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Welcome

Attention Life Members:

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to pay your annual $15 Life Assessment. This cost covers postage expenses so that we can get the Old Breed News publications to you for the rest of 2010.

Mail your checks to our office or pay by credit card over the phone--Ask for Lynne or Kristy: (760) 967-8561

Who Am I?

I am a Soldier.

I am a Sailor.

Yet I am neither.

I am older than the soldier and the sailor, although I am smaller in size.

I go everywhere--by land or sea--and to the very frontiers of civilization if need be, in the protection of American interests.

I raised the first American flag on foreign soil, more than a century ago.

I carried Old Glory into action in Tripoli, Egypt, West Africa, the Fiji Islands, Sumatra,Hawaii, Mexico, China, Uruguay, Paraguay, Alaska, Panama, Formosa, Korea, Nicaragua, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Hayti.

I am a two-fisted fighting rover.

I am the United States Marine.

^{CLICK HERE}^{to view an original 1910 USMC Recruiting Pamphlet.}

The 1st Marine Division Association

The Marine Corps is a “Band of Brothers” and the First Marine Division Association (FMDA) represents the best of what our Corps stands for. This Association cuts across:

· Age differences

· Rank differences

· Race/gender differences

· Socio/economic differences

The FMDA is an Association where Marines and Sailors who now serve, or who have served, come together as a “Family of Warriors” and share that unexplained Quality that makes us stand apart, known as “Esprit de Corps”

Our annual reunions and anniversary celebrations provide a venue for all generations of Warriors to gather and enjoy the Family of Arms that our beloved Division represents. We honor our past heroes and salute the current generation that is writing history in Iraq and Afghanistan today and on unknown shores tomorrow.

Our Magazine, The Old Breed News, provides current information on our Corps as well as maintaining the memory of our past glory.

Our Outreach Program pledges that we, the “Older Brothers” of our family stand ready to mentor our younger brothers and sisters and assist their children with our Scholarship Program and a helping hand from our local chapters. We stand ready to help them relocate after their active service, find employment and receive benefits of service that have been promised.

Join FMDA Roster on TWS: A Special Invitation

A special invitation to join our 1st Marine Division Association Page on Marines.TogetherWeServed.com (MTWS), a unique and prominent Marine Heritage Community Website, which will assist the 1st Marine Division Association to manage our Member Roster and communicate with our Members more effectively in a dedicated and secure Marine only environment.

Please take up this invitation - there is no charge to join - Togetherweserved.com is providing this as a free service for the 1st Marine Division Association.

Our Member Roster is password protected and includes a 'Shadow Box' presentation of each Member's military service which is also a free service provided to our Association by the military heritage website,

Togetherweserved.com (TWS). TWS was set up in 2003, for Marines to record their Marine Corps service and contains over 275,000 Marine profiles from WW2 to present day.

If you are already a Member of Togetherweserved.com, and you have indicated that you are a Member of the 1st Marine Division Association on your TWS profile page, you will already appear on our Member Roster along with a link to your Shadow Box.

If you are a Member of TWS but have not entered the 1st Marine Division in the Associations section of your TWS profile Page, please add our Association to your personal profile page which will list you on the Roster.

If you are not a Member of Togetherweserved.com, please join our 1st Marine Division Roster by Clicking Here.

There is no charge to join the Roster or display your Shadow Box.

Thanks you for your support with this new feature.

Col Len Hayes