Leatherneck

Founded in 1913 with the aim of fostering Marine professionalism, knowledge of military arts and sciences and to promote the traditions of the Marine Corps, MCA has served the Corps for one hundred years. Still committed to the purpose established by founding leader and legend of the Corps, LtCol John A. Lejeune, the Corps’ future 13th Commandant, MCA&F’s ongoing focus is on advancing leadership and recognizing excellence.

Maj Rick Spooner, USMC(Ret), owner of the popular Globe & Laurel restaurant in Quantico, VA, visited Leatherneck Magazine's editorial office to pay tribute to the Marine Corps Association on its centennial.

Major Norm Hatch joined the Marine Corps in 1939 and, after boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., was assigned to Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., to be an English instructor in the Marine Corps Institute and work on the Leatherneck Magazine staff.

The Marine Corps Association & Foundation remembers the past and honors the present. Review the first one hundred years of MCA via historical photos and film clips of the organization that serves the men and women of the Marine Corps. Click here to watch the video.

“Scarlet and gold” oozes out of every nook and cranny of Bart¬lett Hall. Sporting a cherished post office box of “1775,” most of the 108 full- and part-timers at the Marine Corps Association’s quaint headquarters at Quan¬tico, Va., aren’t Marines. Yet, they are as much Marine as anyone who has stood on the “yellow footprints” at boot camp or completed The Basic School.

In the early years, there was a humble collection of just 432 members of the Marine Corps Association. Nearly 100 years later, the MCA caters to more than 79,000 members including a wide-ranging number of active-duty, Reserve and veteran Marines, their families and friends of the Corps. 

See a gallery of photos depicting the range of services and support the Marine Corps Association offers today's active-duty Marines, Marine veterans, and their families.

MCA's printing partner, Publishers Press, values tradition, honor and dedication and congratulates MCA on their 100 years of support to the U.S. Marine Corps.