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Ginny, wife of Jim Kyser passes
Virginia "Ginny" Kyser of Springfield, VA, passed away gently on January 30, 2017 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was born Virginia Lee Detweiler in 1936 in Reading and spent her formative years in Easton. A devoted "Red Rover" and member of the Eastern Star, she graduated from Easton High School in 1954 and worked at the very first Crayola factory.She met the love of her life on a blind date in 1955 and shortly found herself en
Jan 31, 20171 min read
I MEF hosts Communications Summit
CAMP PENDLETON -- With sought-after strategy comms expert Helio “Fred” Garcia among the speakers, the First Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office convened its second annual Communications Summit at Camp Pendleton earlier this week. MEF PAO Lt. Col. Chris Perrine credited his deputy, Maj. Staci Reidinger , with pushing the concept - a robust blend of academic and real world thought and discussion which included a variety of southern California military public af
Jan 29, 20172 min read
Catching up with Jack
On The Road: Past USMCCCA President and current Conference Emcee Fred Lash (standing) and wife, Donna (r), were lunch guests of National USMCCCA Executive Director Jack Paxton (2nd from l) and his wife, Pat on Sunday in the Villages, FL. Fred and Donna, Springfield, VA were on the way to visit friends in Florida.
Jan 22, 20171 min read
A haircut and a new member
HOMETOWN BARBER IS NEWEST MEMBER -- Ray Adams , a combat correspondent at Camp Lejeune and on Okinawa in the late 1980s, retired from the Corps after a successful line recruiter tour in 1998. Now, he cuts hair in national president Keith Oliver 's hometown of Eustis, Fla . Ray well remembers working with PANCOs Ken Boss and Chuck Betz when he was enlisting Marines out of RS Manchester, N.H.; and he served with the likes of Norm Garrett, Marty Hopper, Gary Mosley and Nor
Jan 19, 20171 min read
Col. Annita Best Retires
Please join me in congratulating CC Col. Annita Lane Best on her retirement this week following 30 years of service. Elsewhere on FB news pages her ceremony at Camp Lejeune is pictured. Anita is a long-time member and strong supporter of the USMCCCA. We wish her well in retirement.
Jan 12, 20171 min read
God speed John Glenn
America has lost one of its true heroes from a bygone era when space exploration was still considered a modern miracle. John Glenn passed December 8 at age 95. He was a highly decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot from World War Two and the Korean War and the first American to orbit the earth at a time when the Russians had already put Sputnik into orbit and we needed to save face. I met John Glenn when he was running for president in the Democrat Party primary of 1984 on Tyb
Jan 12, 20173 min read
A Tribute to Chuck Beveridge…
Chuck Beveridge, 'laissez les bons temps rouler!' One of my personal heros, Chuck Beveridg e, passed away just a day before the 241st birthday of his beloved Marine Corps last November at age 90. At the time I met Chuck, Mike LaBonne, Sally Pritchett, Bill Rowe, Charley Rowe, Angie Peraza, Angel Arroyo, Daryl Bennett, Mike Waters, Mike Rosas and a host of other Jarheads were running the nationwide Toys For Tots campaign from the 4th Marine Division/Wing Headquarters office
Jan 12, 20174 min read
Memorial for Bob Long set
Update: A Memorial to be held at Arlington National Cemetery , Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 11 am. A journalist, filmmaker, broadcasting executive and Combat Correspondent in the Marine Corps, Bob had a fascinating career developing motion picture scripts and serving in news rooms on the east and west coasts. He served as KNBC Vice President and News Director from 2003 to 2009 when he retired and accepted the teaching post in Istanbul. He had previously served at NBC as
Nov 13, 20162 min read
Happy 241st Marines! OORAH!
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Nov 9, 20161 min read
Chuck Beveridge, former USMCCCA art director dies
Update: Charles W. "Chuck" Beveridge(1925 - 2016) Charles W. "Chuck" Beveridge, retired creative director and artist and recipient of the Purple Heart after being wounded on Iwo Jima in World War II, died Wednesday. He was 90. Beveridge joined the Marines at 17 with permission from his parents and fought in some of the Pacific Theater's most significant battles from January 1944 through October of 1945. He fought with the Fourth Marine Division on Roi Namur, Saipan, Tinian
Nov 4, 20162 min read
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