Rome Marines Veteran's Center, Inc.

12/21/2025

02/26/2025

Rome and Western Oneida County Veterans:
The Rome Marines Veterans Center is putting together a Music for Veterans program. The program will be directed at Veterans of all branches of service.
Any Veteran interested in learning how to play guitar should respond to this post or email [email protected]. Beginner and intermediate lessons will be available. We will have some instruments available for loan. If anyone reading this has an acoustical guitar they would like to donate to the program, please respond via email. Your donation is tax deductible ! Monetary donations will also be appreciated and are deductible as well!
The program is modeled after a successful program in Pennsylvania. The therapeutic outcomes of playing a musical instrument include: * Improved Self Image *Increased Motivation *Better Communication Skills
*Improved Emotional Release *Increased Verbalization Skills *Decreased Anxiety & Agitation.

12/21/2024

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10226597024624033&id=1599427322

10/09/2024

Great aircraft but the B-52’s were the main attraction! Arclight strikes!

Caption: A deck crewman gives the "thumbs up" sign to a pilot of an A-6 attack bomber during launch operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, Sept. 23, 1972. Location in South East Asia unknown.
Date: 1972
Source: AP Photo/Laurent Rebours

10/09/2024

MARINE OF THE WEEK // A HERO HIMSELF:

Sgt. Mark Dean
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
Award: Bronze Star w/ Combat V (Iraq)

As a young Lance Cpl., Mark Dean served under Cpl. Jason Dunham, who sacrificed his life for his Marines by diving onto an enemy-thrown gr***de in Iraq in 2004, and became the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. Sgt. Dean credits Dunham with his own attitude of 'leadership by example.'

On two different occasions during a subsequent Iraq deployment, Sgt. Dean was instrumental in repelling enemy attacks on his observation post. "We were attacked from about 14 different positions both times. My Marines performed in an exemplary manner, and everyone came out ok ... It’s a family. I consider them my brothers; without each other, we’re dead.”

In this photo, Sgt. Dean, his wife and son attend the 2009 christening of a Navy destroyer named to honor Dean's dear friend, Cpl. Dunham. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Michael Gams; info from a story by 2nd Lt. Scott Villiard)

07/20/2024

Tornado destroys the Rome Marine Veterans Center, home of the Marine Corps League Edward L. Smith Detachment #245.

04/16/2024

Respect for Officer Michael Jensen!

02/21/2024

Feed Our Veterans will be open this week on Wednesday from 2:00 PM to 5:30. We ask everyone to arrive at least 30 minutes before closing due to a significant increase in veterans shopping. If you are a new vet, please bring proof of service and your own bags for groceries. We appreciate your patience as we strive to ensure that every veteran is given anopportunity to shop. Thank you. 🇺🇸

11/07/2023

05/27/2023

02/26/2023

Service does not end with your EAS! and regain the relationships with your fellow Marines and FMF Navy personnel. Click on the link to find a Marine Corps League local detachment near you and connect with them!

https://www.mclnational.org/find-a-detachment.html

06/18/2022

No Man Left Behind...
A monument dedicated to Marines who fought in the Battle of Fallujah was unveiled Wendesday in a ceremony at the Wounded Warrior Battalion (West) complex at Camp Pendleton.

The sculpture is based on the photograph “Hell House”by Lucian Read of two lance corporals carrying an injured sergeant out of a house in Fallujah. The Marine Corps is observing the 10th anniversary of the battle, which was marked by house-to-house combat and was the bloodiest in the Iraq War.

The artwork is being donated by Hope for the Warriors, a national nonprofit that assists wounded members of the military and their families. It was created by John Phelps, whose son, Chance, was killed in Iraq in April 2004.

“I am honored to work with Hope For The Warriors in creating this monument,” said Phelps, a Vietnam veteran. “I express myself through my art and this monument is a labor of love for me. Love for not just my son but for my growing Marine Corps family.”

A similar monument was erected at Camp Lejeune on the East Coast last year.