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Communications Job Openings at Pew Charitable Trusts
There are two openings on the Communications team at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. Communications Officer for Advertising Strategy https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/3657/officer%2c-communications-%28advertising-strategy%29/job Communications Operations Assistant https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/3665/operations-assistant%2c-communications-%28institutional-and-strategy%29/job
Feb 3, 20141 min read
DINFOS Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The poem below was written by Marine Corps DINFOS Visual Information instructor SSgt Joshua M. Souza in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King. It earned 1st Place among all the students, faculty and staff who entered the contest. Souza and the top three poets narrated their poems in the DINFOS Hall of Heroes today at noon. DINFOS Commandant Col. Jeremy Martin, U.S. Army, praised the offerings as some of the finest Memorials to Dr. King that he has ever witnessed. Remembe
Jan 31, 20142 min read
General Blaz passes
Vicente T. “Ben” Blaz, who survived a Japanese prison camp during World War II and later became a Marine Corps brigadier general and Guam’s representative in Congress, died Jan. 8. For more go to the Washington Post Website .
Jan 25, 20141 min read
Jim Kyser hospitalized
Life member and Lucas Chapter Treasurer Jim Kyser , SuperTop as he is known in email parlance, underwent a triple by-pass operation several weeks ago. Following the operation he emailed CCHQ that it had taken place and that he was slowly picking up strength. This past week he began suffering setbacks and is now hospitalized and in critical condition. According to Don Gee who is in contact with Jim's wife, "Just spoke with Ginny Kyser. He is still holding his own but they
Jan 13, 20141 min read
Hensley to be buried Jan. 7
MGySgt.(R) Joe Hensley died December 13 in San Diego. Burial will be at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on January 7. Joe was 95.
Dec 26, 20131 min read
Abel: CC actor passes
Jonathan Ferdinand Abel died at the age of 81 on December 15, 2013. Jonathan was born in New York, New York on June 6, 1932. He attended Riverdale Country School and graduated in 1950. He attended Connecticut Wesleyan and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1954. Jonathan Abel was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps for twenty seven years.
Dec 26, 20131 min read
Ramona Robertson a MarForPac treasure passes
Ramona Robertson, served 17 Generals at MarForPac. Ramona loved my daughter and nephew and and coached yours truly on all the style and form he lacked. She proofed many of my third rate attempts to be a writer. Tom Prentice placed a brick in Ramona's honor at the Pacific War Memorial - the Iwo Jima sculpture at the entrance to MCBH at Kaneohe. We loved her. Leathernecks loved her. MarForPac Marines treasured her. She was the corporate memory bank whose knowledge, wit an
Dec 26, 20131 min read
Jacki Huneycutt retires with a surprise
United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association lifetime member, Reinhild "Ms. Jacki" Huneycutt , was recognized for her 43 years of service at a surprise retirement party at Sywanyk's Scarlet & Gold Traditions in Jacksonville, N.C., Dec. 12. Marines with the public affairs offices aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point came together with family, friends, retirees and members of the co
Dec 18, 20131 min read
Watercolor reaches family
Sometime ago I posted a copy of a watercolor to the James Wykle internet funeral memorial page. The watercolor is titled: "Sgt. Wykle from Minden, West Virginia resting on hills of Saipan, Circa July 4, 1944" It is a watercolor painted by my Uncle, Sgt. Theo Hios , now in the permanent art collection at The National Museum of the Marine Corps. Subsequently, her daughter found my facebook presence and thanked me to remembering her father. I replied in kind by providing her w
Dec 18, 20131 min read
News from Pat Coulter
Major Patrick "Graham" Coulter USMC (ret.). He has suffered a Hemorrhagic Stroke while working an awards ceremony in Washington DC. He was taken to Medstar Washington Hospital and is being treated. The event happened on Sept. 18, 2013. The Coulter family has kindly kept us all informed via the website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/patrickcoulter/journal Their latest entry on Dec. 18, 2013: Dear Family and Friends, It is 3 months ago today that Graham had his stroke.
Dec 18, 20132 min read
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