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Dale Dye: Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Video from Beaufort Film Society on Vimeo . National USMCCCA Board Member and 2017 Dickson Award recipient Dale Dye visited South Carolina's Lowcountry last month to receive the inaugural Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Beaufort International Film Festival . The trip included a visit to Parris Island where Dye served as reviewing officer for a recruit graduation. The Conroy tribute is named after the

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Russell Midori took his experience in the Marines to the next level with several overseas assignments reporting for the New York Times, HBO’s acclaimed news documentary program VICE, WarIsBoring.com and now with CBS News’ “On Assignment.” He earned dual Master of Science degrees in Documentary Production and Investigative Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Russell Midori, 32, Brooklyn, N.Y. Hometown: Brooklyn, N.

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Reno Olvera, 30, Houston Hometown: Rapid City, South Dakota Served in the Marines: 2006 to 2011 Last rank: Sergeant MOS: Any other MOS besides 4300/4600 career fields?   Martial Arts Instructor and Combat photography and film Deployments and overseas tours : two tours for Operations Iraqi Freedom, Japan (Okinawa, Tokyo) Philippines, Korea, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Also, short tours to places like Thailand and Cambodia. Education: B.S. in Entrepreneurial

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Lydia Davey, 33, San Francisco, Calif. When did you serve in the U.S. Marine Corps? Combat correspondent, 2003-2010. Sergeant. Deployment: Afghanistan from 2006-2007 Awards: Photo of the Year in 2006 Education: B.A. in Communications from Indiana University in 2013 Current employer: Apple, Inc. Past:   CEO of a PR firm How did serving as a Marine help you define your professional goals? I'd always enjoyed telling stories for good, but my time as

Legacy combat camera leader CWO3 Paul Mancuso is the latest warrior-coach to jump into his professional association with both feet, becoming a USMCCCA life member last month. “It seemed like a good investment, being that I am in my thirties,” he joked.  “My grandfather bought his first membership into the VFW well into his 80s. “The man was an optimist,” Mancuso said. “And he also taught me not to take half measures.” The gunner’s career certainly reflects his grandfather

The USMCCCA 2018 Dedicated Member program is off and running this week. This program was begun in the early 2000s as a backup to our annual Booster Club drive for contributions from those members who wanted to participate in our various programs but could not fit their gift into a Booster Club category. Gifts to the Foundation can be at any level and can be designated to the USMCCCA Scholarship Funds or to the general fund to help keep the organization afloat. When you rec

Compiled by Amy Forsythe The Marine Rapper, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, is a hip-hop recording artist. He served as a combat correspondent with infantry battalions during his deployments to Iraq and then Afghanistan. TMR earned a combat action ribbon in Iraq and received an award for combat photography during the same firefight. TMR has been featured on: Apple Music, We Are The Mighty, VET TV - Kill Die Laugh, “Oscar Mike” TV series and “No Sh*t There I Was” on the G

The 14th annual USMC Combat Correspondents Association/Foundation (Florida Chapter) Golf Tournament, now renamed in honor of the tournament founder, James “Red” Carpenter , will again be played at the Sherman Hills Golf Club near Brooksville, FL on Friday afternoon April 27. Carpenter, who has given up chairmanship due to health conditions of his wife, has been replaced by Gene Smith of Ocoee. Gene recently retired from the PGA Tour where he served as Tournament Director o

Consider this a  trial feeler.  The USMCCCA Florida Chapter sponsors a golf tournament each April to benefit both the Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund as well as the USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship funds.  Each year we are joined by members, relatives and friends.  With our setup for play on Friday afternoon, April 27 this would be a great way for families to come to Florida Thursday evening for a long weekend and enjoy the nearby attractions in both Orlando and Tampa.  The to

Sgt. Keith Mosier has come back to the fold, renewing his CC dues last month after a long absence. Keith, an award winning Marine photographer who snagged an Associated Press fellowship in New York City as a lance corporal, has been living in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky since his discharge from FMLant (Norfolk, Virginia) in 1976. Among his active duty bosses and running mates “back in the day”(CC members, all)were Lt. Col. Bill Boone, 2nd Lt. Bob Jordan, Master Sgt

After more than a few setbacks, our updated history is now ready to go. The 295-page edition traces us from our beginnings in World War II through the Gulf Wars. In our first edition two years ago we only had a few of the original photos from “Last To Know, First To Go.” In this edition we have added more than 70 photos. Our USMCCCA webmaster Kate Stark is again publishing the names of those named in the book. Even if your name is not listed in the index, you may be ment

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It is with great sadness that CCHQ announces the passing of National USMCCCA Chaplain and retired Maj. Mordacai “Mawk” Arnold early evening, January 15, 2018. National President Keith Oliver received a call from Mawk’s wife, Alice , that she was visiting with Mawk who was convalescing following a very recent stroke when he suddenly died of an apparent heart attack. Mawk was in his early 90s and had been in relatively poor health these past few weeks. No further details are

President’s Notes In case you missed it, ye olde Leatherneck , the unrivaled “Magazine of the Marines,” turned 100 last month. Easily the USMCCCA’s longest-running partner in the ink-and-paper biz (and now wowing readers on the web, as well), Leatherneck has featured the bylines, photo credits and manual arts contributions of many an Association member. And up into the 1970s, our favorite mag included active duty CCs on the fulltime, editorial staff. The commemorative is

Practicing what he preaches, 11th MEU Communications Strategy and Operations Chief, Gunnery Sgt. Robert D. Brown, snagged a Marine Corps Association calendar shot with this image from the unit’s last deployment. The photo also appeared in the September issue of the Naval Institute Proceedings.

The Beaufort Film Society is pleased to announce that Dale Dye will be presented the inaugural Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual Beaufort International Film Festival. The festival dates are February 21-25, 2018 with the Red Carpet Reception and Awards Gala taking place on Sunday, February 25th at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, Center for the Arts . “If you look at his body of work in the film industry over the past three decades, read th

Sgt. Levi Shultz, presently pulling duty at Recruiting Station Des Moines, Iowa, made the Marine Corps Association 2018 calendar with his photo of cold weather training.

Tampa, Florida CC, former Sgt. Shawn Rhodes , rejoined his former Devil Dog colleagues in the USMCCCA this fall. An international expert in creating high-performing organizations, Shawn is a Tampa-based TEDx speaker whose work studying organizations in more than two dozen countries has been highlighted in TIME, CNN, NBC and INC. The former Camp Lejeune-based combat correspondent deployed to Iraq during the war's kickoff in 2003. More recently, the Western Carolina Universit

Master Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen was appointed Defense Media Activity (DMA) Liaison last week by National President Keith Oliver. "The Master Guns is in a perfect spot to help us track and recognize the magnificent day to day work done by our storytelling warriors," said Oliver. "Not only does DMA execute the newest version of the DoD-level media awards ," he said, "the organization is where Stars and Stripes, the Defense Information School and the American Forces Network