Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Georgia
MCL Department — GA. Service and a meeting hall — GA.
- MCL Department
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Directory
Units
| Dog Company #564 | Detachment 564 · SAVANNAH, GA |
| L/Cpl Squire 'Skip' Wells #647 | Detachment 647 · Marietta, GA |
| Upper Chattahoochee #665 | Detachment 665 · Gainesville, GA |
| Glynco #716 | Detachment 716 · Brunswick, GA |
| Unicoi #783 | Detachment 783 · Blairsville, GA |
| Lt Col Jimmie Dyess #921 | Detachment 921 · Augusta, GA |
| Georgia Devil Dog #952 | Detachment 952 · Suwanee, GA |
| Middle Georgia #970 | Detachment 970 · Macon, GA |
| "Jake" Puryear #1020 | Detachment 1020 · ROME, GA |
| 1st Sgt Charles F Waller #1040 | Detachment 1040 · LaGrange, GA |
| SgtMaj Louis Roundtree #1048 | Detachment 1048 · East Point, GA |
| Joseph Schmittou #1083 | Detachment 1083 · Watkinsville, GA |
| Gen Ray Davis - MOH #1188 | Detachment 1188 · Conyers, GA |
| Maj Stephen W Pless #1196 | Detachment 1196 · Griffin, GA |
| Kings Bay #1229 | Detachment 1229 · St Marys, GA |
| Maj Lawrence Des Jardines #1260 | Detachment 1260 · Albany, GA |
| Marines NO GA Mountain #1280 | Detachment 1280 · Jasper, GA |
| Currahee Mountain #1303 | Detachment 1303 · Toccoa, GA |
| Cpl Glenn Pair #1309 | Detachment 1309 · Dalton, GA |
| MajGen Warren R Johnson #1311 | Detachment 1311 · Woodstock, GA |
| Sgt Clyde Thomason MOH #1325 | Detachment 1325 · Sharpsburg, GA |
| West Chatham #1326 | Detachment 1326 · Bloomngdale, GA |
| Waycross #1333 | Detachment 1333 · Waycross, GA |
| Central Georgia #1373 | Detachment 1373 · Perry, GA |
| Columbus #1402 | Detachment 1402 · Columbus, GA |
| Peach County #1424 | Detachment 1424 · Byron, GA |
| Lake Blue Ridge #1438 | Detachment 1438 · Blue Ridge, GA |
| DLC Marines #1462 | Detachment 1462 · Dublin, GA |
| Georgia-at-Large #1498 | Detachment 1498 · Griffin, GA |
In 1951 a handful of veterans chartered Department — GA. From that first meeting the detachment grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the members hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
The regular meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the members stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — GA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — GA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — GA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — GA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — GA.
75
Years on the calendar — GA
Charter story set in 1951
180 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
37
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Georgia, written here as the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The members read the names they have been given — GA. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — GA. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of Georgia. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the detachment already knows. The members voted to keep the winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — GA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — GA
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — GA.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the detachment looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — GA.
Officers
Officers
Commandant
Senior Vice Commandant
Adjutant
Paymaster
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — GA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — GA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — GA. MCL Department of Georgia. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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