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 1st Quarter - 2010 The first 2010 issue of “Now Hear This” the official USMCCCA newsletter, should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If you DO NOT receive it, then you need to make sure CCHQ has your correct mailing address. You can MAKE SURE you get future newsletters by using the membership update form here. If you are a registered member of this site, you can download the newsletter by clicking on the image to the right.  Florida chapter members Ann Carpenter, Trudy Ehlbeck and Kevin Doll man the registration desk at a previous golf tournament. The next one is slated for June 4. The Florida Chapter of the USMCCCA will hold it’s 6th annual benefit golf tournament on 4 June 2010. The tournament will be held at Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club in Davenport,FL. The tournament features an 0800 shot gun start, putting contest and lunch. As always the tournament is “kicked off” by a presentation of colors by a Marine Color Guard from the Marine Reserve Unit in Orlando, FL. There are lots of prizes, auction, raffle and door, thanks to Champions Tournament, Assistant Director, Gene Smith. There will also be free Heineken beer served on the course and at lunch. For more info or to enter the tournament click here, or call Red Carpenter 352-688-6720 or e-mail at jcar1@tampabay.rr.com .  Joseph Galloway, honorary life member By Joseph L. Galloway. McClatchy Newspapers To quote Mr. Dickens they were the best of times and the worst of times. This is Galloway writing -30- and a farewell to this weekly column after almost seven years and wrapping up half a century in the newspaper business. Oh, I will still write an occasional op-ed piece when the bastards in Washington, D.C., blast across the line into moron territory, and there’s always another book waiting to be written.
Our art director, Chuck Beveridge has created a terrific self-promotional piece. Click on the photo to download it. Also please pass it on to anyone who may need a graphic artist or art director….  The January 2010 LA Chapter newsletter is online The L.A. Chapter officers and board had its first official meeting in October and reviewed the Chapter’s operational status. Financially, we need to rebuild our treasury. You may not be aware of this: over the course of four plus years, Bob Long (past president) has been personally financing many of the Chapter activities at our luncheons and national conference which was a resounding success. We are indeed indebted to him in so many ways. In response, we would like to ask you to make a special contribution to repay some of his generosity. We appreciate your support in advance. Please send your contribution payable to CCLA,  Col. Bryan Salas The Director’s Cut: DivPA’s Monthly Newsletter to the Marine Corps’ PA Community is now online you can download it here Marines – This sounds like a “no-brainer,” however when was the last time you developed a well-staffed PA plan that was briefed to the commander in conjunction with the ops plan? Don’t wait to be tasked to develop a plan – produce and brief the PA work that helps ensure success of the program. Ensure your weekly briefs reflect that you are relevant to the commander. Unsure if you are being effective? Ask for help from senior public affairs officers or a mentor from your own staff. Do not wait for a mentor to reach out to you. Seek assistance and guidance from leaders you respect and wish to emulate. From recruiting station to HQMC – be an active participant in planning and a sage counselor to your staff! Good luck and Semper Fidelis! Dan Bisher and your executive director would like to hear from anyone who knows or knew former Marine CC Bob Shuth. Please contact CCHQ at usmccca@cfl.rr.com if you have any information.  Tom Hanks, Capt Dale Dye and Steven Spielberg discuss filming on the set of HBO's "The Pacific." Photo by David James/HBO  CC Lifemember, Capt Dale Dye on the set of HBO's "The Pacific." Photo by David James/HBO By Capt. Dale Dye USMC (Ret), Senior Military Advisor on HBO’s “The Pacific.” It took nearly two years of hard campaigning to get it right but in March of this year American TV audiences will get an unflinching, historically accurate and very absorbing look at World War II in the Pacific as fought by men of the vaunted 1st Marine Division. In my billet as the Senior Military Advisor for this monster undertaking, Executive Producer Tom Hanks gave me a set of deceptively simple marching orders: “Get up under the helmet of those Marines and take the audience on the trip they made to hell and back between 1942 and 1945.” That’s what we did over the year we spent in shooting the project which HBO has given a simple, evocative title: “The Pacific.”  James Brady's last book “Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Legendary John Basilone” is now out. Noted journalist, author and Marine James Brady, who received the prestigious Denig Award at our San Antonio Conference, died suddenly several months ago following the conference. The book was completed just prior to his death. Welcome to final edition of the NYC Public Affairs monthly report for 2009. The material in this report provides information to Marines and friends of Marines in New York to help tell the Marine Corps story and create opportunities. As always, we look forward to your input as well. We look forward to a productive 2010 and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! |
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