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National VP Shawn Rhodes and affiliate member Linda Oliver are among the Florida-based media covering the educator workshop at MCRD Parris Island this week. Special thanks to RS Tampa MAC Marine Sgt. Calvin Shamoon and RS Jacksonville MAC Marine Cpl. Mike Hernandez for the invite. Watch this space for an update or two! (Photo by National USMCCCA President Keith Oliver )

Next month the Smithsonian is hosting "Toward a More Inclusive Women's Military History," a symposium considering the past and future of women's military history. As part of the event, Breanne Robertson Chen will be moderating a roundtable discussion on female Marines' history that will feature the wonderful Col Mary Henry Reinwald , SSgt Elize McKelvey , Dr. Zayna Bizri , Dr. Bradford Wineman , and Ms. Kara Newcomer . Please come join us on 18 July!

Terry Lydell writes: I am looking for some help in locating some WWll correspondents or their files or family. Our family is trying to find the remains of our uncle who went MIA November 29, 1943 in Bougainville Solomon Islands. He was a Marine Corps Paratrooper with Company B, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment. He was involved in the Koiari Raid along with the Raider Battalion November 28-29, 1943 while the Marines were securing a base at Cape Torokina. We

Veteran public relations and communications professional Fred Lash has joined Military Historical Tours, Inc. (MHT) as its Vice President for Communications. A career Marine officer, Fred’s first assignment was as a platoon commander with the 26 th Marines in South Vietnam. He later served as a reconnaissance company commander and battalion executive officer with the 3 rd Marine Division on Okinawa. He also was a company commander at both the Presidential Retreat at Ca

The USMCCCA Foundation has extended the deadline to apply for its Foundation Scholarship program , to to June 14. There are two types of Scholarships and the amount of each award is determined by the Foundation board each year. Typically $1000 to $3000. The Gladys McPartland Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in general educational subjects. The USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship is for applicants pursuing a degree in Communications. Complete information on these

Nomination chair Chris Whiting announced the slate for the USMCCCA 2020 Board of Directors. “This year’s slate is locked on and I am happy to announce that we have five candidates vying to fill two Director positions,” said Whiting. “The officers for the upcoming year are running unopposed.” The slate consists of Dan Clare for President, Shawn Rhodes for a second term as Vice President, Chris Whiting for yet another term as Secretary and Annita Best for Treasurer. Kar

A rowdy rainstorm cleared up three hours before tee time for the 15 th Annual United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Foundation (Florida Chapter) Golf Tournament, held April 26 at the Sherman Hills Golf Club in Brooksville, FL. The golfers ranged from young to old and competition was close with everyone landing in the 60’s. First place went to golfers, Jim Paxton (Our own Jack Paxton’s cousin), Bobby Jones, Randy Blanchard and Mike Spoon , with

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. – Outskirts Press has released a third historical fiction novel by journalist and author Alan Ables , one of our affiliate combat correspondents. “My readers told me they wanted more. is a sequel to my last time travel adventure, . This time my two main characters find themselves in 1863 Vicksburg, at the beginning of the historic siege,” Ables said. “The Confederates arrest them as Yankee spies. Among them are leaders of the newly formed Knights of th

Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, a career infantry officer who ran community relations at Headquarters Marine Corps in the late 1990s, is headed for Okinawa to command the Third Marine Expeditionary Force.