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Top left: Cpl. Katelyn M. Hunter, with her Cpl. William T. Perkins Jr. Award. Top right: Capt. Jason M. Carter, (center) combat camera officer, II Marine Expeditionary Force, presents Cpl. Katelyn M. Hunter, (right) machine gunner, Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), with the Cpl. William T. Perkins Jr. Award.

Congratulations Marines! Series - Killing time | Cpl. Reece Lodder, Hawaii Public Affairs Office, MCBH Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Tabloid Format Newspaper - Marine Corps Recruit Depot | Public Affairs Office, San Diego Radio News Report - Joint VBIED Training | Cpl. Kevin Maynard , USMC,  AFN Iwakuni Television News Report - Marine Week MAGTF Demo | Sgt. Todd Hunter , USMC, DMA-Marine Corps

Cpl Reese Lodder was named DVIDS Journalist of the Month for September 2011. His photos of U.S. Marines training for an upcoming deployment made Cpl. Reece Lodder stand out as a top of journalist in September and ultimately resulted in him being selected as the DVIDS Journalist of the Month for September. Lodder previously submitted under Marine Corps Base Hawaii—Kaneohe Bay but is now with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. He soon will be chronicling missions in Afgha

CC  SSgt Luis Agostini, just returned from Afghanistan last week. With good news for his team. Just wanted to inform you that Regimental Combat Team 7 Public Affairs received the Public Relations Society of America-Inland Empire 2010 Capella Awards in Social Media and Media Relations, for our Facebook/YouTube organization sites and our DVIDS work in Afghanistan.  http://www.prsaie.org/ Social Media Category Regimental Combat Team 7 Facebook/YouTube Integrated Social Media Cam

Marines have netted two of the top spots in the annual DoD Thomas Jefferson Awards competition. One of the Marines is CC member, S taff Sgt. Luis R. Agostini who was named the  2009 DoD Print Journalist of the Year. Agostini is a frequent name here on the site (to read more about him click here .) The other winner is broadcaster  Sgt Todd Hunter who receives the 2009 DoD Broadcast Journalist of the Year. We congratulate these two and also the following Marines who won. (A

This years' winner of the Corporal William T. Perkins Award Combat Cameraman of the Year is Cpl Tyson H. Holm of the 3D Marine Division (REIN). Corporal Tyson Holm assigned to 3D Marine Division as a Combat Lithographer (4612), volunteered to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a Combat Camera Photographer, Driver/Gunner, Regional Corps Advisory Command-Central (RCAC-C), 201st Corps, Afghan National Army (ANA) from 29 October 2007 to 18 November 2008. Althoug