McLeague-973.org
Title
Marine Corps League Smoky Mountain Detachment
Description
The League is a veterans organization of the U.S. Marines. It is composed of 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 one and 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 of wing he may or may not have served with, that Marine, male or female, is welcome in the Marine Corps League.
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, in service and out. So deep it this ingrained in members that, long after most have hung up the uniform for the last time, they still dare call each other "Marine." Each seems to hold the League slogan as a personal truth, that of "Once a Marine--Always a Marine."
