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John Hampton, the retired Marine lieutenant colonel who in the late 1940s used his communications savvy to help launch the Marines' famous "Toys for Tots" program that is still going strong, died Sunday at Deer Hill Care Home. He was 103.

“It’s a daring aspect of this war in Afghanistan ,” said the speaker. “It’s conducted by very small, squad-sized groups of Marines and soldiers and it is called counter insurgency.” The man at the flag-decked podium, shaded slightly from the near 100-degree heat, was 91-year-old former Marine combat correspondent Cyril O’Brien , the guest speaker at the July 5th, Independence Day celebration at Leisure World (pop. 5,500) in Silver Spring, Md.  There was a long parade includin

Because of the changing economic climate the Silver Legacy Hotel in Reno has advised CCHQ that it is dropping the nightly conference rate of $82 to $53. For those who have already reserved rooms the difference in price will be credited back to your credit cards either before the conference or at check-in.

The Director’s Cut: DivPA’s Monthly Newsletter to the Marine Corps’ PA Community is now online you can download it here Marines – Today’s commanders must understand the battle of narratives as well as they understand the application of violence. Surrendering the narrative may not have the harsh, immediate, and tangible consequences of the inappropriate application of violence, but it can be deadly over time. For example, public outcry over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib

Members Alert:   For several years we have been selling a very few items with a distinctive logo created by Art Director Chuck Beveridge.   I am pleased to announce a new partnership with Queensboro Shirt Factory that will enable us to offer many different items of men's and women's clothing at reasonable prices ALL with the embroidered logo.  We have marked up the items for a very minimal profit that will be used in support of our many projects.  This is your USMCCCA Corne

Member Boris Yaro writes that we never know how our work affects others, he recently received this note: Good Saturday afternoon Boris, I came across your name after reading OnLine an excerp from a Book called "Lou Grant the making of a TV series". I understood you where asked to work with actor Daryl Anderson who was cast as the Photographer. That charactor did more for aspiring Photographers such as myself. If this is correct information I read; an Exreme Thank You!  I fur

The First Patrol Multimedia package by Sgt. Mark Fayloga on the Marines of Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, as they head out on their first patrol out of Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. His image was chosen for the June 26th cover of the magazine "The Economist."