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According to President Dan Clare , nominations are open for the upcoming election of officers and directors for the 2021-2022 board. Secretary Chris Whiting and Treasurer Annita Best will run for another term in their respective positions. Nominations are needed for President and Vice President of the Association.  “Ideally, the nominees will be willing to lead our organization to the benefit of both the active duty component and our veterans,” said Nominations Chair Whi

It is with great sadness we learn that our national vice-president, Bob Mergle , died April 23, 2021 resulting from complications related to two strokes. He is survived by his wife, Jane Mergle; his sister, Linda Lewiston and his youngest sister, Susan Scheiderich. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, he was a 1963 graduate of Seneca High School; and later a 1987 graduate of Columbia College, Missouri. He served on active duty in the US Marine Corps as a ground combat photograph

You are just not getting it! Emails are going into junk so you may be missing important info.... Members, officers and board. Please search your junk folder for anything from USMCCCA.org and designate it as a "safe sender." If you do not know how to do this, Google, "how to add the safe sender list to (could be outlook, gmail, aol, yahoo etc) kate@usmccca.org and hq@usmccca.org should be "safed." Hope this will cut down on some problems. a snail mail will be forthcoming.

Military Veterans in Journalism (MVJ)  is hosting seven paid fellowships this fall. These fellowships will last roughly six months (with some lasting even longer) and will be held at various newsrooms throughout the country. This is an amazing way to jump start your journalism career and make a name for yourself. News outlets like CNN, Coffee Or Die Magazine and AmeriForce Media have all voiced their want and need for more veterans in their newsrooms. YOU could be that vet.