Devil Dogs

🐾 WOOF WOOF! THE NEW MODD WEBSITE IS LIVE!

Dogs of the Order,

The Military Order of the Devil Dogs has launched a completely rebuilt website!

You’ll find a fresh look, updated layouts, and navigation menus on many pages to help you find information faster. Improvements for visitors with visual impairments are also underway.

Take a look around, explore the changes, and share the news with your fellow Dogs, Pounds, and Packs. If you encounter any problems, please report them to the website team.

🐾 Visit the new MODD website:

https://militaryorderofthedevildogs.org/

🐾 Visit the Quartermaster store:

https://quartermaster.militaryorderofthedevildogs.org/

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Red Friday (or R. E. D. Friday, meaning "Remember Everyone Deployed") originated from a grassroots chain email in the United States around 2005 during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Origins and History

• 2005 Chain Email: An anonymous email began circulating across the U. S. asking citizens to wear red on Fridays to show solidarity and let deployed troops know they were not forgotten.

• Canadian Influence: In 2006, military spouses and advocates like Lisa Miller and Karen Boier popularized "RED Shirt Friday" in Canada to support troops deployed to Afghanistan. The concept was soon re-popularized and brought back into wider U. S. use by groups and advocates.

• MarineParents.com: Organizations like MarineParents.com also trace early structured promotion of the day to 2004 following suggestions from military family members.

Modesto California Marine Corps League Detachment 019

Woof-Woof , We have a growl this day, so bring your big bones.

What is a Growl? Devil Dog growl is an official meeting or gathering held by the Military Order of the Devil Dogs (MODD), which is the fun and honor subsidiary society of the Marine Corps League.

Key Details About a Growl

• Definition: In the dog-themed terminology of the organization, a local chapter meeting is called a "Pound Growl" (or simply a "growl"), a state-level meeting is a "Pack Growl," and the national annual convention meeting is known as the "Supreme Growl".

• Purpose: These gatherings are used to conduct organizational business, interview prospective new members (referred to as "pups"), hold officer elections, and plan charitable fundraising efforts. Woof-woof!

Official Cover Required: The Marine Corps League Uniform Code specifies that members attending official functions or meetings in uniform must wear the authorized Marine Corps League cover (the red and gold cap with the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem). No Substitutions: League guidelines state that "no other type of cover may be worn at a Marine Corps League function or meeting" when adhering to the uniform standard. Casual Attire: While many local detachments do not strictly require members to wear a full uniform to casual business meetings, wearing an unapproved civilian baseball hat inside a formal meeting where protocol or ritual is observed typically violates standard detachment etiquette and dress norms. NO HAT PINS ON COVER.

ATTENTION! DETACHMENT 019.

We are updating our League roster, If you moved, change your phone number, or email.

We need you to fill out a short form so we can update, if you already filled this form , no need to worry.

Please fill this form at our next League meeting. ( ASAP)

USS Lucid (AM-458/MSO-458) is an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U. S. Navy for the task of removing naval mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships. She was launched soon after the Korean War, sailed on five Western Pacific (Westpac) cruises and served four tours in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Lucid was decommissioned at the end of 1970 and placed in mothballs after only 15 years of service, as the Vietnam War was winding down and there was no longer a need for a large fleet of minesweepers. She was purchased by civilians and served as a houseboat for ten years, before being sold again in 1986 and used as a warehouse by a scrap metal dealer on Bradford Island, in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

The scrap metal dealer was murdered in 2004 over a property dispute, and in 2005, Lucid was acquired by a foundation seeking to save a ship of its class. In 2011, the ship was moved to the Stockton Maritime Museum to be restored for use as a museum ship.

There is a serious side to being a Marine. There is also a side built on fellowship, humor, tradition, and the kind of camaraderie that never really leaves after the uniform comes off.

That is where the Military Order of the Devil Dogs — MODD — comes in.

Often described as the “fun and honor society of the Marine Corps League,” the Military Order of the Devil Dogs is an official subsidiary of the Marine Corps League. Its membership is drawn from regular members of the League who are active in their Detachments and recommended for membership.

The name “Devil Dog” reaches back to the fighting reputation earned by Marines during World War I. Today, the Order carries that spirit forward in its own unique way — with plenty of good-natured Marine humor, colorful traditions, and an unmistakable sense of brotherhood and sisterhood.

But underneath the barking, growling, dog collars, and “Semper Woof,” there is a serious purpose.

The Order exists to strengthen fellowship among members of the Marine Corps League, preserve and support the principles and ideals of the League, promote loyalty to the United States, and encourage service to veterans and communities. MODD members are also active supporters of charitable causes, particularly programs benefiting veterans and children.

That combination is what makes the Devil Dogs a little different.

They take the mission seriously — but they don't always take themselves seriously.

A MODD gathering is known as a Growl, local groups are called Pounds, state-level organizations are known as Packs, and the national organization is the Kennel. The terminology is intentionally playful, but behind it is the same Marine Corps tradition of loyalty, service, and looking after one another.

Members of the Order have long supported hospitalized veterans, children's hospitals, community programs, and fellow Marines and families in need. Former national MODD leadership has specifically emphasized visiting veterans in VA hospitals and supporting children facing serious illnesses as important parts of the Order's charitable work.

Why a Devil Dogs Corner?

This new section of the Bill King Detachment 019 website gives our local Devil Dogs a place of their own.

Here you'll find news from the Pound, upcoming Growls and activities, photographs, announcements, charitable projects, stories, and — knowing the Devil Dogs — probably a little appropriate mischief from time to time.

Most importantly, this page is another way to strengthen the fellowship that lies at the heart of both the Marine Corps League and the Military Order of the Devil Dogs.

The Marine Corps League exists in part to preserve Marine Corps traditions, strengthen the fraternity of Marines and their families, serve Marines and FMF Navy personnel, and foster Americanism and volunteer service. The Devil Dogs carry those goals forward with their own distinctive personality.

Whether gathered for a Growl, raising money for a worthy cause, supporting a veteran, helping a child, or simply giving another Marine a hard time among friends, the spirit remains familiar:

Take care of your fellow Marines. Serve your community. Preserve the traditions. And have some fun doing it.

Semper Fidelis — and Semper Woof!