Nittany Leathernecks Detatchment   P.O. Box 956   Lemont, Pennsylvania 16851-0956

Detachment Information

Board of Trustees  - The Nittany Leathernecks Board of Trustees was established to provide continuity, as well as a resident base of mature experience, to draw upon by detachment commandants with respect to meeting the challenge of running a progressive organization. The four-person board is appointed by incoming detachment commandants and confirmed by the membership. Members serve in a volunteer capacity with no fixed term limits established. Members of the Board of Trustees select their chairman.

Chairman: TBA
Greg Johnson (appointed 1999)
Gene Weller (appointed 1999)
Lee Shields (appointed 2002)
Dennis Nau (appointed 2002)


Detachment Leadership - 2003
Commandant
Charles Snyder
Senior Vice
Martin Kaschalk
Junior Vice
Jack Lambert
Adjutant
Richard Macialek
Paymaster
Robert Johnson
Judge Advocate
Dennis Brown
Sgt. at Arms
Mahlon McMurtrie
Chaplain
Wayne Shamer

Detachment Leadership - 2002
Commandant
Dallas Lykens
Senior Vice
Charles Snyder
Junior Vice
Martin Kaschalk
Adjutant
Richard Macialek
Paymaster
Robert Johnson
Judge Advocate
Dennis Brown
Sgt. at Arms
Mahlon McMurtrie
Chaplain
James Larson

Committees/Assignments

Recruiting Toys for Tots Eagle Scout Awards

Chairman: Herb Wong
• Members: Robert Johnson, Jack Bechdel

Chairman: Gene Weller
Vice Chairman: Greg Johnson
Members: Jack Bechdel, Bob Johnson, Tom Ellis

Chairman: Dallas Lykens
Members: Jack Bechdel, Greg Johnson, Denny Nau, Bill Robison

Awards Committee Penn State NROTC / MCL Marine Corps Birthday Ball Detachment Marine Corps Ball Celebration

• Chairman: Greg Johnson
Members: Gene Weller, Denny Nau, Gerry Russell

Chairman: Greg Johnson

Chairman: Dallas Lykens
Members: Bill Robison, Jim Larson

Memorial Day Spring Creek Cemetery Color Guard
Special Olympics

Chairman: Greg Johnson
Members: Robert Johnson, Tom Ellis

Chairman: Robert Johnson
Members: Jack Bechdel, Bill Loop, Denny Mains, Bernie Rockey, Gene Weller

Chairman: Gerry Russell
Vice Chairman: Robert Johnson
Members: Greg Johnson, Gene Weller, Tim Brickley, Jose Texidor, Charles Smith, Herb Wong, Don Joyce

United Way Day of Caring Veterans Administration Visiting Service (VAVS) Publicity
Chairman/Project Leader: Greg Johnson
Members: Tom Ellis, Gene Weller
Chairman: Jack Bechdel
Chairman: Gene Weller
Annual Gun Raffle Quartermaster NROTC / Nittany Leatherneck Leadership Award Program
Chairman: Dennis Brown
Members: Marty Kaschalk, Jack Lambert
Dallas Lykens Chariman: Greg Johnson
Members: Bob Johnson, Gene Weller, Gerry Russell
Historian Family Picnic  

Herb Wong

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Commandants of the Nittany Leathernecks

2006 - Martin Kaschalk
2005 - Martin Kaschalk
2004 - Charles Snyder
2003 - Charles Snyder
2002 - Dallas Lykens
2001 - Dennis Nau
2000 - Dennis Nau
1999 - Eugene Weller
1998 - Eugene Weller
1997 - Jack Bechdel
1996 - Robert Johnson

1995 - Charles Gahagan
1994 - Dennis Mains
1993 - Richard Crowley
1992 - Leo Roberts
1991 - Leo Roberts
1990 - Vaughn Fanning
1989 - Art Ridenour
1988 - Robert Clodgu
1980 - Lynn Hook
1974 - Mike Bratton

Mission Statement

The Nittany Leathernecks Detachment of the United States Marine Corps League (Department of Pennsylvania) is an incorporated service-oriented fraternal organization composed of active, retired and veteran Marines and Navy FMF corpsmen. The detachment is also composed of associate members who served honorably in other service branches of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Members of the Nittany Leathernecks join together in fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and principles of the Marine Corps, and the United States of America, through community support programs within Centre County, Pennsylvania -- and beyond.

Leading by example, the membership is dedicated to voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all honorable Marine veterans, as well as their widows and orphans. The detachment attempts to perpetuate "Corps Values" espoused by the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. This is done through fitting acts of community service of the highest order.