raised:
$11,760 of $25,000 in donations, as of Jan 30, 2012
Thank you to contributors: Maria O'Leary
Kate Stark
Frank Walker
Walt Ford
Florida Chapter
Mike Pitts
Dale Baird
Robin Stavisky
Paul and Nancy Pappas
Kathy (Morrisey) Cueva
and Michelle Morrisey
IMO Bob Morrisey
Judith S. Stavisky and Alan D. Schiff Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
Bob McEwen
Fred Peck
Tom Kerr
Red Carpenter
Jack Paxton
Crane Davis IMO CC parents: Bob and DJ Davis
Sally Pritchett
Jennifer Brofer
Bill Hauptfleisch
Gene Smith
Don O'Neal
Bob Caulkins
Mrs. Bernice Stavisky
Victoria Turney
Cochise Cash
Fred Lash

Thank you to "Project Mo" contributors:
Gene Smith
Kate Stark
Manny Pacheco
Richard Arab
Jennifer Brofer
Bob Springer
Keith Oliver
Jack Paxton
Don O'Neal
Sally Pritchett
Bob McEwen

Tick-Tock

There are 7 months and 6 days until the next Conference at the Mission Valley Crowne Plaza in San Diego, Sept. 10-14, 2012. Rooms can be reserved at the rate of $133 per night. Call 888-233-9527 and ask for the USMCCCA Annual Conference Rate or click here to make a reservation.

Contact Us

Jack Paxton
Executive Director, USMCCCA
110 Fox Court,
Wildwood, FL 34785
+1 352-748-4698

EMAIL: usmccca@cfl.rr.com
SKYPE:
USMCCCA

To send items for the website: USMCCCA Online


Boosters


Platinum
$5,000 up

Gold
$1,000-$4,999
Florida Chapter
Sally Pritchett
Gene Smith

Silver
$100--$999
Don O'Neal
Jack Paxton
Frank Wiley
Dale Baird
John Dodd
Mike Arnold
Tom Kerr

Bronze
$50-$99

George Chrisman
Norm Hatch
Victoria Turney


Dedicated Members

Dale Baird
Tom Kerr
Gene Smith
Arvil "Jim" Hall
Dick Williamson
Thomas Kraak
Frank Burke
William Diefenbach
George Martin
Joe Espara
Bill Hauptfleisch
John Moffett
John Vaughan Jr.
MGySgt. Robert Johnson
Mike Pitts
Robert A. Krauch
BGen. Thomas V. Draude
Malcolm Barr
Sally Pritchett
Walter Ford
Gen. Al Gray, Marine
Dick Hrebik
Mike Arnold
Bob McEwen
Bob Hite
Chuck Kester
Capt. Steve Illes
Jon Abel
Keith Oliver
Capt. John Lippard
Vlado "Mert" Mrdutt
Ted Bahry
Dr. Emil Dansker
Rev. John Kloczkowski
Jack Paxton
James "Red" Carpenter
Pauline Tallent
LtCol. Jim Vance
Don O'Neal
Betsy Judge
Anonymous
Joe Skymba
Don Parzanese
George Chrisman
Ralph Austin
Don & Ann Coleman
Art Markey
Don Haley
Tom Rutherford
Kate Stark
James State
Theresa "Sue" Sousa
Norbert Malecki
Jennifer Brofer
Kevin Doll
Virginia Bueno

The 2012 Dedicated Member Campaign has begun. Your name will appear here and your name and dedication will appear in the Annual Conference Journal:


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Auction items needed

We are approaching near-record attendance at the New Orleans Conference.  As of August 11 we have registered 156 Marines, members, guests, etc. and we have one month to go.  What is desperately  needed are auction items and items for door prizes in the hospitality suite.  This is where we help solidify our future financial stability.   [...]

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3rd Quarter Newsletter on its way

3rd quarter newsletter
The third 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 [...]

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Gear up for the Conference

 

Our USMCCCA Store front  has a great deal on Port Authority Silk Touch Polos at $24.52.  These come with the clothing logo at no extra charge.  You’ll look great and you’ll be supporting your Association.  When you get to the store, look on the left side of the opening page and click on Polos, when [...]

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Leaving the Corps?

Continue a Proud Tradition With Your Professional Organization
If you are a CC or ComCam Marine leaving the Corps but want to carry on your proud tradition with CCs who have “been there, done that” we encourage you to make contact with chapters of our United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association who could help [...]

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USMCCCA Foundation Scholarships Available

Attention Members, Public Affairs and Combat Camera Marines.  The USMCCCA Foundation has announced major changes to its Foundation Scholarship program.
Now only available to two-year members of the USMCCCA, the Foundation Board has changed that requirement in order to stimulate scholarship applications.   Applications will now be considered from:
1.  Members of the USMCCCA and their dependents, to include [...]

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CCHQ Announces Logo Changes

 
 

 Old USMCCCA Logo
New USMCCCA Logo

As many corporations and businesses do periodically, the Association Board of Directors has approved minor changes to your Association and Foundation logos.  The changes, developed by Art Director Chuck Beverage, are minor but offer a presentation that is somewhat 3-dimensional.  Sharp eyes will find a coiled rope around the logo perimeter and [...]

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State of the USMCCCA 2010

Happy  New Year.  
We have had what I would call an exceptional year.  If you have read Tom Kerr’s most recent financial report and that of Foundation Treasurer John Dodd, both the Association and Foundation are in excellent financial condition.  Our website www.usmccca.org continues to attract attention, both from former CCs expressing a desire to reunite [...]

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465 members on the last Roster of 2010

Are you on it?
Step 1: Check for your name. Was it dropped?
Step 2: Did you stop paying your dues?
Step3: Find out who’s in and who’s out, by downloading the PDF (10 pages) of membership directory now. Remember, you must be a paid member and have a special password/invitation code (given to you by Jack Paxton) [...]

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Final 2010 “Now Hear This” coming to your mailbox soon

4th quarter newsletter
The final 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 [...]

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Who’s in? Who’s out?

Was your name dropped? Did you stop paying your dues? You an find out who’s in and who’s out, by downloading the PDF of membership directory now. Remember, you  must be a paid member and have a special password to access the directory.
If you don’t remember what it is, email Jack Paxton, executive director, at [...]

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Updated Membership Directory now online

Was your name dropped? Did you stop paying your dues? You an find out who’s in and who’s out, by downloading the 13 pages of membership directory now. Remember, you have to have a special password to access the directory. If you don’t remember what it is, email Jack Paxton, executive director, at  usmccca@cfl.rr.com or [...]

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Welcome Aboard CC!

 
Congratulations on your approval!
Once you pay your membership dues you will become a member of the United States Combat Correspondents Association! By clicking the button below you will be sent to our PayPal site.
(You can use a credit card without signing up for a PayPal account.)
Or if you prefer, you contact:
Jack Paxton, Executive Director
USMCCCA
  110 [...]

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Return to sender… HELP!

By now, most members will have received the Conference Registration edition of the newsletter, Now Hear This.  
Each mailing we receive a number of copies back AND a notice from the Post Office that we must pay 55 cents for each that cannot be forwarded.  Our option to avoid payment is to add the phrase [...]

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Sponsors needed for Merit Awards

The Annual Merit Awards Program is ours. We promote this because we believe today’s warriors are writing, broadcasting or making a pictorial history just as we have done over the years. We need to show them our support. If you are willing to sponsor one or more of the awards shown below, please contact Executive [...]

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If you have moved…

CCHQ tries to run a tight ship and hold expenses down by using bulk mail rates to send member mailings.  You can imagine our surprise (read: dismay) when the post office called and we had to pay a hefty penalty because we had (so far) 23 newsletters returned due to bad member addresses.  We are [...]

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