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John Dodd , Treasurer since the USMCCCA Foundation was revitalized several years ago, will resign that position at the end of the First Quarter, 2012.  As most know, he is a master instructor at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) and the time constraints of that job preclude him serving any longer.    In reality, the Foundation is also losing the valuable services of John's wife, Dale , who is a CPA and has served unofficially as an advisor to the Foundation throughout

(Ed. Note:  The following letter from the Semper Fi Fund   was received at CCHQ January 6 addressed to our Foundation Treasurer John Dodd).  We re-print it in part  to show that your Foundation funds are reaching desired recipients.) Dear USMCCCA Foundation and Mr. Dodd: During this Holiday Season and on behalf of our Board of Directors, our staff and volunteers, we thank you for your gift from the USMCCCA Foundation of $5,000 on December 9, 2011. Your support makes a tremen

(Ed. Note:  We learned two things recently:  One, old timers do come back to us and, when they do, it can be gangbusters!  The second thing we learned was there were Woman Marine combat correspondents in World War II, at least one we now know of.  In an email, former CC Crane Davis notified us he was making a contribution to the Denig Memorial Fund and wanted to know if we could list it in memory of his Mom and Dad, both CCs during that war.  While space is limited on the le

Chas Henry Friends, In a few days, I will begin an exciting new opportunity as a news anchor and national security correspondent with CBS Radio – on the new all-news radio station the company is launching in Washington, D. C.  WNEW-FM 99.1 will begin its 24/7 news broadcasts Jan. 19.  Meantime, I am helping with the hunt for my successor as Corporate Communications Manager at IDA , and remaining as an IDA consultant for a time to ease transition to the person sufficiently fo

If you are following the contribution totals to the Denig Memorial on the left side of this page you can see that we are now at $8,232.  Initially, we had set an interim goal of $10,000 as a "go-no-go" point, meaning if we did not reach it by May 1, we would halt all planning.  Given the great initial response we are waiving that point and proceeding to an overall goal of $25,000. Our energetic Denig Demon's Memorial committee of Sally Pritchett, Bill Hauptfleisch, Fred Lash

CC Sgt Pete Thibodeau was chosen as DVIDS Journalist of the Month for November 2011 for his documentation of the training conducted between U.S. Marines and Australian troops during Exercise Semper Fast 2011. Thibodeau  also received  the 2010 William T. Perkins Combat Cameraman of the Year award at the Reno Conference.

The USMCCCA troops, Jack Paxton , Executive Director, Chuck Beveridge , Art Director and Kate Stark , Webmaster wish everyone a happy holiday season. (We aren't really this limber, it's movie magic...) Play it twice, You Tube junks up the first time with an AD, the second time...it's clean.