Marine Corps League
President Ronald Reagan #597
MCL Detachment #597 — Simi Valley, CA. Marine Corps League Detachment 597, meeting — Simi Valley, CA.
Meetings: 1st Thursday, 6:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #597
- Simi Valley, CA
- 1st Thursday, 6:00 PM
In 1949 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 597 — Simi Valley, CA. 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.
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 1st Thursday, 6:00 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 — Simi Valley, CA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Simi Valley, CA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Simi Valley, CA.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 597 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Simi Valley, CA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 597 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Simi Valley, CA.
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Years on the calendar — Simi Valley
Charter story set in 1949
50 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
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of President Ronald Reagan #597. The public directory lists it as 1st Thursday, 6:00 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 — Simi Valley, CA. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Simi Valley. |
| 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 Detachment 597. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
President Ronald Reagan #597. 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 — Simi Valley, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Simi Valley
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 597 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 — Simi Valley.
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 Thursday, 6:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Simi Valley, CA.
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 597 — Simi Valley, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Thursday, 6:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Simi Valley, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Simi Valley, CA. President Ronald Reagan #597. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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