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Holy South Pacific, Batman! Yup, as of 1 October 2017 our warrior-storytellers are now known as “Combat Mass Communicators.” Those currently on active duty are respectfully referred to as “legacy” combat camera or public affairs Marines – but from here on out, they will learn, teach, lead and fight as fire-breathing, one-call-gets-it-all jacks-of-all-trade. Staff sergeants and above, no matter what MOS they grew up in, are now designated “Communication Strategy and Opera

Lt. Col. Michael Armistead has been appointed to the post of USMCCCA Expeditionary Liaison by national president Keith Oliver . Armistead is stationed at Camp Lejeune as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Communication Strategy and Operations. The mustanger’s USMCCCA assignment was designed specifically to “help us lean forward in including deployed Marine storytellers in annual awards submissions and correspondence,” Oliver said. Keith said “his Association duties mean keepi

William “Bill" Wasson was a photographer and Senior NCO for the Marine Corps in San Francisco during WWII. After the war, he was a photographer for many years for Kaiser Aluminum and ran his own photography business. He did so much aerial photography he learned to fly a helicopter by observing the pilots—but never flew himself.

Retired mustang Maj. Nat Fahy has been appointed chair of the 2018 USMCCCA Training Symposium, National President Keith Oliver announced today. Set for Aug. 20-23 at the New Bern, North Carolina DoubleTree Hotel, the CCs’ annual gathering will feature “robust professional development value for our active duty Marines,” said Oliver, “and Nat Fahy is in the perfect position to help us achieve that.” An oft-deployed PAO who served in Afghanistan, Cuba and Desert Storm , Fahy

President’s Notes Lance Cpl. Roderick Jacquote was our latest cover shooter for Leatherneck , capturing an image for the September “Magazine of the Marines.” The shot featured Marines hard at work prepping precision airdrops during training at MCAS Yuma – demonstrating that the Corps is still very much in the parachute business (as it was in its infancy when CC legend, the late Col. Tom Fields , was commanding infantry units in the 1940s). Jacquote, from Sugarland, Texas,

What began as a pipe dream for a handful of veterans has become the goal of 1,000s of people nationwide: Name a US Navy warship for the late Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006), the San Francisco photographer who took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo. The photo is believed to be the most recognized and reproduced in history, and has become a symbol of the United States Marine Corps. Six Marines raised the flag on February 23, 1945, in the midst of the bloody battle on Iwo Jima,

Executive Director Note: The Stars and Stripes writer of the article , "War-movie adviser looks to troops, vets to fund his directorial debut" should not have been surprised at anything during this interview. I’ve known Dale Dye since he was a young lance corporal and nothing surprises me these days about what he is doing when most his age would be heading into a retirement home. He has a very long relationship with this organization both as an enlisted contributor and man

Our updated USMCCCA history is nearly ready for shipment. We have put the book’s index on our website. There are over 500 names listed alphabetically of those who have helped us tell our story. Are you included? Certainly, if your name is in the index below, you will want a copy of the book that commemorates the role you played in our history, right? The original history “Last to Know, First to Go” covered our history from slightly before WWII to about 1987. We have include

Tuesday: August 22: 0800-0855 Prayer Breakfast (Non-Conference event, Guest Speaker: Deacon Pat Coulter) 0915-1500 Bus departs for Camp Pendleton 0930 sharp. (For those registered and who paid the $20 bus surcharge) a tour has been arranged by Base Public Affairs. The tour will include a stop at I MEF Public Affairs. As we did several years ago, we will invite active duty Marines to be our guests in one of the Dining Halls. 1730-2400 Command Post open, Peacock Room