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Stand by for fun!  A pair of USMCCCA notables --  Fred "Flash" Lash and Yolanda Mayo -- will emcee the annual awards banquet in New Bern, North Carolina next month. Each has handled the chore before, as well as countless other high-vis events, but this marks the first time in a number of years that our Association audience will be regaled with tandem talents at the podiums. Fred, recently retired from the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, is a retired Ma

Schedule of Events Last updated July 17, 2018 For a downloadable/print copy click here 2018 USMCCCA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING SYMPOSIUM Monday 20 August 0800-1700 Check in, Registration: Assorted Social, Team-Building Recreational Activities Available, Including Fishing, Golf, and MCAS CPNC Tour (T) 1500 Board Meeting: Current National Officers and Directors 1830 Welcome Reception - buffet 2100 Command Post Open Tuesday 21 August O800 Symposium Welcome 0830 Flour

Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2017 Marine Corps Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC) awards, The COMMSTRAT Awards and the Marine Corps Association Leatherneck Awards. Headquarters Marine Corps and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA) will present awards at 6:15 pm on Aug. 22, during the USMCCCA Professional Development and Training Symposium in New Bern, N.C, Aug. 21-23.  Uniform is dress blues (active duty) or cocktail a

Brett Beard enlisted in 1988 and after MCRD, attended the BJC and became a print journalist. He deployed in 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm. During allied ground offensive 2/21/1991, was recognized for delivering the first images of the breach to the JIB & awarded Navy Achievement Medal and combat action ribbon. Served in 1991 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 1992, he deployed to Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and served as journalist and civilian media escor

National USMCCCA President Keith Oliver has penned a great article about our former executive director, Jack Paxton for the Daily Commercial . You can find the "Wildwood Marine's legacy preserved in print" story online here .

Wendi Winters , USMCCCA affiliate member and frequent Defense Information School guest speaker, was among the five news people killed yesterday at the Annapolis Capital. Shown here with former DINFOS Commandant, Col. Jeremy Martin, Wendi was known as a "force of nature" in the region. In addition to her passions and activities described in the accompanying link, the classic New Yorker was especially supportive of active duty military members, armed forces aspirants and veter

The University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) is now home to the United States Marine Corps Film Repository. A partnership with the Marine Corps’ History Division at Quantico, the Repository will ensure the physical preservation and digitization of an estimated 18,000 films made almost entirely by the Marines of Combat Camera. Featuring films from Combat Camera’s origins in World War II through the 1980s, MIRC will make freely available online to

This has been an incredible year of first-time accomplishments for Marines in the communication field.  First, Sgt Matthew Callahan shocked the community by securing both the DoD Videographer and Photographer of the year titles and on Saturday June 23 rd another Marine team had a historic first. Master Gunnery Sergeant Chad McMeen , Sergeant Annika Moody and Mr. Grant Stolz from the Defense Media Activity’s Marine production team walked the red carpet to receive an Emm