LONG ISLAND DIVISION
ABOUT THE MCL
Highly qualified and motivated Marines and FMF Corpsman & Chaplains, as well as elite Associate Members.
The League is an organization of U.S. Marines. It is composed of Marines and former Marines with Honorable service. It aims to perpetuate the traditions and spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps through the continuous association of Marines who served under the Globe and Anchor at any time, in war or peace.
The only membership qualification is honorable service, in excess of 90 days in the Marines. This means that, regardless of rank held, regardless of when or where a Marine served, regardless of what division or wing he may or may not have served with, that Marine male, or female is welcome in the Marine Corps League.
Who We Are
Highly qualified and motivated professionals
A common trait of League members is the spirit of Semper Fidelis, the spirit of being “always faithful” to the Country, The Corps, and to their fellow marines, inservice and out. So deep is this ingrained in members that, long after most have hung up the uniform for the last time, they still dare to call each other “Marine”. Each seems to hold the League slogan as a personal truth, that of “Once a Marine-Always a Marine.”
Being a Marine is what it’s all about. John A. Lejeune, who founded the Marine Corps League in 1923, put this first above all else. Although he was the Major General Commandant of the Corps, a decorated hero of the First World War, and the former Commanding General of the victorious Second Army Division, he said his first claim to fame was, ” I am a Marine!” All his other attainments came farther down the list. There was nothing more important to him.
The U.S. Congress felt that the purposes of the Marine Corps League were so valid that in 1937 it granted the League a federal charter.
Disclaimer: “The Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem and the name Marine Corps® are registered trademarks of the United States Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps League and its subordinate organizations support the United States Marine Corps and its veterans, however it is not
officially connected to or endorsed by the United States Marine Corps, and the name and emblem are used with permission.”
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