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ABOUT THE MARINE CORP LEAGUE IN THE GREATER BANGOR AREA

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The Marine Corps League is the only Federally Chartered Marine Corps-related Veterans organization in the country. Since its earliest days, the Marine Corps League has enjoyed the support and encouragement of the active duty and reserve establishments of the United States Marine Corps. Today, the League boasts a membership of nearly 76,000 men and women, officer and enlisted, active duty and reserve Marines, honorably discharged.

 

Marine Veterans and qualified Navy FMF Corpsmen. The Marine Corps League is one of the few Veterans Organizations that experiences continual  increases in its membership each year

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.

The Marine Corps has continuously stood in the forefront of our nation's history – in both war and peace. The Marine Corps League stands at the forefront too, serving in our communities, working with our youth, and assisting our Marines and veterans its members  realize that some of the greatest rewards of life, are those of friendship and the sense of individual and group fulfillment.

 

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