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Happy Birthday Chuck! Chuck’s turning 84, and we’re planning a birthday bash. (For the few of you who don't know, Chuck Beveridge is the USMCCCA art director and designs the Conference Journal and most of the ads in it, each year. He is ridiculously talented.) But, hey, it’s Chuck, so of course there’s a twist. The man wants to return to Iwo Jima where he fought and was wounded 65 years ago. Instead of the usual birthday presents, we’ll be collecting donations to help send hi

An article by Christine Cabalo of the Hawaii Marine mentions Jack Paxton : Cracking open the “Hawaii Marine” archives, a birthday present from the past emerges with stories of what times were like at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in 1959. Fifty years ago, the 184th Marine Corps birthday base celebrations looked slightly different from today. It was a busy time for newspaper staff, said Jack Paxton, executive director, United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association

The Central Florida Chapter of the 1st Marine Division Association dedicated a plaque at the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park on November 9, 2009, honoring the Division and its many achievements. Chapter members purchased 58 bricks to make the memorial possible. Above Jack Paxton , executive director of the USMCCCA and a chapter member, is shown with four of the bricks he purchased honoring his friend and mentor, Bob Morrisey ; his golfing buddy, John Funk ; hi

Friends, FYI. The text below describes a senior level contract job available in the office of the Navy Chief of Information. Application details are available on the Alion Science and Technology Company web site. Use keyword“public affairs,” then limit search to jobs in D. C. -- Chas Henry Senior Public Affairs position to be established as part of a contract to be awarded by Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO). Masters degree in related discipline plus 10 to 12 years of d

The USMCCCA reached a milestone at the 2009 Conference when four new members were recruited. This gives us 50 new members this year alone. Please welcome Matt Butler , 1 MEB Chief, Camp Pendleton; Nathan Hanks , PA Specialist, Albany, Katie Densmore , CC from Camp Lejeune, and Alan Crouch , PAO, MCB Hawaii. -- Jack Paxton, executive director

Dave Hugel writes: On October 22, 2009 the Marine Corps dedicated a new Chapel on a rise overlooking the National Museum of the Marine Corps , just outside the front gate of MCB Quantico, Virginia. The MCB Quantico band played at dedication. Nestled in a wooded area on a rise overlooking the museum, the non-denominational Chapel, officially known as the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, will provide a special space for meditation, prayer and remembrance, as well as commemorati

CC graphics legend Chuck Beveridge lent his expertise to Keith Oliver's Command Attention marketing effort today. Keith is doing a book signing at the Naval Academy Visitors Center prior to the Navy-Wake Forest game; thanks to Chuck (and some North Carolina friends), those visiting Demon Deacon football fans will stop by the table! Between eight years' duty at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune, our former national president's ties to the Tar Heel State have remained strong.

To: Keith Oliver, OK, I’ve reached Appendix #3 "Command=">"Command" Attention:="Attention:" Promoting="Promoting" Your="Your" Organization="Organization" the="the" Marine="Marine" Corps="Corps" Way"="Way"</a>"> and will pause long enough to catch my breath and send you some thoughts, scattered with words of praise, about “The Book.” It’s a great piece of writing (terse, personal, informative, entertaining) and I hope you sell a million copies and that this little gem becomes

Shipmates signed on for the Feb. 28 CC and Mustang cruise and pre-cruise package will be among the first to visit the new additions at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. And with talk of New Orleans as a possible CC conference site in the near future, the following story from USA TODAY should interest CCs. And did you know, one of our own, CC Norm Hatch , is featured in the Pacific wing of the museum. If you can't wait for the CCs to invade New Orleans in c

For every Marine who served in Beirut from 1982 through 1984, today is our Memorial Day. It is our Day of Remembrance. On October 23, 1983 an Islamic Terrorist drove a massive truck bomb into a building where several hundred of our brothers slept on a Sunday morning, and killed 241 of them. I warrant to you that this attack and the attack of April 18, 1983 against our United States Embassy in Beirut , truly represent the opening assaults by the enemy in today’s Global War on

I gave a class to some brave CCs who claimed to be "computerly-challenged," during the USMCCCA conference in Hampton, Va, last month. I have compiled some notes (um, 43 pages worth) of facts, tips and tricks. You are welcome to download it. (Click here to download) Please print only what you need and save the trees. Also there are links built into the pdf so reading it on your computer will allow you to click on the link, and go there. Cool, huh? If there is a certain area yo

CC Todd "Rowdy" Yeatts , a government relations manager at Boeing and a major in the Marine Reserve, was guest speaker at DINFOS ' Joint Expeditionary Course graduation on Oct. 8, 2009. "Rowdy was our first choice to address the group," said Public Affairs Leadership Department chairman Keith Oliver "since he's deployed as a PAO to some 40 countries, including real world ops in Haiti, Iraq, Gitmo and Rawanda." (photo by LTC Frank Urben, USAF).

The United States Naval Institute, a prestigious non profit publisher & membership association in Annapolis, MD is seeking an experienced, hands-on associate editor. The associate editor performs editing duties for Proceedings and Naval History, working with authors to produce the best possible articles. Experience as a line or copy editor is required. Specific Duties: • Responsible for multiple columns and articles as assigned. • Edits manuscripts for accuracy, clarity, pre

HELP! We have a buttload (Noun; An extremely large quantity of anything that takes up space, please see the Urban Dictonary ) of photos from this year's USMCCCA Conference that need captions. Approximately 422 of them. I cannot do them all! Well, I could, but why should I have all the fun? We need help identifying old Marines, young Marines and the odd stranger, nobody knows... We hope to package the fully identified images on a CD, create a DVD slideshow, and a photo bo

Robert Wynkoop is the recipient of the 2009 USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship. He is in his final year at Vanderbilt University where is majoring in communications under the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP). After graduating Robert will report to the Basic School at Quantico. The recipient of the 2009 Gladys McPartland Scholarship is John Barwell . John is attending Arizona University where he is in his final year of law school. -- Don O'Neal

Jack Paxton, executive director of the USMCCCA and wife, Pat, will be travelling in Europe on a well-deserved vacation for the next few weeks. He will check his email periodically, as WiFi will permit, but may not reply until his return on Oct. 18th. If you would like something posted to the website, please contact Kate Stark directly at USMCCCA webmaster . Otherwise... just wait. Oh, and Jack says we can put away our green chips and take our name badges off. RECEIPTS: Acti

Marine Mustangs and Combat Correspondents sailing on the Norwegian Spirit Feb. 28, 2010 Enjoy some fun time in the “Big Easy” before the cruise! Spend one, two or three nights at the Holiday Inn French Quarter, 124 Royal Street, only a block away from Bourbon Street and steps from Canal Blvd. Save on parking and let the shuttle take you to the ship and bring you back after the cruise. Package rates including hotel, taxes and shuttle for two guests: -- Saturday night -- $1

The Virginian-Pilot is seeking an energetic, enterprising reporter to cover the military in a region that includes the world’s largest naval base and a large community of veterans from all branches of the armed forces. This is a high-visibility job because covering the military is one of our most critical missions. There is heavy emphasis on watchdog journalism, but we’re also looking for someone who can take readers inside the military culture and produce vivid, compelling n