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About the MCL 1147
The purpose of the Marine Corps League as prescribed in its Federal Charter are:
- To preserve the traditions and to promote the interests of the United States Marine Corps.
- To band those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service together in fellowship that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy.
- To fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they have served the Nation under arms.
- To hold sacred the history and memory of the men who have given their lives to the Nation.
- To foster love for the principles which they have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the Republic.
- To maintain true allegiance to American institutions.
- To create a bond of comradeship between those in the service and those who have returned to civilian life.
- To aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all Marines and former Marines as well as to their widows and orphans.
- To perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.
Mission Statement
Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps, banding together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy, voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all Marines and former Marines and to their widows and orphans; and to perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.
Our History
The Marine Corps League takes great pride in crediting its founding in 1923 to World War I hero, then Major General Commandant John A. Lejeune. It takes equal pride in its Federal Charter, approved by An Act of the Seventy-Fifth Congress of the United States of America and signed and approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937. The League is the only Federally Chartered Marine Corps related veterans organization in the country. Since its earliest days...
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Programs of the
Marine Corps League
The Marine Corps League... The Organization for ALL Marines and Corpsmen who Served with Marines.
Active Duty, Reserve, Former, Retired, Officer, Enlisted
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