Marine Corps League
MCL Department of New Jersey
MCL Department — NJ. Marine Corps League Department, meeting — NJ.
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Directory
Units
| Cpl Kevin J Reinhard #189 | Detachment 189 · Avenel, NJ |
| John Basilone #190 | Detachment 190 · Milltown, NJ |
| Bayonne #191 | Detachment 191 · Bayonne, NJ |
| Cape-Atlantic #194 | Detachment 194 · Galloway Twp, NJ |
| Martin Danowski #196 | Detachment 196 · Linden, NJ |
| Phillip K Dorn #198 | Detachment 198 · Port Monmouth, NJ |
| J J Gardner #199 | Detachment 199 · South Plainfield, NJ |
| PFC D Giordano #200 | Detachment 200 · Somerdale, NJ |
| Passaic County #202 | Detachment 202 · Woodland Park, NJ |
| Cpl Philip A Reynolds #203 | Detachment 203 · Freehold, NJ |
| Semper Fidelis #204 | Detachment 204 · Wenonah, NJ |
| Semper Marine #205 | Detachment 205 · Vineland, NJ |
| LCpl Robert J. Slattery #206 | Detachment 206 · Whippany, NJ |
| Trenton #207 | Detachment 207 · Trenton, NJ |
| West Hudson #209 | Detachment 209 · Kearny, NJ |
| Gooney Bird #434 | Detachment 434 · Teaneck, NJ |
| Salem County #523 | Detachment 523 · Pennsville, NJ |
| Cpl William H Smith #667 | Detachment 667 · Bayville, NJ |
| LCpl George L Dramis #676 | Detachment 676 · Cape May Court House, NJ |
| Burlington County #695 | Detachment 695 · Burlington, NJ |
| Air Land Sea #710 | Detachment 710 · Rutherford, NJ |
| Lakeland #744 | Detachment 744 · Oakland, NJ |
| PFC Jeffery S Patterson #747 | Detachment 747 · Branchville, NJ |
| PFC Vincent M. Frassetto #796 | Detachment 796 · Toms River, NJ |
| 1775 #825 | Detachment 825 · Oaklyn, NJ |
| Central Jersey Leathernecks #868 | Detachment 868 · Roselle, NJ |
| Hunterdon County Bulldogs #927 | Detachment 927 · Glen Gardner, NJ |
| GySgt James Paige #1127 | Detachment 1127 · East Brunswick, NJ |
| LCpl Jedh C. Barker #1211 | Detachment 1211 · Saddle Brook, NJ |
| Franklin Twp. Devil Dogs #1235 | Detachment 1235 · Franklinville, NJ |
| Garden State Detachment #1273 | Detachment 1273 · Flemington, NJ |
| NJMCRD #1284 | Detachment 1284 · Hillsborough, NJ |
| Jersey Shore Leathernecks #1313 | Detachment 1313 · Long Branch, NJ |
| Jersey Shore Marines #1319 | Detachment 1319 · Manasquan, NJ |
| Jackson Marines #1369 | Detachment 1369 · Jackson, NJ |
MCL Department of New Jersey, the Marine Corps League Department — NJ. The detachment dates to 1954, when veterans home from the Second World War and Korea wanted a room of their own and a way to keep serving after the uniform came off.
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 the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — NJ.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — NJ. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — NJ.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — NJ.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — NJ.
72
Years on the calendar — NJ
Charter story set in 1954
190 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
28
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of New Jersey, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — NJ. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 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 | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Department. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of New Jersey. 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 a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — NJ.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — NJ
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs 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 — NJ.
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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — NJ.
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 — NJ. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — NJ.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — NJ. MCL Department of New Jersey. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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