About the Detachment

Monthly Meetings (see Meeting Dates)
Detachment "Funeral Detail"
"MARINE ROSE PROGRAM"
"Military Order of Devil Dogs"
Supporting the USMCR with "Toys for Tots".
Detachment Color Guard (not active at present)
Support to VAVS programs.
Support of the Marine Corps Coordinating Council and associated Activities
Support local veteran organizations and participate in events.
Sharing memories of our service time with other Marines
(telling Sea Stories).
Participating in Detachment social events for family and friends. which includes:
- Dinners
- Summer-Fall Picnics
- Marine Birthday Celebration
- Detachment Christmas Party

DETACHMENT PUBLICATIONS

The Detachment has a newsletter that is available to all members on a quarterly distribution if there is enough information to merit creation of said document.

"Echoes from the Valley"

The Detachment also has a news flyer that is available to all members on as needed distribution. This is to get information to our members quickly.

"THE WORD"

DETACHMENT MARINE of the YEAR

(P.J. Callagee Award)

The Detachment honors a Detachment Marine with this award for going above and beyond the call of duty. The following Detachment Marines who have been honored to receive this award.

Marine Don Charles - 1987
Marine Tom Tomasso - 1988
Marine Peter J. Callagee (deceased) - 1989
Marine Fred Babcock (deceased)- 1990
Marine Mike Webster (deceased)- 1991
Marine Pete Leonard (deceased)- 1992
Marine Fred Farmer (deceased)- 1995
Marine Thomas Marrocco - 1999
Marine Scott Vangrol - 2000
Marine Jerry Knitis - 2010
Marine Jesu Marrero - 2014
Marine Jason Tiefel - 2022

"Band of Brothers"

The Marines have been likened to a Band of Brothers and have adapted a verse of William Shakespeare's as their their own:

We few, we happy few,
we band of brothers,
For he today that sheds his
blood with me
Shall be my brother .......

HENRY V, ActIV, Scene III
MCL Dept of New York Engagement Calendar

Last Updated 14 January 2023