Marine Corps League
Steven D Merrell #698
MCL Detachment #698 — Pocatello, ID. A detachment since 1953 — Pocatello, ID.
Meetings: 1st Thursday, 5:00 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #698
- Pocatello, ID
- 1st Thursday, 5:00 PM
Steven D Merrell #698, the Marine Corps League Detachment 698 — Pocatello, ID. The detachment dates to 1953, 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.
Meetings are 1st Thursday, 5:00 PM, at the hall — Pocatello. 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 — Pocatello, ID. 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 — Pocatello, ID.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Pocatello, ID.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 698 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Pocatello, ID.
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Years on the calendar — Pocatello
Charter story set in 1953
60 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
45
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Steven D Merrell #698. The public directory lists it as 1st Thursday, 5:00 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 — Pocatello, ID. |
| Sun, Apr 12, 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 — Pocatello, ID. |
| Sun, Jun 7, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 698. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Steven D Merrell #698. 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 — Pocatello, ID.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Pocatello
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 698 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 — Pocatello.
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 1st Thursday, 5:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Pocatello, ID.
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 698 — Pocatello, ID. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 1st Thursday, 5:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Pocatello, ID.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Pocatello, ID. Steven D Merrell #698. 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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