Marine Corps League
PFC Russell Mook #279
MCL Detachment #279 — Fremont, OH. Marine Corps League Detachment 279, meeting — Fremont, OH.
Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #279
- Fremont, OH
- 1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM
PFC Russell Mook #279. Its detachment has met since 1953 — Fremont, OH. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the members who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
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 1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM, at the hall — Fremont. 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 — Fremont, OH. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
PFC Russell Mook #279. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Fremont, OH.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Fremont, OH.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Fremont, OH.
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Years on the calendar — Fremont
Charter story set in 1953
90 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
38
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of PFC Russell Mook #279. The public directory lists it as 1st Wednesday, 7:30 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 — Fremont, OH. |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 279. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
PFC Russell Mook #279. 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 — Fremont, OH.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Fremont
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 279 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 — Fremont.
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 1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Fremont, OH.
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 279 — Fremont, OH. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Fremont, OH.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Fremont, OH. PFC Russell Mook #279. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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