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Although not an active CC, Gary Daugherty a retired public affairs master sergeant. was seriously injured while trying to stop a couple of fleeing drug dealers in Johnson City, TN. He retired out of Cherry Point in 2004 after 20 yrs as a CC. He was one of those golden voices on AFN for many years. There may be quite a few folks out there who would like to know how he is doing. Manny Pacheco spoke to him this morning and he is in a rehab center but should be going home some

Col. Bryan F. Salas , former Director of Information at HQMC, will formally retire from the Corps on January 19 during ceremonies at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. Col. Salas became Director of Information in 2009, shortly after his promotion to colonel. During his three years in that position he became a very good friend of the USMCCCA, joining the Association shortly after beginning his Pentagon tour. He also served one two-year term as Association Director. He was succ

FORT MEADE, Md. (Jan. 12, 2012) – Capt. Clark Carpenter relinquished command of Marine Detachment Fort Meade, Md., to Maj. Beatriz Yarrish during a change-of-command ceremony at the detachment here Jan. 12. Carpenter, who has commanded the detachment since July 2010, will continue his assignment here as a full-time instructor in the Public Affairs Leadership Department at the Defense Information School here. He served as an adjunct instructor to the department throughout h

The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS) is a national non-profit trade association that provides value, credibility, networking and education to help foster the success of its members and is dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals. The Association aims to help the pet parent public, those interested in pet sitting, and professionals engaged in the in-home pet care industry by fulfilling its vision statement, “The most respected authority in professi

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