Marine Corps League
Maj Stephen W Pless #1196
MCL Detachment #1196 — Griffin, GA. Marine Corps League Detachment 1196, meeting — Griffin, GA.
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1196
- Griffin, GA
- 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Maj Stephen W Pless #1196, the Marine Corps League Detachment 1196 — Griffin, GA. The detachment dates to 1997, when veterans home from Vietnam and the years that followed 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 meeting line says 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM, 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 — Griffin, GA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Griffin, GA. 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 — Griffin, GA.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 1196 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Griffin, GA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Griffin, GA.
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Years on the calendar — Griffin
Charter story set in 1997
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
24
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Maj Stephen W Pless #1196. The public directory lists it as 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM. 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 — Griffin, GA. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 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 — Griffin, GA. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1196. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Maj Stephen W Pless #1196. 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 — Griffin, GA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Griffin
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1196 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 — Griffin.
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 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Griffin, GA.
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 1196 — Griffin, GA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Griffin, GA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Griffin, GA. Maj Stephen W Pless #1196. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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