About Marine Corps Detachment 819
Citrus County
About Marine Corps Detachment 819
Citrus County, Florida

Marine Corps League, Citrus Detachment 819 was Chartered
on 14th August, 1992.  Citrus Detachment 819 is a non-profit
organization, formed for charitable and social motives.  The
Detachment will assist United States Marine Corps veterans in
need.  They also provide scholarships to local schools and
donate to local charities and other activities.  Any money
collected or donated to Citrus Detachment 819 will be used to
support the above-mentioned local Detachment and charities
mentioned above.  The Detachment will protect and advance
the welfare of wounded and disabled Marines.  The Citrus
Detachment is governed by all provisions of the National and
Department statutes, rules and regulations, and the bylaws of
this Detachment as written and amended.

PURPOSE and GOALS:

The purposes and goals of the Citrus Detachment shall be:
  1. To serve and promote the traditions of the United States
    Marine Corps and the Marine Corps League.
  2. To join those now serving and those who have served
    and been honorably discharged from the United States
    Marine Corps in a fellowship that will exemplify the motto
    of the United States Marine Corps:  "Semper Fidelis".
  3. To Keep its members fit for their duties as citizens as
    they have served the Marine Corps and the nation.
  4. To hold sacred the History of the Marine Corps and the
    memory of the members who have given their lives for
    this nation.
  5. To instill and maintain allegiance to the Marine Corps and
    to our nation.
  6. To create a bond of comradeship between those in the
    service of our nation and those who have returned to
    civilian life.
  7. To volunteer aid and render assistance to all Marines,
    former Marines, and their families.
  8. To perpetuate the history of the United States Marine
    Corps and observe, with proper ceremony, historical
    occasions of interest to the members.