For Marine Corps League detachments
The Detachment Recruiting & Retention Kit
The bond brings us together. A clear purpose gives us a reason to return.
Put a recruiting and new-member welcome plan into action in thirty days. Three simple resources to help your detachment turn an invitation into a meaningful place to belong.
Get the Free Recruiting & Retention KitFree kit · No marketing experience needed · No purchase required
Built by fellow Marines.
For the people keeping the League moving.
A cycle worth repeating
A personal invitation opens the door. The Marine bond makes it familiar.
A clear first experience gives someone a reason to come back.
Real relationships and a useful role help it fit into their life.
Pride in the detachment makes inviting another Marine feel natural.
Then the next Marine’s first visit begins the cycle again.
One kit. Three clear jobs.
Use them together, at the moments that matter. Start with leadership, then make the first visit easier to understand.
PDF · 1 pageFor detachment leadership
Start here · Before the next visit
Eight practical steps to learn what a guest wants, make the mission clear, introduce a willing guide and stay in touch between meetings.
Choose who will lead the welcome, then put the steps into practice over thirty days.
PDF · 2 pagesFor the new member
Share before or after their first visit
Help someone see where they fit, what participation can look like and how to take a first step that works with their life.
Fill in the local details, then use it to start a personal conversation.
PDF · 1 pageFor a first-time guest
Have it ready when they arrive
A simple companion to the formal meeting: what is happening, why it matters, and how and when to take part.
Add the local contact details and check the order against your detachment’s agenda.
Actual handout previews shown. Local details stay with your detachment.
Get the Free Recruiting & Retention KitThe bond opens the door
A Marine can care deeply about fellow Marines and still need a clear reason to make room for a recurring meeting on the calendar.
That is a fair question. Work, family and life already ask a lot. Your detachment earns a continuing place through clear purpose, real relationships, meaningful work and respect for time.
The welcome is more than a friendly hello. Help someone picture a real person they could know, a cause they could support and a part they could play.
The questions behind “Will I come back?”
What are we accomplishing?
Why does this cause matter?
Where do I fit?
What will I actually do?
How much time will it take?
How does it fit with work and family?
Is there a meaningful future here?
Can I help shape it?
Clear answers make the next step easier to choose.
Esprit de corps. With a next step.
Honor the experience already in the room. Make room for the people who will carry it forward.
Experienced members bring history, relationships and hard-earned judgment. New members bring their own skills, ideas and energy. Connect them with purpose and mutual respect.
When people understand the mission, know someone they can call and see how their contribution matters, inviting another Marine becomes a more confident, personal act.
One willing guide.
One clear next step.
A welcome your team can repeat.
Marine to Marine
We’re Marines and the cofounders of Geek Heros. We build websites and Digital HQs for veteran organizations. This kit is a practical first step your detachment can use on its own, with your own people.
Free Detachment Recruiting & Retention Kit
Put a recruiting and new-member welcome plan into action in thirty days.
One request. All three resources.
Start with the leadership plan, then prepare the two member handouts. No purchase required.
Complete the required contact fields. The questions about your detachment are optional.
Opening the secure request form…
After a successful request, all three downloads open on the next page. If the form is blank or reports an access error, open the request form or contact us.
A few clear answers
No marketing department needed.
Just a practical place to begin.
Marine Corps League detachment leaders and the members who help welcome guests. The leadership plan is for your team; the other two handouts support the new member’s experience.
The three-document kit is free. There is no purchase required to put it into practice.
No. The six contact fields are required. The questions about your detachment are optional; skipping them does not change your access to the three documents.
Leadership starts with the thirty-day plan. Prepare the local details in the New Member Success Plan, and have the meeting guide ready for a guest’s first visit.
Yes. The New Member Success Plan and meeting guide include fillable local fields. Check the people, activities, joining steps and agenda against what your detachment actually offers.
No. Your own people carry out the plan. Digital HQ is an optional next conversation for help running inquiry capture, follow-up, communication and leadership handoffs consistently. The kit is useful on its own.
