Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Maryland
MCL Department — MD. Service and a meeting hall — MD.
- MCL Department
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Directory
Units
| Antietam #113 | Detachment 113 · Hagerstown, MD |
| SSgt Walter F "Trae" Cohee III #115 | Detachment 115 · Salisbury, MD |
| Shangri-La #118 | Detachment 118 · Frederick, MD |
| Choptank #439 | Detachment 439 · Easton, MD |
| Free State Marine #544 | Detachment 544 · Bowie, MD |
| Baltimore #565 | Detachment 565 · Baltimore, MD |
| First State #689 | Detachment 689 · Ocean City, MD |
| L/Cpl Robert W Deane #770 | Detachment 770 · Mt Airy, MD |
| Carroll County #896 | Detachment 896 · WESTMINSTER, MD |
| Anne Arundel County #1049 | Detachment 1049 · Severna Park, MD |
| Mountainside Marines #1071 | Detachment 1071 · Cumberland, MD |
| SSgt Karl G Taylor #1084 | Detachment 1084 · Ellicott City, MD |
| L/Cpl Gregory S Copenhaver #1098 | Detachment 1098 · Elkton, MD |
| Jason David Mileo #1147 | Detachment 1147 · Centreville, MD |
| Cpl Pete Arnold #1198 | Detachment 1198 · Forest Hill, MD |
| Garrett County #1234 | Detachment 1234 · Oakland, MD |
| Patuxent River #1305 | Detachment 1305 · California, MD |
| Maryland Marines #1371 | Detachment 1371 · Ocean City, MD |
| Sgt Jack Hettchen #1428 | Detachment 1428 · Rockville, MD |
| Peacekeepers #1492 | Detachment 1492 · Ocean City, MD |
MCL Department of Maryland. Its detachment has met since 1982 — MD. 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.
Meetings are the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — MD. 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 — MD. 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 — MD.
Veterans
Veteran support
MCL Department of Maryland. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — MD.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — MD.
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Years on the calendar — MD
Charter story set in 1982
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
| Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Maryland, written here as the first Thursday 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 — MD. |
| Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — MD. |
| Fri, Jun 19, 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 Maryland. 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 — MD.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — MD
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship 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 — MD.
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 first Thursday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — MD.
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 — MD. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — MD.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — MD. MCL Department of Maryland. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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