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As part of the USMCCCA's efforts to assist and mentor today's combat correspondents, our board last year approved a decision to develop a scholarship program for our Distinguished Performance Award winning Marines in lieu of a check for $100. To that end we have asked for support from the membership and our Foundation to pay for and provide scholarship to several of our winners. This year we are partnering with Lynda.Com , which provides nearly 6,000 web based training cou

Luis R. Agostini, Col Bryan Salas and Daisy Agostini. The Agostinis are parents of  Staff Sgt. Luis R. Agostini who was awarded the 2009 DoD Print Journalist of the Year. Agostini is currently deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, since October 2009 for a 12-month deployment. He writes: "I wanted my family to receive my award, because I wanted someone close to me to accept on my behalf, rather than being handed off to someone e