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Note: Last year a young man called CCHQ from Berkeley, CA wanting to interview me about the CCs as he was waiting to go to recruit training and then become a CC. We didn’t hear anything until very recently when former President Keith Oliver informed us that the young Marine had completed the basic MOS training at DINFOS to become a CC and had been assigned to II MEF at Camp Lejeune. We decided it might be interesting to follow LCpl. James Clark as he begins his career as

Colonel Herman S. "Stacy" Clardy III , who headed DivPA's community relations branch from 1997-99, has been selected for promotion to brigadier general, the Pentagon announced. The career infantry officer commanded the 2d Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom and is currently posted as Director of the Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico. Stacy is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and served as Marine Officer Instructor for the NROTC Unit at Tulane.  Followi

The 17th Annual DoD Worldwide Military Photography Workshop will be hosted by the Defense Information School, June 8-13, 2009. The workshop is held to improve professional knowledge, proficiency and qualifications of DoD photographers and photojournalists. Workshop faculty members will provide technical instruction to increase the effectiveness, ability, and visual communication skills of attendees to provide the highest quality imagery to the Department of Defense. Selecti

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THE PRESIDENT:   Thank you very much, please be seated.  To General Hejlik, for the outstanding work that he is doing, thank you so much.  Good morning, Marines.  AUDIENCE:   Ooh-rah!  THE PRESIDENT:   Good morning, Camp Lejeune.  AUDIENCE:   Ooh-rah!  THE PRESIDENT:   Good morning Jacksonville.  (Applause.)   Thank you so much for the extraordinarily welcome.  Just a few additional people I want to note are here:  Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina -- where is Governor Pe

Marine GySgt. Jason Fischer , formerly President of the DINFOS Chapter, USMCCCA, will switch services February 1 when he reports to Newport, RI for Navy Officer Candidate School. Although it sounds a bit unusual, Jason reports that he attended and graduated from DINFOS Public Affairs Qualification Course (officer's course) and, because the Navy does its officer accessions by MOS, he decided to compete for their program.  Of 64 applicants in his MOS, he was one of four selecte

USMC Photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Warren Burton, a combat correspondent, fires the 60mm mortar system during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008. Burton is with the command element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Interview with LCpl Evan Eagan, combat correspondent, II MEF Public Affairs. Video By Cpl Mike Browning, AFN News

by Master Sgt. Keith Milks   Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Statz, a combat photographer assigned to the 2nd Bn., 7th Marines, was wounded June 18 in a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Musa Qal-eh , in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Province. When his platoon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle became stuck in a wadi during a security patrol, Statz and his fellow Marines were attempting to recover the vehicle when they came under intense small arms

A unique multimedia essay from Reuters See it at  www.reuters.com/iraq Through five years of war, a team of 100 Reuters correspondents, photographers, cameramen and support staff have strived to deliver news to the world from Iraq - the most dangerous country for the press. These are their personal stories, bearing witness through half a decade of conflict which has taken the lives of 127 journalists, including seven Reuters staff. Testimony from journalists who have witnesse

CC DAVE HUGEL, a senior administrator with the Department of Transportation, pulled guest speaker duty at Defense Information School ,  May 28.  Appropriately enough, the Vietnam combat photographer addressed the graduating Basic Still Photography Class and met separately with the; Marines, presenting them their one-year, complimentary USMCCCA memberships. Left to right: Pfcs. Brian Kinney; Kristian Karsten; Michael Augusto and Gregory Miller.  (Photo by Pfc. Patrick Evenson