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The U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association is honored to announce that P.T. Brent is this year’s recipient of the Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented during our recent banquet at Camp Pendleton. P.T. Brent is a distinguished U.S. Marine veteran who has led a varied and impactful career since his service as an infantry Marine. He is recognized for his accomplishments as a successful businessman, an em

Time to get your entries submitted for the 2016 Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC), Distinguished Performance Award  and Combat Camera Awards. DATES/GENERAL INFORMATION Program year: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 Award Submission deadline: Feb. 19, 2016 Award judging: Feb. 22, 2016 Award winner announcement: NLT March 31 2016 Thomas Jefferson Awards deadline: March 11, 2016 First place winners are awarded a cash prize, plaque and certific

Thomas Jefferson Broadcast Media Winners Video News Report Cpl. Marcin Platek, Marine Forces Reserve, New Orleans, La. Kotzebue Discount Shamen Video Series Lance Cpl. Clayton Filipowicz, Defense Media Activity - Marine Corps Production, Ft. Meade, MD. With The Gear: New and Traditional Media Winners Civilian Enterprise News Production Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Globe Outstanding Flagship Website Defense Media Activity - Marine Corps Production, Ft. Meade, MD Ma

" The Lou Lowery Award" - LCpl. Jason Morrison is presented the Leatherneck Magazine Lou Lowery award August 16 for  best photo appearing in the magazine during 2012 by lst Marine Division CG Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson .  Shown in the background is Sgt. Maj. Frank Pulley , Area Representative for the MCA.  The Combat Camera Marine was unable to attend the USMCCCA Merit Awards Banquet at Andrews AFB July 24.  The award carries with it a check for $500.

Distinguished author and combat reporter Francis J. "Bing" West is winner of the 2013 Brig. General Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Performance Award . A former Marine Corps combat officer in Vietnam, Bing West is author of six non-fiction books and one novel of Marines at war; from Vietnam through Iraq and finishing in Afghanistan.  These include: Small Unit Action , The Village , March Up , No True Glory , The Strongest Tribe , The Wrong War , and his fiction n

Print Categories Tabloid Format Newspaper Okinawa Marine Magazine Format Publication Pass in Review Newsletter Format Publication The Convoy Outstanding Flagship Publication Marines Magazine Personality Feature Article Cpl Bryan Nygaard Marines "Illinois Corpsman works with Combat Engineers, proves his worth in Garmsir" Commentary SSgt Mark Fayloga Marines "Goodbye 'Birth Control Glasses'" Series Cpl Reece Lodder "Faces of Transition" Photojournalism Cpl Reece Lodder "

Readers of Marines Blog voted, and 2012’s Corps Top Shot comes from member Cpl. Reece Lodder . Corporal Reece Lodder , a combat correspondent, captured this photo in January 2012 while helping to clear houses of insurgent activity during Operation Tageer Shamal (Pashto for “Winter Offensive”) in Helmand province, Afghanistan. After being inserted into a remote desert town by helicopter with fellow “America’s Battalion” Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Re

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation continues to accept submissions for its Annual Awards Program until the January 9, 2013 deadline. Artists, writers, photographers, videographers and journalists are encouraged to submit their own work or the distinguished work of another for consideration in the annual Awards program. The Foundation recognizes superior achievement in journalism, literature, art, photography, videography, drama and museum exhibits. Previous award winners

The 2012 USMCCCA Foundation President's Award was belatedly presented to John and Dale Dodd on November 16 during ceremonies at the Defense Information School , Fort Meade, MD.  Executive Director Jack Paxton , subbing for Foundation President Don O'Neal , made the dual presentation to John for his service as Treasurer and to Dale for her work in guiding the Foundation through its initial setup period and serving as an advisor throughout John's tenure as Treasurer which end

In our long and storied history, our premier award has never been bestowed on the son or daughter of a combat correspondent.  This changes in 2012 as  Dr. Linda Canup Keaton-Lima , daughter of the late, long-time CC Claude "Red" Canup , and author of  "War Is Not Just For Heroes" is awarded the 2012 Denig award.Her book, a collection of 398 "dispatches" and personal letters sent by her dad from the Pacific represents nearly 12 years of tenacity, stubbornness and perseverance

Charles "Chip" Jones , award-winning writer and author of various military books, including "Boys of '67: "From Vietnam to Iraq…", and, more recently, "War Shots," the story of Norm Hatch and the U. S. Marine Corps Combat Cameramen of World War II has been selected to receive this year's Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Memorial Distinguished Performance Award . His first book: Boys of '67… was named the top biography of 2006 by the Military Writers Society of America. The son of

Your , son of active duty member, , currently on terminal leave from the Corps for communications studies leading to a master's degree at Boston University, Boston, MA.  Cpl. Nola won the 2010 Sam Stavisky Combat Reporting Merit Award as well as several second places and honorable mention in the program. , daughter of Life Member

The Visual Information Awards Program is designed to recognize, reward, and promote excellence among military photographers, videographers, journalists and graphic artists for their achievements in furthering the objectives of military photography, videography, and graphic arts as a command information and documentation media within the military. This program operates under the aegis of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and is administered by

By Don Knight, Awards Chair Start with about 1,500 entries. Assemble 10 professional civilian judges. Add 40 hours of judging over 3 days, then announce the winners in more than 40 categories involving photography, print journalism, videography and radio. That's the recipe for another Merit Awards Program , a joint effort by the USMCCCA and the U.S. Marine Corps. The final scenario will unfold on a hotel ballroom stage at New Orleans in September, when active duty Marines,

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is now accepting submissions for its annual awards program. Each year, the Foundation presents a series of awards to both Marines and civilian community members, recognizing their exemplary work in advancing and preserving Marine Corps history. Submissions deadline is February 28, 2011. Awards will be presented at the Foundation’s annual ceremony in April. The Foundation is accepting award submissions for categories in historical scholars

USMCCCA President Don O'Neal has recognized the work of  volunteer civilian judges in the Association's annual Merit Awards competition. In his letter to 11 judges participating in this year's program he wrote: "We recognize that the judges we choose for this program are normally busy but we also recognize that your expertise assures that our program is a success and that our Marines are being judged by professionals with a proven track record in their own areas of expertis

The  2010 President's Award was presented to  Patrick G. Coulter for his work as the "annual master of ceremonies" of our Merit Awards Banquet.  In this role he has freely given of himself and his resources year after year to assure that each of our active duty "warriors" receives his or her "15 minutes of fame" in the most professional manner possible. During his professional career with the Raytheon Corporation he became known worldwide as the "Voice of Raytheon" and, as b

The Donald L. Dickson Memorial Award was presented to Jack Paxton, during the 2010 USMCCCA Conference. The plaque reads: In the five years as USMCCCA and Foundation Executive Director Jack Paxton has worked closely with officers and boards of both bodies to help guide the transition to today's efficient and productive operations.  Jack has worked diligently to attract conference sponsors, Journal advertisers and member contributions as well as being frugal on the expense sid

A long time member of the Los Angeles Chapter, the Florida Chapter and as National Treasurer, Tom Kerr  has given energetically of his time and expertise to the programs of the USMCCCA. As a member of the Florida Chapter, Tom has arranged cruises that provided considerable funds to the chapter for further donation to the USMCCCA Foundation. As the USMCCCA National Treasurer, Tom has managed and enhanced the financial funds in an outstanding manner.  He has also led the transi