Marine Corps League - Choctaw Detachment 778

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This image (dated in bottom right corner 10/2023) is the current order of precedence for applicable Marine Corps League (MCL) medallions, medals, and ribbons. Share it with your fellow MCL members and be sure to assist them in the proper wearing and displaying of their MCL awards.

Refer to the MCL Administrative Procedures - Enclosure (4) Four: MCL Awards Guidance for proper size/color of star(s) and other devices for subsequent awards. This chart along with Enclosure 3 (MCL uniforms) and Enclosure 4 (MCL awards) are posted on the www.mcleaguelibrary.org website in the password protected ‘Member Library’ section.

There are several reasons why members don’t attend membership meetings. Exercise your resources to reduce excuses you can control. Read this quick list of considerations and evaluate your meetings:

1. Give proper advance notification (consistently). People's lives are busy and full of distractions. Sending meeting notice reminders at least one week in advance helps.

2. Have a written agenda available for all participants; and follow it. Have accurate (printed) minutes of previous meetings. Repeat.

3. Understand, follow and implement parliamentary procedure.

4. Don't be a stuffed shirt and make meetings so rigid or formal. Ensure they are enjoyable, engaging, and provide positive outcomes. There are protocols - but there is also reality.

5. Committees should be created to discuss project pros/cons, planning, etc. The committee chairperson brings back recommendations to the body. The full body does not need to discuss the details in a membership meeting; by doing so makes an easy way to add 30 extra minutes (for each action). Ongoing discussion of a project/activity or idea needs to be done in a committee, not in a membership meeting. Know when to send that type of discussion back to committee.

5. Consider a time limit for discussion; use an egg timer or something similar.

6. Consider an occasional guest speaker and engage a small discussion with the membership surrounding that speaker's topic.

7. Engage the participants during the meeting. consider opening each meeting with an ice breaker.

8. Don't let one person (or a small group of persons) dominate your meetings.

9. Implement a social (getting to know you) before or after each meeting; and ensure new members and/or prospective members are being engaged.

10. Don't have a meeting for the sake of having a meeting.

It’s official! The 250th anniversaries of the Navy and the Marine Corps will be grand celebrations!!! Click the link below for details.

“For the Marine Corps 250th Celebration, we will hold the 100th Marine Corps Birthday Ball where General Lejeune held the 1st Marine Corps Birthday Ball in 1925. The ballrooms at the Ben Franklin and Bellevue are ready, with the Bellevue Ballroom preserved as it looked when General Lejeune created this grand tradition. We can also host a larger Ball at the nearby Pennsylvania Convention Center, to give as many Marines as possible the chance to celebrate their 100th Ball in the City where the 1st Marine Corps Birthday Ball was held by General Lejeune.”

https://www.homecoming250.org/

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Make plans to join us Friday at 5pm! Share with your Marines and Veterans!

Get ready to eat some pizza 🍕 or pasta 😋 or salad or desserts 🍨 and help BRSO! Come eat 5-9pm and mention BR Soldier Outreach when you order. Crust Pizza Co. - Baton Rouge is located on Millerville @ I-12 in the Target shopping center.

Check it out!!!

2023 Marine Corps League National Convention Day 1 Day 1 recap of the 2023 National Convention

Excitement is building for the Marine Corps League Convention - 100-Years, Oklahoma City The National convention happens each August and this year we celebrate turning 100 years old. We are lucky to have 6 members of our Detachment that will be in attendance this year.

Honors for Marine Johnnie Jones Jr.
When: Monday 7 August 1300
Where: Louisiana National Cemetery
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Samual Lee Johnson
When: Monday 31 July 1300
Where: Louisiana National Cemetery
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

More photos from the parade

Happy 4th of July everyone. Choctaw Detachment participated in the Kennilworth 4th of July Parade. Very well attended by the public.

Congratulations to LSU… Geaux Tigers!!! Choctaw Detachment is located right here in Baton Rouge, LA.

Funeral Honors for Marine Leo Kennedy
When: Friday 26 May 1400
Where: Louisiana National Cemetery
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Martin "Jerry" Fritcher
When: Friday 26 May 1200
Where: Greenoaks on Florida
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Leo Kennedy
When: Friday 26 May 1400
Where: Louisiana National Cemetery
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Jerry Fritcher
When: Friday 26 May 1200
Where: Greenoaks on Florida
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Lewis Lew Jackson
When: Friday 05 May 1200
Where: Walker Baptist Church Cemetary
Hwy 447 Walker
Uniform: Short Sleeve Blue trousers

Funeral Honors for Marine Sherry John Scott
When: Saturday 06 May 1100
Where: Resthaven Funeral Home Jefferson Hwy
Uniform: Red Blazer white gloves

Are you a Marine or Marine veteran living in the Baton Rouge area? Are you a member of the League? If not, what’s holding you back from getting involved? Be a part of the Marine veteran community. Help your fellow veterans and community. Enjoy the camaraderie shared by all Marines who hang out together. Help create a network for other Marines who may be struggling. Be part of the solution.

Funeral Honors for Marine Thomas Carnes
When: Sunday 02 April 1230
Where: The Lakes at Highland Clubhouse
883 Grand Lakes Dr Baton Rouge
Uniform: Red Blazer white gloves

Funeral Honors for Marine Terry Foret
When: Friday 24 March 1000
Where: Ascension Funeral Home
426 New River St Gonzales
Uniform: Short-Sleeve

Funeral Honors for Marine Jerome Hughes
When: Friday 24 March 1400
Where: Louisiana National Cemetary
Where: Uniform: Short-Sleeve

PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY

Funeral Honors for Marine Robert Landry
When: Friday 10 March 1300
Where: Union Hall 5888 Airline Hwy
Where: Uniform: Short-Sleeve

Funeral Honors for Marine Randle Daniel
When: Tuesday 7 March 1200
Where: Green Oaks Cemetery Florida
Uniform: Short-Sleeve

Funeral Honors for Marine Charles Muffaletto
When: Thursday 9 March 1200
Where: Roselawn Cemetery
Where: Uniform: Short-Sleeve
PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY

Our Detachment is proud to continue to be apart of this event for more than 20 years. Istrouma Area Council Recognition Reception. Congrats to all the new Eagle Scouts.

Funeral Honors for Marine Marvin Ruffins
When: Friday 3 March 1400
Where: Louisiana National Cemetery
Red Blazers white gloves
PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY

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Funeral Honors for Marine Joseph Blake
When: Wednesday 22 February 1230
Where: Full Gospel Lighthouse Church
40468 Causey Rd Prairieville
Where: Uniform: Red Blazers w/white gloves
PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY

Funeral Honors for Marine Alma Boggs
When: Monday 20 February 1100
Where: Winnfield Funeral Home 7221 Plank Rd
Uniform: Red Blazers w/white gloves
PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY

Funeral Honors for Marine Audry Martin
When: Friday 17 February 1300
Where: Resthaven Gardens of Memory Jefferson Hwy
Uniform: Red Blazers w/white glove
PLEASE TRY TO BE 1/2 HOUR EARLY