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Dale Dye: Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Video from Beaufort Film Society on Vimeo . National USMCCCA Board Member and 2017 Dickson Award recipient Dale Dye visited South Carolina's Lowcountry last month to receive the inaugural Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Beaufort International Film Festival . The trip included a visit to Parris Island where Dye served as reviewing officer for a recruit graduation. The Conroy tribute is named after the

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Russell Midori took his experience in the Marines to the next level with several overseas assignments reporting for the New York Times, HBO’s acclaimed news documentary program VICE, WarIsBoring.com and now with CBS News’ “On Assignment.” He earned dual Master of Science degrees in Documentary Production and Investigative Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Russell Midori, 32, Brooklyn, N.Y. Hometown: Brooklyn, N.

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Reno Olvera, 30, Houston Hometown: Rapid City, South Dakota Served in the Marines: 2006 to 2011 Last rank: Sergeant MOS: Any other MOS besides 4300/4600 career fields?   Martial Arts Instructor and Combat photography and film Deployments and overseas tours : two tours for Operations Iraqi Freedom, Japan (Okinawa, Tokyo) Philippines, Korea, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Also, short tours to places like Thailand and Cambodia. Education: B.S. in Entrepreneurial

Compiled by Amy Forsythe Lydia Davey, 33, San Francisco, Calif. When did you serve in the U.S. Marine Corps? Combat correspondent, 2003-2010. Sergeant. Deployment: Afghanistan from 2006-2007 Awards: Photo of the Year in 2006 Education: B.A. in Communications from Indiana University in 2013 Current employer: Apple, Inc. Past:   CEO of a PR firm How did serving as a Marine help you define your professional goals? I'd always enjoyed telling stories for good, but my time as

Legacy combat camera leader CWO3 Paul Mancuso is the latest warrior-coach to jump into his professional association with both feet, becoming a USMCCCA life member last month. “It seemed like a good investment, being that I am in my thirties,” he joked.  “My grandfather bought his first membership into the VFW well into his 80s. “The man was an optimist,” Mancuso said. “And he also taught me not to take half measures.” The gunner’s career certainly reflects his grandfather

The USMCCCA 2018 Dedicated Member program is off and running this week. This program was begun in the early 2000s as a backup to our annual Booster Club drive for contributions from those members who wanted to participate in our various programs but could not fit their gift into a Booster Club category. Gifts to the Foundation can be at any level and can be designated to the USMCCCA Scholarship Funds or to the general fund to help keep the organization afloat. When you rec

Compiled by Amy Forsythe The Marine Rapper, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, is a hip-hop recording artist. He served as a combat correspondent with infantry battalions during his deployments to Iraq and then Afghanistan. TMR earned a combat action ribbon in Iraq and received an award for combat photography during the same firefight. TMR has been featured on: Apple Music, We Are The Mighty, VET TV - Kill Die Laugh, “Oscar Mike” TV series and “No Sh*t There I Was” on the G

The 14th annual USMC Combat Correspondents Association/Foundation (Florida Chapter) Golf Tournament, now renamed in honor of the tournament founder, James “Red” Carpenter , will again be played at the Sherman Hills Golf Club near Brooksville, FL on Friday afternoon April 27. Carpenter, who has given up chairmanship due to health conditions of his wife, has been replaced by Gene Smith of Ocoee. Gene recently retired from the PGA Tour where he served as Tournament Director o

Consider this a  trial feeler.  The USMCCCA Florida Chapter sponsors a golf tournament each April to benefit both the Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund as well as the USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship funds.  Each year we are joined by members, relatives and friends.  With our setup for play on Friday afternoon, April 27 this would be a great way for families to come to Florida Thursday evening for a long weekend and enjoy the nearby attractions in both Orlando and Tampa.  The to

Sgt. Keith Mosier has come back to the fold, renewing his CC dues last month after a long absence. Keith, an award winning Marine photographer who snagged an Associated Press fellowship in New York City as a lance corporal, has been living in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky since his discharge from FMLant (Norfolk, Virginia) in 1976. Among his active duty bosses and running mates “back in the day”(CC members, all)were Lt. Col. Bill Boone, 2nd Lt. Bob Jordan, Master Sgt