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Hey CCs and ComCam Marines: The indications we got at our annual conference lead us to believe that you like the new logo shirts and the caps designed specifically for CCs and ComCam folks. Here's a chanced to purchase them at a sale price. Go for it by clicking on USMCCCA Gear on the right sidebar of this page. Get a jump on the savings with our Pre-Labor Day Sitewide Sale! All embroidered and printed apparel is marked down - with prices starting as low as $5.95. Shop t

Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend the Conference this year and photograph/document the events. If you are attending, please take copious candids of all events, hospitality suite, etc. Need photos for website and high res images suitable for a multi-page photo story in the Annual Journal. Caption info will get you a special place in the HUMVEE of after life. I have set up a dropbox email to send photos from your mobile devices. If you have a lot of images, then cont

(last updated 8/13/2015) Sunday – August 16 Early bird arrival – No scheduled activities Monday – August 17 0800: Work morning, assemblage of welcome bags - Gaston Room 1000: Registration begins - Gaston Room 1400: Old Board Meeting, USMCCCA – Executive Conference Room 1600: Board Meeting, USMCCCA Foundation – Executive Conference Room 1800-2000: Welcome Reception- Library/Morgan/Veranda Rooms 2000-2400: Hospitality Suite Operational - Executive Conference Room Tuesday

If you are attending the USMCCCA VIEC/DPA Awards Banquet in New Bern August 19, you need to do the following: 1) If you are an award winner your dinner is free. If you are accepting for a winner, the cost is $25. You must notify Executive Director Jack Paxton ( usmccca@cfl.rr.com ) if you are attending by NLT Wednesday, August 12. When paying, use the website: www.usmccca.org. You do not have to have a PayPal account. Use the Pay by Credit Card drop down box. If you do not u

There will be a wake for Michael Pitts Sunday from 1800-2000, Aug. 2, at Mullins & Thompson Funeral Services in Fredericksburg, Virg. Mullins & Thompson Funeral Service 1621 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Phone:(540) 373-5842 The funeral service will be Monday 11 a.m., Aug. 3 at St. Patrick Catholic Church (in the Lake of the Woods area). St. Patrick Catholic Church 9149 Elys Ford Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 Burial will be at 1 pm at the Quantico National

From the Executive Director: Due to recent activities, we are removing the USMCCCA Membership Roster and access to it via our website. Both President Manny Pacheco and I feel this is necessary in light of recent activities, both nationally and on our Facebook pages. In the latter situation there were implications that individuals might have been granted permission to use member’s names for mass emailings; several of which could be considered political in nature. I wou

Maj. Gen. Gary Thomas , CG 2 nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, will represent the Commandant of the Marine Corps as guest of honor at our Distinguished Performance Awards Banquet, August 19 in New Bern, N.C. With that locked in, President Manny Pacheco announced this week that plans for our 74 th anniversary conference are fairly complete. “I think everything is falling into place nicely,” Pacheco said. “We have a couple of loose ends but, overall, we will have a gr

We are working on the Final Phase galleries, which includes an exhibit about Beirut . One of the design elements in the exhibit will be a wall-sized image of the barracks rubble. Do you have a negative or slide that we could scan for this purpose? We can scan the film, or give you the specs if you'd prefer to scan the image yourself. If so, please contact me at charles.grow@usmc.mil . Many thanks, SF Charlie Grow Deputy Director National Museum of the Marine Corps

Conference Registration: $80. Hotel Reservation: $90 per room. Nearest Airport: Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern (airport code: EWN ). If you are coming to New Bern next month you need to immediately make your hotel reservation (easy on this site) and also register with CCHQ (also easy here). Our hotel contract guarantees the room rate of $90 only until July 27 . After our allotted room block is filled the rate goes up. Do it now!