Marine Corps League
White Tank Mountain #1246
MCL Detachment #1246 — Surprise, AZ. A detachment since 1967 — Surprise, AZ.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1246
- Surprise, AZ
- 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 PM
White Tank Mountain #1246, the Marine Corps League Detachment 1246 — Surprise, AZ. The detachment dates to 1967, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea 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 regular meeting is 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 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 — Surprise, AZ.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Surprise, AZ. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Honor detail
Community table
Memorial observance
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Years on the calendar — Surprise
140 hours
Given to local projects
21
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of White Tank Mountain #1246. The public directory lists it as 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 PM. 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 — Surprise, AZ. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Surprise. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1246. |
News
News
- Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
White Tank Mountain #1246. 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 — Surprise, AZ. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Surprise
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1246 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 — Surprise. - 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 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Surprise, AZ.
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 1246 — Surprise, AZ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Wednesday, 5:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Surprise, AZ.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Surprise, AZ. White Tank Mountain #1246. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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