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Our inaugural Journalism Immersion Workshop in Spring 2020 has taken a shift to the West. We'll be headed to Vegas from approx. April 18-22 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show to support the career development of military veterans in journalism, especially those at the beginning of their careers in media. The event will include: • Panel discussions with senior national journalists • A visit to a local media outlet • A career fair where you’ll meet HR peopl

Since he could hold a pencil and draw on a piece paper, SemperToons creator, Gunnery Sergeant Charles Wolf has been drawing to inspire all those around him to be better. Fast forward to 1987. Wolf joins the U.S. Marines and quickly realizes, even in the worlds toughest fighting force and all services around the world need that laugh SemperToons provides. Thanks Gunny!

The Quantico Sentry , the first, and oldest, newspaper in the Marine Corps, published its last issue March 22, 2018. The newspaper was published for almost 83 years, with the first issue printed on May 31, 1935. #RIP

Fifty years after Bob Bowen 's original coverage of the 9th Marines leaving Vietnam and redeploying to Okinawa, Leatherneck Magazine reprinted his story and featured one of his images on the cover of the November 2019 issue. Editor-publisher Mary Reinwald presents Bowen a commemorative plaque. Photo by Jason Monroe.

Our friends at Military Times have sent us this job posting. If you're interested, email zack@mvj.network with your resume and we'll flag your application with the top brass. Happy Friday. The Army Times is hiring for an editor to help lead the largest independently owned newsroom focused solely on the U.S. military -- its people, its culture, its institutions and its worldwide operations. You’ll manage a team of experienced reporters and oversee a steady stream of breaki

The 2020 Board of Directors for the USMCCCA has hit the ground running, considering a myriad of topics to make our Association more in tune with our active duty component. Shortly after our first election in recent memory, the board met to get the new members oriented and new President Dan Clare appointed board members to serve on various committees. Vice President Shawn Rhodes was tasked with coming up with a business plan and Director Sharon Fox proposed an initiative t

Great interview with Shawn Rhodes, national vice president.

For those of you not on Facebook, on Sept. 4, Kate Stark, executive director of the USMCCCA, was admitted into the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., with symptoms of a stroke. She subsequently ended up going to an inpatient Community Living Center at the VA Hospital in Lake City, Fla., for rehabilitation therapy. She was released Sept. 26 with most of her left side mobility restored, though she reluctantly admits she could probably still get her a** ki

Check your mail box. Your annual journal was mailed yesterday. If you have an active membership and do not receive your copy in a week or so, please contact hq@usmccca.org with your snail mail address. Many thanks to our editors, Dan Clare , National President, Teresa Stanker, Mike Eck and Lee Tibbetts . Also thanks to our contributors, Keith Oliver, Bryan Nygaard and Amy Forsythe.