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Hard-charging CC, Staff Sgt. Brian Tuthill , an instructor in DINFOS' Public Affairs Department , earned the highest grade point average of Career Course Class 4-14 at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Quantico, Va. The Santee, Calif. native graduated on June 11 and was also placed on the Enlisted Professional Military Education Director's Honor Roll

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., for appointment to the rank of general and for assignment as the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps, Washington, District of Columbia. Dunford is currently serving as commander International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan ; and commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan.

Thomas Jefferson Broadcast Media Winners Video News Report Cpl. Marcin Platek, Marine Forces Reserve, New Orleans, La. Kotzebue Discount Shamen Video Series Lance Cpl. Clayton Filipowicz, Defense Media Activity - Marine Corps Production, Ft. Meade, MD. With The Gear: New and Traditional Media Winners Civilian Enterprise News Production Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Globe Outstanding Flagship Website Defense Media Activity - Marine Corps Production, Ft. Meade, MD Ma

Twice Heroes: America’s Nisei Veterans of WWII and Korea was awarded the 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in History, regarded as one of the highest national honors for small and independent publishers. The award was announced May 28th at a ceremony in New York City. Twice Heroes is the first book by CC member, writer and photographer, Tom Graves, and the first for Nassau & Witherspoon Publishers of San Francisco. Since 1983, Independent Book Publishers Association, IBPA,

We are trying to hire a GS12 supervisory education specialist to help manage and operate the educational programs and processes at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Our educational programs focus on students grades K-12. The job is posted at this link: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/371115900 If you know of someone who is highly skilled, motivated, and dependable, please encourage them to apply. For those who are not familiar with the Federal hiring system

Leatherneck Publisher/Editor Walt Ford will retire June 30. Following active-duty service of more than 30 years as an artillery officer, which included combat service in Vietnam, he initially was hired as editor of Leatherneck magazine in August 1999 and added the responsibilities of MCA&F publisher in 2007. He faithfully pursued the mission of Leatherneck to tell the Marine Corps’ story, to preserve the history and traditions of the Corps, and to act as a connection to th

Jennifer Brofer just graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in Radio-Television-Film. "Thank you and the scholarship committee so much for awarding me a scholarship last year. It really helped!" Brofer wrote. Now that Jennifer is not submitting, that frees up a possible $3,000 to award to the next recipient. Deadline (May31) is FAST approaching to get your packages in to the committee.

Defense Media Activity, (DINFOS), is looking for two Training Instructors , GS-1712-11. The Job Opportunity Announcement (DMA-14-1116153-B) opens on Monday, May 19, 2014 and closes on Monday, June 2, 2014. This announcement is open to All US Citizens and Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles). For your convenience, the JOA is located at the following website: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/370419700 ...for duty in the Public Affairs Leadership De

There are two categories of USMCCCA scholarship grants available: • The Gladys McPartland Scholarship for general studies • The USMCCCA Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Foundation Scholarship for studies leading to a degree in Communications. Scholarship Instructions and Application can be downloaded here Applicants for both scholarships must meet the requirements below: Eligibility: 1. A member of the Association; member's dependent (to include spouse); any active duty Ma

A second edition of author Alan Ables novel, Tale of the Tape: Two Unlikely Heroes Take Down the Dixie Mafia . The espionage thriller has broken into Amazon’s Top 100 Espionage list several times since its initial release in late 2013. “Tale of the Tape is built around historical events in the 1980s: CIA-sanctioned drugs-for-guns trade in Central America, a Soviet returned by U.S. authorities to the ship from which he had just escaped and intrigue behind the Republican c