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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will display the only Medal of Honor to be awarded to a combat photographer in the Medal of Honor Gallery of the "Price of Freedom" exhibition began Nov. 1. Marine Cpl. William Thomas Perkins Jr. died at the age of 20 when he flung himself on a grenade to preserve the lives of three other Marines during Operation Medina, a Marine search and destroy operation in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, Oct. 12, 1967. The Marine Corps

Tooele, Utah Marine, Cpl. Devan Gowans , captured one of the calendar shots in the Marine Corps Association’s 2018 offering. Gowans is assigned to the Camp Pendleton, California-base lst Marine Expeditionary Force.

USMCCCA has an additional three one-year scholarships (a $350 value) to Lynda.com available to 2017 DPA winners (1st, 2nd or HM). We will take names of those interested until Nov. 5, 2017 then pick three names randomly. Contact kate@usmccca.org if you would like to be entered.

The USS HUE CITY will be coming to New York City, docking at the Staten Island Pier over Veterans Day weekend. Danny Gillen is the Captain of the ship and another Breezy Pointer Lt. Cmdr. Tommy McDonald flies his helicopter off the Hue City. The ship will be available for tours as listed below: NOVEMBER 10 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 11 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 12 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. You are welcome to bring spouses, children & grandchildren & fellow veterans. You

Cpl. Brandon Maldonado , a graphics illustrator by trade, learned still and video photography during his latest deployment, landing this shot in the 2018 Marine Corps Association calendar. Maldanado, a native of Hayward, California, was assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

October 9, 2017, is Joe’s 106th birthday and the D-Day, or "Delivery Day," of our request and petition to the US Secretary of the Navy. In fact, our letter and petition reached the Pentagon Thursday morning, but clearing security takes a few days. By tomorrow, the package should be on the Secretary’s desk. We delivered 2,054 signatures with our letter, and over 800 more from the online petition will be delivered electronically tomorrow. I’m hoping by the time the online sig

Holy South Pacific, Batman!  Yup, as of 1 October 2017 our warrior-storytellers are now known as “Combat Mass Communicators.”   Those currently on active duty are respectfully referred to as “legacy” combat camera or  public affairs Marines – but from here on out, they will learn, teach, lead and fight as fire-breathing, one-call-gets-it-all jacks-of-all-trade. Staff sergeants and above, no matter what MOS they grew up in, are now designated “Communication Strategy and Opera

Lt. Col. Michael Armistead has been appointed to the post of USMCCCA Expeditionary Liaison by national president Keith Oliver . Armistead is stationed at Camp Lejeune as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Communication Strategy and Operations. The mustanger’s USMCCCA assignment was designed specifically to “help us lean forward in including deployed Marine storytellers in annual awards submissions and correspondence,” Oliver said. Keith said “his Association duties mean keepi

Retired mustang Maj. Nat Fahy has been appointed chair of the 2018 USMCCCA Training Symposium, National President Keith Oliver announced today. Set for Aug. 20-23 at the New Bern, North Carolina DoubleTree Hotel, the CCs’ annual gathering will feature “robust professional development value for our active duty Marines,” said Oliver, “and Nat Fahy is in the perfect position to help us achieve that.” An oft-deployed PAO who served in Afghanistan, Cuba and Desert Storm , Fahy

What began as a pipe dream for a handful of veterans has become the goal of 1,000s of people nationwide: Name a US Navy warship for the late Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006), the San Francisco photographer who took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo. The photo is believed to be the most recognized and reproduced in history, and has become a symbol of the United States Marine Corps. Six Marines raised the flag on February 23, 1945, in the midst of the bloody battle on Iwo Jima,

Executive Director Note: The Stars and Stripes writer of the article , "War-movie adviser looks to troops, vets to fund his directorial debut"   should not have been surprised at anything during this interview. I’ve known Dale Dye since he was a young lance corporal and nothing surprises me these days about what he is doing when most his age would be heading into a retirement home. He has a very long relationship with this organization both as an enlisted contributor and man

Our updated USMCCCA history is nearly ready for shipment. We have put the book’s index on our website. There are over 500 names listed alphabetically of those who have helped us tell our story. Are you included? Certainly, if your name is in the index below, you will want a copy of the book that commemorates the role you played in our history, right? The original history “Last to Know, First to Go” covered our history from slightly before WWII to about 1987. We have include

Tuesday: August 22: 0800-0855 Prayer Breakfast (Non-Conference event, Guest Speaker: Deacon Pat Coulter) 0915-1500 Bus departs for Camp Pendleton 0930 sharp. (For those registered and who paid the $20 bus surcharge) a tour has been arranged by Base Public Affairs. The tour will include a stop at I MEF Public Affairs. As we did several years ago, we will invite active duty Marines to be our guests in one of the Dining Halls. 1730-2400 Command Post open, Peacock Room

The Crowne Plaza San Diego informs us that all the CC blocked rooms are full, so if a ny of our group forgot to make a reservation you will be taking a chance on getting either a triple AAA rate or joining the Holiday Inn rewards club (IHG) and getting their discount.  Military coming in will be charged at the $149 per diem rate.

Transportation- The 2 options when traveling from the San Diego International Airport are either SuperShuttle at the current rate of $12 per person, each way or a Taxi which is between $20-25, each way. The Crowne Plaza San Diego offers a complimentary area shuttle to Old Town and the Fashion Valley Mall on scheduled times throughout the day as well as the San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld once daily.

Donald H. Gee Sr ., a longtime Chalfont resident, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017 at the Doylestown Hospital. He was 77. Don was the husband of Iris Gee. Born in Bristol and raised in Warrington, Don was a son of the late Harry and Alberta Gee. He was a 1957 Central Bucks High School graduate. Don was a proud Gunnery Sergeant with the US Marine Corps retiring in 1977, after 20 years of service. Following his retirement, he remained active with the military as the Public

Taken from the Summer 2017 edition of  Keystone Leatherneck : On April 28, 2017, Valley Forge Military Academy and College held a wonderful dedication ceremony for a Chair of Honor for Prisoners of War-Missing in Action in Wayne, Pa. Commander Paul Galanti USN (Ret), a seven-year POW during the Vietnam War, accepted the chair from Colonel John C. “Doc” Church, Jr .,USMCR (Ret.), president of VFMAC. This chair symbolizes there will always be a place at Valley Forge Military

Thomas "Ace" Peters writes: Its with sadness that I inform you Eddie Kafafian passed this morning. (July 9, 2017) CCHQ will post more info as it becomes available.

The USMCCCA 2017 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