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Next month the Smithsonian is hosting "Toward a More Inclusive Women's Military History," a symposium considering the past and future of women's military history. As part of the event, Breanne Robertson Chen will be moderating a roundtable discussion on female Marines' history that will feature the wonderful Col Mary Henry Reinwald , SSgt Elize McKelvey , Dr. Zayna Bizri , Dr. Bradford Wineman , and Ms. Kara Newcomer . Please come join us on 18 July!

Terry Lydell writes: I am looking for some help in locating some WWll correspondents or their files or family. Our family is trying to find the remains of our uncle who went MIA November 29, 1943 in Bougainville Solomon Islands. He was a Marine Corps Paratrooper with Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment. He was involved in the Koiari Raid along with the Raider Battalion November 28-29, 1943 while the Marines were securing a base at Cape Torokina. We

Veteran public relations and communications professional Fred Lash has joined Military Historical Tours, Inc. (MHT) as its Vice President for Communications. A career Marine officer, Fred’s first assignment was as a platoon commander with the 26 th Marines in South Vietnam.  He later served as a reconnaissance company commander and battalion executive officer with the 3 rd Marine Division on Okinawa.  He also was a company commander at both the Presidential Retreat at Ca

The USMCCCA Foundation has extended the deadline to apply for its Foundation Scholarship program , to to June 14. There are two types of Scholarships and the amount of each award is determined by the Foundation board each year. Typically $1000 to $3000. The Gladys McPartland Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in general educational subjects. The USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in Communications. Complete information on these

Nomination chair Chris Whiting announced the slate for the USMCCCA 2020 Board of Directors. “This year’s slate is locked on and I am happy to announce that we have five candidates vying to fill two Director positions,” said Whiting. “The officers for the upcoming year are running unopposed.” The slate consists of Dan Clare for President, Shawn Rhodes for a second term as Vice President, Chris Whiting for yet another term as Secretary and Annita Best for Treasurer.  Kar

A rowdy rainstorm cleared up three hours before tee time for the 15 th Annual United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Foundation (Florida Chapter) Golf Tournament, held April 26 at the Sherman Hills Golf Club in Brooksville, FL. The golfers ranged from young to old and competition was close with everyone landing in the 60’s. First place went to golfers, Jim Paxton (Our own Jack Paxton’s cousin), Bobby Jones, Randy Blanchard and Mike Spoon , with

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. – Outskirts Press has released a third historical fiction novel by journalist and author Alan Ables , one of our affiliate combat correspondents. “My readers told me they wanted more. is a sequel to my last time travel adventure, . This time my two main characters find themselves in 1863 Vicksburg, at the beginning of the historic siege,” Ables said.    “The Confederates arrest them as Yankee spies. Among them are leaders of the newly formed Knights of th

Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, a career infantry officer who ran community relations at Headquarters Marine Corps in the late 1990s, is headed for Okinawa to command the Third Marine Expeditionary Force.

Longtime CC George Hijar , Master Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (Ret) told us that his "Share the Legacy" presentation for the graduating new Marines at Parris Island , S.C was a little different this time. "For the first time in the eight years I’ve been doing this, I shared my Marine Corps’ experiences with female and male graduating Marines from Oscar Co., 4th Recruit Training Battalion and India Co., 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. It was a pleasure and an honor to share my exp

Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parrish, deployed aboard USS BOXER with the 11th MEU, snagged a silhouetted Osprey image in the Philippine Sea last month. The aircraft is part of the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 inventory.

One of Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniels' photos last month caught 1st Battalion, 1st Marines trudging through a simulated chemical attack at Camp Pendelton.

Cpl Matthew Teutsh grabbed a nice Osprey shot while steaming with the 11th MEU in the Eastern Pacific. The bird belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163. Teutsh's work represents just some of the imagery featured on www.usmc.mil .

First lieutenant James Mercure is requesting your personal stories from combat within the legacy 43XX, 46XX Occ field to help train our Marines (and future Marines) for combat and as a forcing function/evidence for an additional formal combat training requirement for Marines in the 45XX field before a deployment. Questionnaire is here. In the legacy 43XX, 46XX MOSs, there was often a significant disparity between training before a deployment and the expectations of the Mari

We want to congratulate our Marines for placing in the inaugural Military Visual Awards (MVA) , an independent photography competition for military photographers. It is not affiliated with the Department of Defense. They are: Sgt Holly Pernel (II MEF) won 2nd place News photo category. Cpl Danny Gonzalez (13th MEU) won 2nd place and honorable mention in Sports Photo category. MSgt Clinton Firstbrook (II MEF) won Honorable Mention in the Feature photo category. The MVA i

The Los Angeles Chapter reports with deep sadness LA Chapter chaplain,  Harold Nebenzal , died Feb. 14. His daughter, Deborah Corday invites all to join for: A Celebration of A Life Well Lived IN LOVING MEMORY of my father HAROLD NEBENZAL March 31, 1922 - February 14, 2019 Please join us in celebrating his life on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019 at 2pm Mt. Sinai Memorial Park 5950 Forest Lawn Dr Los Angeles, CA 90068 United States We will be gathering immediately after the s

Combat photographer Dalton S. Swanbeck, 11th MEU scored a most unusual trifecta this month: His imagery adorned the February covers of Leatherneck , the Marine Corps Gazette and Proceedings . BRAVO ZULU, Marine! (Covers reprinted with permission of the Marine Corps Association and the U.S. Naval Institute, respectively).

USMCCCA Foundation board member Jeremy Martin ,the former commandant of Defense Information School , was spotlighted recently in the Gagen McDonald feature "Let Go & Lead." GagenMcDonald. com . is widely regarded as a pioneer in the area of corporate and organizational strategy execution. Martin directs BellFlight's public engagement efforts from the aviation giant's Washington office.

Recently, associate member Marc Yablonka sent us his book, Vietnam Bao Chi: Warriors of Word and Film Here is an excerpt from the book jacket: While a plethora of books exists about and by the civilian media who covered the Vietnam War, Vietnam Bao Chi is the first book that reveals the plodding through the Vietnam jungle mud carried out by American soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose job it also was to record the conflict. Along with their weapon