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USMCCCA Foundation board member Jeremy Martin ,the former commandant of Defense Information School , was spotlighted recently in the Gagen McDonald feature "Let Go & Lead." GagenMcDonald. com . is widely regarded as a pioneer in the area of corporate and organizational strategy execution. Martin directs BellFlight's public engagement efforts from the aviation giant's Washington office.

A service for Josephine Savatt, wife of life member Russ Savatt Jr . (who passed away in 2015) will be held: Friday, March 8th at 2:30 pm Miramar National Cemetery 5795 Nobel Drive San Diego, CA 92122

Recently, associate member Marc Yablonka sent us his book, Vietnam Bao Chi: Warriors of Word and Film Here is an excerpt from the book jacket: While a plethora of books exists about and by the civilian media who covered the Vietnam War, Vietnam Bao Chi is the first book that reveals the plodding through the Vietnam jungle mud carried out by American soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose job it also was to record the conflict. Along with their weapon

Marine Corps University is looking to hire a new Chief Historian to to begin work at Quantico, Virginia, in March 2019. It's a Title 10 position with a salary range of $114K - $119K. For more information about this position download here .

Ray Adams , a lat move combat correspondent who served aboard Camp Lejeune, Okinawa and as a Public Affairs NCO in his native New England, died Dec. 3 while in hospice care in Tavares, Florida. He had been living with an inoperable brain tumor for 19 months longer than doctors had predicted, maintaining his "legendary outgoing personality and good cheer right up until the very end," according to his brother, Kevin. Condolences or reminiscences may be sent to Kevin Adams a

It is with great sadness we inform the membership that Tom Kerr, Foundation President has resigned as of Jan. 1. We thank him for his service to our organization, and wish he and wife, Sheila , a well-deserved break from official duties. The vice president, Fred "Flash" Lash will take over until a general election at the meeting in Atlanta in August. Life member, Tom Kerr has held nearly every office in this organization and has been instrumental in setting guidelines fo

We caught up with John Shotwell over the holidays. The former Marine Corps Director of Public Affairs and senior leatherneck PAO in Operation Desert Storm stays busy writing, painting and editing an award-winning newsletter and website for the Bluegrass Chapter of the Marine Officers Association of America. He and his bride of 50 years, Jerri, have taken to traveling, including jaunts in the last couple of years to Ireland, Scotland, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Malta, Croa

Marine WWII KIA, TSgt. Richard Murphy , came home to Maryland and was buried with full military honors next to his mother in Silver Spring, Maryland Dec. 1, following a funeral mass at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Rockville. One of Murphy's nieces, Jeanne Robinson, chatted with CC National President Keith Oliver at a post re-internment reception. Murphy had original been hastily buried in a trench immediately following the Battle of Saipan and was re-buried in a Manilla

Col. Riccoh Player , Deputy Director of Marine Corps Communication, hosted USMCCCA reps Fred Lash (Foundation Vice-President) and Keith Oliver (Association President) in the Megan McClung Conference Room on Dec. 3 to discuss our tri-gathering in Atlanta set for August 19-23. Watch this space and other HQ USMCCCA comms for venue, schedule and other details as robust planning continues. The Pentagon session included key OccField staff as well as the marketing and communicat

Pfc. Brett W. Beard, Jr. is scheduled to complete Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton on Dec. 15. Next stop is Pensacola, Florida and Air Traffic Control School. His proud Dad, retired Master Sgt. Brett Beard , is a USMCCCA Life Member who carved out an enviable career in our Corps' storytelling disciplines as well as a line recruiter. The Desert Storm and Somalia vet has been raising his family in Long Beach, California where he has been achieving success in real estat