Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Washington
MCL Department — WA. A detachment since 1973 — WA.
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Units
| Puget Sound #336 | Detachment 336 · BELLEVUE, WA |
| Tri-City #337 | Detachment 337 · Pasco, WA |
| Twin Harbors #442 | Detachment 442 · Aberdeen, WA |
| Olympia #482 | Detachment 482 · Olympia, WA |
| Pierce County #504 | Detachment 504 · Puyallup, WA |
| Olympic Peninsula #531 | Detachment 531 · Port Orchard, WA |
| Melvin M Smith #586 | Detachment 586 · Spokane Valley, WA |
| Columbia River #826 | Detachment 826 · Vancouver, WA |
| Mount St Helens #889 | Detachment 889 · Longview, WA |
| Mt Olympus #897 | Detachment 897 · Port Angeles, WA |
| Skagit Valley #1043 | Detachment 1043 · Sedro Woolley, WA |
| Yakima Kittitas Valley #1055 | Detachment 1055 · Yakima, WA |
| Cpl Joseph P. Bier #1119 | Detachment 1119 · Centralia, WA |
| Captain Danel Bartle #1335 | Detachment 1335 · Bellingham, WA |
| Col Richard "Buck" Francisco #1451 | Detachment 1451 · Langley, WA |
MCL Department of Washington. Its detachment has met since 1973 — WA. 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.
The regular meeting is the first Thursday at 7:00 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 — WA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — WA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Department sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — WA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — WA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Department fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — WA.
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Years on the calendar — WA
Charter story set in 1973
180 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 Washington, 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 — WA. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 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 Washington. 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 — WA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — WA
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 — WA.
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 — WA.
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 — WA. 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 — WA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — WA. MCL Department of Washington. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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