Mission Statement of the Marine Corps League
The mission of the Marine Corps League is to promote the interest and to preserve traditions of the United States Marine Corps; strengthen the fraternity of Marines and their families; serve Marines, FMF Corpsmen, and FMF Chaplains who wear or who have worn the Eagle, Globe and Anchor; and foster the ideals of Americanism and patriotic volunteerism.
Purposes of the Marine Corps League
To preserve the traditions, promote the interest, and 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.
To band together those who are now serving the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service together in fellowship, that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy.
To fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they served their nation under arms.
To hold sacred the memory and history of the men and women who have given their lives to the nation.
To foster love for the principles that they have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the Republic.
To aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all Marines, uniformed and civilian, as well as to their windows and orphans.