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League Events & News
Blackstone Valley Detachment 911, is hosting a 50 and 60's dance again this year at the Millbury VFW. The date is April 24th, from 7 -12 with food.
The Tickets are $10.00 a person and the music will be provided by John Rice, the Color Guard Captain.
We have made up only 130 tickets so they are limited.
If you are interested in coming, which I hope you will be ....as it will be fun just to listen, and go down memory lane with the oldies plus see your friends.
Call me or Louie and to get your tickets ahead at 508-752-2764 or e-mail me at patrice1984@aol.com.
50 & 60's Dance
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Washington D.C. - Feb. 19, 2010 - Full Metal Jacket star R. Lee Ermey and the Marine Corps League will hold a press conference Thursday, Feb. 25, in Washington D.C. to announce legislation and a grassroots campaign to give Marines equal status with the Navy.
The legislation, H.R. 24 and S.504, would change the name of the Department of the Navy to the "Department of the Navy and Marine Corps" and the Secretary of the Navy to the "Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps." It would not create a separate department.
The Marine Corps operates under the Department of the Navy. Families of Marines who die in combat receive condolence letters on Navy letterhead—with no mention of the Marine Corps.
Ermey said a major reason for his involvement with the campaign was to properly honor Marines who have fought and died in battle.
"When the family of a fallen Marine receives a condolence letter, the Marine Corps name should be proudly mentioned," Ermey said. "I don't think that's too much to ask for."
