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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.

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

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

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

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.

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is accepting nominations for its Annual Awards program until January 8, 2014. Each year the annual awards program honors Marines and civilians alike, who have produced outstanding work portraying an aspect of the Marine Corps’ 238 years of traditions, culture and service. The Foundation encourages reporters, writers, photographers, film makers and other artists to submit their own works. Others may nominate someone else’s work they believe

New Life Member Sgt. Albert Carls, ComCam, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune proudly shows his USMCCCA Life Membership card. Carls, who was wounded in Afghanistan, was awarded the Life Membership based on his receipt of the Purple Heart Medal. He is also the winner of the 2012 Sgt. William T. Perkins Combat Cameraman of the Year award.

The Valley Photo Center in Springfield MA, www.valleyphotocenter.com , is going to do a show featuring some of the Vietnam era photography by John Olson , a former US Army and Life Magazine photographer (he has two purple hearts from injuries sustained while doing his photography.) Since our not for profit 501c3 gallery is large we need to invite another or other photographers to display their work to fill out the show. We would also like to feature some contemporary combat

Cpl. Matthew Callahan currently attending the Basic Public Affairs Specialist Course at DINFOS will likely be interviewed Nov. 29 for a segment on the nationally broadcast FOX and Friends morning show. Callahan is a former infantryman/wounded warrior-turned-photojournalist. He uses his Instagram photo blog " bridgingthegap_ " to show the boots-on-the-ground view of the military. They will likely show some of his photos during the interview.