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The nominations period for the reelection of officers and two vacant Director positions for the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association ended at 1700 May 15, 2013. All incumbent officer positions faced no opposition and were automatically nominated for one year terms. There were two nominations for the two vacant Director positions thus precluding the necessity for an absentee ballot. The two nominees for two year directorships were: Tom Kerr, Life

Nominations will close at the end of working hours on Wednesday, May 15 for the four one-year term officer positions and three available two-year Director positions on the Association Board of Directors. Each of the current officers of the Board has agreed to serve for one more year. If no more than two nominations are received for the three vacant Director positions and there are no additional candidates for the officer positions, the requirement for an absentee ballot is

If your name appears below, please contact Jack Paxton , Executive Director, USMCCCA, 110 Fox Court, Wildwood, FL 34785 or at +1 352-748-4698 or EMAIL: usmccca@cfl.rr.com ASAP and use the code word: OOPS. Gwen Adams John Arsenault Eleanor Bertrand Thomas N Bland Jr. V. T. "Ben" Blaz John Caldwell Joanna Cappeto Andrew Chrostman Alice T. Clark James Cohn Roger J Combs Jose Esparra Jr. Demetrio Espinosa Clinton Firstbrook Jason S Fischer James M. Goodwin Nathan Hanks Jr. Matt

If you've been waiting for an updated membership directory, this is YOUR lucky day. If you are a registered member of this site, you can download here . Any information that is incorrect, please use this form to let Jack Paxton know to update the roster.

If you are a member and did not get a Conference Journal recently maybe you need to update your address with CCHQ. We recently absorbed about $20 in returned postage fees for members who have moved but did not advise CCHQ. We are currently trying to find addresses for the following: John Deering Jessica O'Haver John F. Sullivan David Dupkis Keith A. McConnell Allen Mainard John K. Baird Ron Harwood Katie Densmore Bart J. Devito

The official dedication of the Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Memorial will be held at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 17. Ceremonies will begin in the Semper Fidelis Chapel at 10 a.m., then move to the nearby Denig Memorial site. Attendees are also invited to a no-host luncheon at the Globe and Laurel Restaurant immediately following the ceremonies. In order to complete the luncheon arrangements we are asking those planning

Yearly-dues paying members are reminded that dues for 2012-13 need to be paid by September 30. Staff NCOs and above: $35. Sergeants and below: $25. Pay online at www.usmccca.org or by credit card/check to CCHQ at usmccca@cfl.rr.com or by calling 352.748.4698.

Long-time USMCCCA Treasurer Tom Kerr has announced his intention to retire from the job as of this coming December 31. In order to provide continuity, we are asking that anyone interested in assuming this volunteer position please contact Jack Paxton, Executive Director, at either 352 748-4698 or email him at usmccca@cfl.rr.com . Interested parties should have some bookkeeping or accounting background.

CCHQ has had six newsletters returned due to members moving and not forwarding a good snail-mail address. If you know the whereabouts of the following, please let CCHQ know using the following link: Update Your information George T. Brown, Braintree, MA Tyler Balzer, San Diego, CA Steve Berntson, Tacoma, WA Rebecca Burgess, Carlsbad, CA Michael Furgal, Monroe, WI Hartman Slate, San Antonio, TX

The 2012-13 Annual Dedicated Member program began April 1 and will continue through July 15. Members will receive a remittance envelope and letter explaining the program within days. As always, we will again begin publishing contributor names on the website www.usmccca.org and also in the annual Conference Journal, to be published on or about September 1. Contributions can be made by simply including a check in the enclosed remittance envelope, by credit card on the webs

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Continue a Proud Tradition With Your Professional Organization If you are a CC or ComCam Marine leaving the Corps but want to carry on your proud tradition with CCs who have "been there, done that" we encourage you to make contact with chapters of our United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association who could help you in many ways. You may be looking for a job, looking for help making local contacts, or even wanting to talk to someone who has lived in the area

Old USMCCCA Logo New USMCCCA Logo As many corporations and businesses do periodically, the Association Board of Directors has approved minor changes to your Association and Foundation logos. The changes, developed by Art Director Chuck Beverage , are minor but offer a presentation that is somewhat 3-dimensional. Sharp eyes will find a coiled rope around the logo perimeter and two stars in place of the two periods separating the upper portion from the lower. Chapters are en

Happy New Year. We have had what I would call an exceptional year. If you have read Tom Kerr's most recent financial report and that of Foundation Treasurer John Dodd , both the Association and Foundation are in excellent financial condition. Our website www.usmccca.org continues to attract attention, both from former CCs expressing a desire to reunite with us and from outside sources requesting linkage and information. From the questions CCHQ receives from various so

Was your name dropped? Did you stop paying your dues? You an find out who's in and who's out, by downloading the 13 pages of membership directory now. Remember, you have to have a special password to access the directory. If you don't remember what it is, email Jack Paxton , executive director, at usmccca@cfl.rr.com or by phone: +1 352-748-4698 or SKYPE: USMCCCA To download the recent directory click here.

Congratulations on your approval! Once you pay your membership dues you will become a member of the United States Combat Correspondents Association! By clicking the button below you will be sent to our PayPal site. (You can use a credit card without signing up for a PayPal account.) Or if you prefer, you contact: Jack Paxton, Executive Director USMCCCA 110 Fox Court Wildwood, FL 34785 or call +1 352-748-4698 and he will process your payment by phone or regular mail. Once p

By now, most members will have received the Conference Registration edition of the newsletter, Now Hear This. Each mailing we receive a number of copies back AND a notice from the Post Office that we must pay 55 cents for each that cannot be forwarded. Our option to avoid payment is to add the phrase OR CURRENT RESIDENT which we will not do. If you have not received the newsletter or other mailings recently and you have moved please fill out this form or contact CCHQ eith

HO! HO! HOLY COW! We have too many delinquent members. You will be cut off, (we MEAN it this time, on Dec. 31.) Please don't let that happen. You might very well miss us. Please understand, we need you as members but we cannot keep expending funds to send out more than one reminder each year. If you don't know whether or not you paid, email us at usmccca@cfl.rr.com , or call us at 352.748.4698 . We will carry delinquent members only until December 31. — Semper Fideli

To all dues-paying members : This is being written November 27. As of this date, we have about 114 delinquent members. Several years ago the dues period changed from July 1. The dues year now is from October 1 to September 30. In July we mailed a post card dues due notice to all members . We also used the newsletter, Now Hear This and this website to remind you. Please understand, we need you as members but we cannot keep expending funds to send more than one reminde

Will the following please contact Jack Paxton, Executive Director, concerning the approaching conference. +1 352-748-4698; EMAIL: usmccca@cfl.rr.com; SKYPE: Jack T. Paxton Nathan Hanks, Albany Cpl. Tyler Hill, ComCam MCAGCC Frans LaBranche, New Orleans Damien McGee, RS Salt Lake City Capt. Geraldine Carey, MarCorSystems Command 1stLt Andrew Hurd, MCAS Beaufort Mike Mink/Angela Mink Sgt Houston White, MCLB, Barstow Alec Kleinsmith MSgt. Donald Preston, US Forces Jap