals, who are not qualified to join as regular members of the League, may be accepted as Associate Members. The Marine Corps League was established in June 1923, during a reunion in New York, of Marines who had served in the 1st World War. The League was chartered by an act of the United States Congress on August 4th, 1937. The League was authorized to assist and aid in presenting claims before the Veterans Administration by Public Law # 243, passed by the 74th Congress of the United States of America. PURPOSES OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE * To preserve the traditions, promote the interest and perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps. * To band together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps, eligible FMF Corpsmen and those who have been honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps, together in fellowship, that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy. * To help fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve ably as citizens as they have served our nation under arms. * To hold sacred the memory and history of the men and women who have given their lives to the Nation. * To foster love for the principles which they have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the Republic. * To aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all Marines and FMF Corpsmen, uniformed and civilian, as well as their widows and orphans. * To create a bond of comradeship between those in the service and those who have returned to civilian life. * To perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of peculiar interest to Marines. Oath of Membership I, <Your Name;>, in the presence of Almighty God and the members of the Marine Corps League, here assembled, being fully aware of the symbols, motto, principles and purposes, of the Marine Corps League, do solemnly swear, that I will uphold and defend the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Marine Corps League. I will never knowingly wrong, deceive, or defraud the League, to the value of anything. I will never knowingly wrong or injure or permit any member, or any member's family, to be wronged or injured, if to prevent same is within my power. I will never propose for membership one known to me to be unqualified or unworthy to become a member of the League. I further promise to govern my conduct in the League's affairs and in my personal life, in a manner becoming a decent and honorable person, and will never knowingly bring discredit to the League. So help me, God.
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