Marine Corps League
Pvt Joe Hardt #818
MCL Detachment #818 — Tonto Basin, AZ. Service and a meeting hall — Tonto Basin.
Meetings: 2nd Saturday, 10:00 AM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #818
- Tonto Basin, AZ
- 2nd Saturday, 10:00 AM
Pvt Joe Hardt #818. Its detachment has met since 1980 — Tonto Basin, AZ. 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.
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 2nd Saturday, 10:00 AM, 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 — Tonto Basin, AZ.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Tonto Basin, AZ. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
Pvt Joe Hardt #818. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Tonto Basin, AZ.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Tonto Basin, AZ.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Tonto Basin, AZ.
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Years on the calendar — Tonto Basin
Charter story set in 1980
120 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
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Pvt Joe Hardt #818. The public directory lists it as 2nd Saturday, 10:00 AM. 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 — Tonto Basin, AZ. |
| Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — Tonto Basin. |
| 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 818. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Pvt Joe Hardt #818. 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 — Tonto Basin, AZ.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Tonto Basin
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 818 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 — Tonto Basin.
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 Saturday, 10:00 AM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Tonto Basin, 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 818 — Tonto Basin, AZ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Saturday, 10:00 AM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Tonto Basin, AZ.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Tonto Basin, AZ. Pvt Joe Hardt #818. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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