Marine Corps League
L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678
MCL Detachment #678 — Carlsbad, NM. Service and a meeting hall — Carlsbad.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #678
- Carlsbad, NM
- 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM
L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678. Its detachment has met since 1987 — Carlsbad, NM. The charter came in the years after Vietnam and the years that followed, 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.
The regular meeting is 2nd Thursday, 7:00 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 — Carlsbad, NM.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Carlsbad, NM. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Carlsbad, NM.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Carlsbad, NM.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 678 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Carlsbad, NM.
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Years on the calendar — Carlsbad
Charter story set in 1987
100 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
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678. The public directory lists it as 2nd Thursday, 7:00 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 — Carlsbad, NM. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Carlsbad. |
| Sun, Jun 14, 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
L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678. 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 — Carlsbad, NM.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Carlsbad
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 678 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 — Carlsbad.
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 Thursday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Carlsbad, NM.
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 678 — Carlsbad, NM. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Carlsbad, NM.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Carlsbad, NM. L/Cpl Andres G Garcia #678. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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