Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Idaho
MCL Department — ID. Service and a meeting hall — ID.
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Units
| Steven D Merrell #698 | Detachment 698 · Pocatello, ID |
| Treasure Valley #878 | Detachment 878 · Nampa, ID |
| Pappy Boyington #966 | Detachment 966 · Coeur d'Alene, ID |
| Wm L McCauley/Magic Valley #1030 | Detachment 1030 · Twin Falls, ID |
| Sgt Maj Linehan/N C Idaho #1034 | Detachment 1034 · Lewiston, ID |
| Silver Valley #1060 | Detachment 1060 · Kellogg, ID |
| William E Barber #1110 | Detachment 1110 · SANDPOINT, ID |
| Snake River #1488 | Detachment 1488 · Caldwell, ID |
MCL Department of Idaho, the Marine Corps League Department — ID. The detachment dates to 1977, when veterans home from Vietnam and the years that followed wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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.
Meetings are the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at the hall — ID. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the detachment might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — ID. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — ID.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — ID.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Department fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — ID.
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Years on the calendar — ID
Charter story set in 1977
90 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
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Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Idaho, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — ID. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Department. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of Idaho. 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 a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — ID.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — ID
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs 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 — ID.
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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — ID.
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 — ID. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — ID.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — ID. MCL Department of Idaho. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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