Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Arizona
MCL Department — AZ. Marine Corps League Department, meeting — AZ.
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Directory
Units
| Ira Hayes #2 | Detachment 2 · Phoenix, AZ |
| Tucson #7 | Detachment 7 · Tucson, AZ |
| Saguaro #554 | Detachment 554 · Apache Junction, AZ |
| Territorial #635 | Detachment 635 · Yuma, AZ |
| Lake Havasu #757 | Detachment 757 · Lake Havasu, AZ |
| Old Breed #767 | Detachment 767 · Glendale, AZ |
| Pvt Joe Hardt #818 | Detachment 818 · Tonto Basin, AZ |
| Dean W Reiter #887 | Detachment 887 · Kingman, AZ |
| Casa Grande #901 | Detachment 901 · Casa Grande, AZ |
| Copper State Det #906 | Detachment 906 · Prescott, AZ |
| San Francisco Peaks #912 | Detachment 912 · Flagstaff, AZ |
| Rim Country #928 | Detachment 928 · Payson, AZ |
| Brian A Terry #1126 | Detachment 1126 · De Tucson, AZ |
| Wild West #1152 | Detachment 1152 · Tombstone, AZ |
| Verde Valley #1176 | Detachment 1176 · Cottonwood, AZ |
| Cpl G Salcido #1204 | Detachment 1204 · Benson, AZ |
| Southeastern Arizona #1212 | Detachment 1212 · Safford, AZ |
| Southwest Valley #1245 | Detachment 1245 · Goodyear, AZ |
| White Tank Mountain #1246 | Detachment 1246 · Surprise, AZ |
| Thunder Mountain #1283 | Detachment 1283 · Sierra Vista, AZ |
| East Valley Marines #1296 | Detachment 1296 · Chandler, AZ |
| Marana Nighthawk 72 #1344 | Detachment 1344 · Tucson, AZ |
| Cpl Phil Yin #1439 | Detachment 1439 · Fountain Hills, AZ |
| Joshua Lucero #1469 | Detachment 1469 · Arizona City, AZ |
| Scottsdale Marines # 1479 | Detachment 1479 · Scottsdale, AZ |
MCL Department of Arizona. Its detachment has met since 1952 — AZ. 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.
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.
Meetings are the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — AZ. 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 — AZ. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — AZ.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — AZ.
Veterans
Veteran support
MCL Department of Arizona. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — AZ.
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Years on the calendar — AZ
Charter story set in 1952
200 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
| Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Arizona, written here as the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group 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 — AZ. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Thu, Jun 4, 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
MCL Department of Arizona. 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 Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — AZ.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — AZ
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department 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 — AZ.
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 the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — 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 Department — AZ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — AZ.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — AZ. MCL Department of Arizona. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
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