Marine Corps League
Great Falls #688
MCL Detachment #688 — Great Falls, MT. A detachment since 1973 — Great Falls, MT.
Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #688
- Great Falls, MT
- 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM
In 1973 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 688 — Great Falls, MT. 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 Wednesday, 7:00 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 — Great Falls, MT.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Great Falls, MT. 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 — Great Falls, MT.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Great Falls, MT.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Great Falls, MT.
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Years on the calendar — Great Falls
Charter story set in 1973
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
12
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Great Falls #688. The public directory lists it as 1st Wednesday, 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 — Great Falls, MT. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Great Falls. |
| Thu, Jun 11, 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
Great Falls #688. 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 — Great Falls, MT.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Great Falls
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 688 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 — Great Falls.
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, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Great Falls, MT.
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 688 — Great Falls, MT. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Wednesday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Great Falls, MT.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Great Falls, MT. Great Falls #688. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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