Marine Corps League
MCL Department of West Virginia
MCL Department — WV. A detachment since 1976 — WV.
- MCL Department
- WV
Directory
Units
| Hicks-Hamrick #339 | Detachment 339 · Craigsville, WV |
| Hershel "Woody" Williams #340 | Detachment 340 · Huntington, WV |
| Earl Anderson #342 | Detachment 342 · Morgantown, WV |
| Danny M Greene #577 | Detachment 577 · Henlawson, WV |
| Jones Wolin & O'Brien #771 | Detachment 771 · Wheeling, WV |
| Herbert J Thomas #947 | Detachment 947 · South Charleston, WV |
| L. D. "Crow" Crawford #956 | Detachment 956 · Elkins, WV |
| Mountaineer Marine #957 | Detachment 957 · Princeton, WV |
| Cpl Walter L Mann #1065 | Detachment 1065 · Ripley, WV |
| Commandant Archibald Henderson #1087 | Detachment 1087 · Parkersburg, WV |
| EasternPanhandle #1143 | Detachment 1143 · Martinsburg, WV |
| Meigs-Gallia-Mason MGM #1180 | Detachment 1180 · Point Pleasant, WV |
| Sgt Mecot Camara #1461 | Detachment 1461 · Beckley, WV |
| Cpl. William B Fulks #1474 | Detachment 1474 · Hurricane, WV |
MCL Department of West Virginia, the Marine Corps League Department — WV. The detachment dates to 1976, 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.
Over the years the detachment has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The members keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
The meeting line says the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — WV.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — WV. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — WV.
Veterans
Veteran support
MCL Department of West Virginia. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — WV.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — WV.
50
Years on the calendar — WV
Charter story set in 1976
70 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
18
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of West Virginia, 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 — WV. |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Tue, Jun 9, 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 West Virginia. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — WV.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — WV
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship 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 — WV.
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 — WV.
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 — WV. 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 — WV.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — WV. MCL Department of West Virginia. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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