Marine Corps League
Kettle Moraine #1203
MCL Detachment #1203 — West Bend, WI. Marine Corps League Detachment 1203, meeting — West Bend, WI.
Meetings: 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1203
- West Bend, WI
- 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM
In 1951 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 1203 — West Bend, WI. 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 meeting line says 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM, 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 — West Bend, WI.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — West Bend, WI. 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 — West Bend, WI.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — West Bend, WI.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1203 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — West Bend, WI.
75
Years on the calendar — West Bend
Charter story set in 1951
120 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
15
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Kettle Moraine #1203. The public directory lists it as 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM. Confirm 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 — West Bend, WI. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — West Bend. |
| Sun, Jun 21, 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
Kettle Moraine #1203. 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 — West Bend, WI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — West Bend
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1203 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 — West Bend.
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 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — West Bend, WI.
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 Detachment 1203 — West Bend, WI. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Saturday, 9:00 AM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — West Bend, WI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — West Bend, WI. Kettle Moraine #1203. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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