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Thomas "Ace" Peters writes: Its with sadness that I inform you Eddie Kafafian passed this morning. (July 9, 2017) CCHQ will post more info as it becomes available.

President’s Notes Cpl. Zachery Laning’s compelling shot of 11 th MEU artillery operations in northern Syria garnered him a great cover just in time for the 4 th of July. The Chincoteague, Virginia native is a videographer by training (see some of his work in that realm @ https://www.dvidshub.net/video/505252/pacific-fury ) but his NCOIC, Gunnery Sgt. Robert Brown of Spring Lake, North Carolina said Laning used the unit’s recent far-ranging deployment to “cross-tra

The USMCCCA Board of Directors has announced that Maximilian Uriarte , AKA Terminal Lance, is the 2017 Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award winner. If the name does not immediately come to you, we would bet a year’s membership he is known by thousands of Marines who saw similar actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He caught our attention several years ago with his weekly strip in Marine Corps Times . When his book, The White Donkey, Terminal Lan

President’s Notes Perennial CC award winner, Staff Sgt . Reece Lodder , nabbed another Leatherneck cover this month. Editor Mary Reinwald chose Lodder’s strong vertical from 2012 operations in Afghanistan to highlight Aaron Fenwick’s tale of three lance corporals whose infantry squad leader work. in the Helmand Province earned them meritorious promotions to corporal. The trio was serving under fire in sergeants’ billets. Elsewhere in the May issue, P.L. Thompson,

The San Francisco Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the United States Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA) is collecting signatures to try and honor Joe Rosenthal — a San Francisco and national hero — by supporting an effort to name a US Navy warship in his honor. They currently have about 1700 signatures but need at least 10,000. Please pass this around if you can help. Go to www.ussjoe.org and sign the petition.

Bob was a very proud United States Marine. He enlisted in 1946 at age 17 and retired as a 2ndLt in 1967. Following retirement, Bob was a Sales Manager for United Media for another 20 years, retiring as a VP of Sales in 1978. Bob served as President of the U.S. Marine Corps Correspondents Association in 1971, 1997 and 1998, served as Mayor of Indian Shores, FL, from 1990-2000 and was Commissioner of the Pinellas Suncoast Fire District from 2000-2008.

The USMCCCA 2017 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

President's Notes The current issue of Proceedings , the U.S. Naval Institute's 144-year-old flagship pub, is replete with names familiar to USMCCCA folk. CC Joe Plenzler was praised by USNI CEO Vice Adm. Peter Daly for his “positive impacts on membership and engagement” as he leaves the Annapolis outfit to join USMCCCA stalwart John Raughter in doing liaison work with the American Legion. Joe's work as the Institute's vice-president for marketing and membership had fol