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Defense Media Activity , (DINFOS), is looking for a Training Instructor, GS-1712-11.  The Job Opportunity Announcement (DMA-13-958247-MP) opened on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 and closes on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. This announcement is open to Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles).  For your convenience, the JOA is located at the following website: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/351443100

Recently retired Phil Mehringer , will soon take up his new post  as a Veterans Outreach Coordinator in the Office of the Registrar at East Tennessee State University. He says, " The reason I came to ETSU is because they have a great Veterans Affairs program and I hope to enhance and add to what they’ve already done here. There are about 15,000 students enrolled with just under just 600 Veterans. The is one of the only institutions I’m aware of that has a Veteran’s Lounge on

REVIEW: My Brother's Letters Amazon Paperback:  $$11.59, Kindle:  $5.95 One of the interesting things about this Association is the historical data that turns up from unexpected sources.  Take "My Brother's Letters," a self-published paperback (and ebook) written by James Watson and chronicling the action of his Marine cinematographer brother during World War II. Somewhat like Linda Keaton-Lima's "War Is Not Just For Heroes," the dispatches recorded by her dad, CC Red Can

Honorary life member Joe Galloway , a decorated war correspondent and co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once…and Young" will be aboard as a guest lecturer of a special 4-day, Princess Cruise, sailing from Houston, Nov. 5-9, 2013. A tax-deductible portion of the cruise fare, up to $300*, will be matched by Princess® and evenly donated on your behalf to Operation Homefront and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund . Also, as part of the cruise lines's ongoing Military Benefit Progr

October will be a busy month for life member Maj Bob Jordan . Leatherneck will a story about the liberation of Grenada from a squad leader’s perspective as he leads his “grunts” on a mission to liberate the Government House, rescue the governor and hostages, capture Cuban and Grenadian military leaders and uncover important documents and arms caches. Jordan was also the former DOD/Marine Corps spokesman in Beirut in 1983 when the horrendous truck bomb attack killed 241 sle

A bronze plaque honoring Joe Rosenthal , photographer of “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” will be dedicated at the National Museum of the Marine Corps , 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway, Triangle, Virginia, on October 9, 2013, the 102nd anniversary of his birth. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (also called the Joe Rosenthal Chapter) of the USMC Combat Correspondents Association is donating the plaque to the Museum’s Semper Fidelis Memoria

The third issue of the 2013 “Now Hear This” official USMCCCA newsletter, should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If you DO NOT receive it, then you need to make sure CCHQ has your correct mailing address. You can MAKE SURE you get future newsletters by using the membership update form here . If you are a registered member of this site, you can download the newsletter by clicking on the image to the right.

For the past eight years the USMCCCA Foundation has supported the Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund . We think you will find their most recent "thank you" letter interesting.

" The Lou Lowery Award" - LCpl. Jason Morrison is presented the Leatherneck Magazine Lou Lowery award August 16 for  best photo appearing in the magazine during 2012 by lst Marine Division CG Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson .  Shown in the background is Sgt. Maj. Frank Pulley , Area Representative for the MCA.  The Combat Camera Marine was unable to attend the USMCCCA Merit Awards Banquet at Andrews AFB July 24.  The award carries with it a check for $500.