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CCHQ has announced that the registration fee for the New Orleans conference originally announced at $115 will be dropped to $100 effective immediately. Anyone who may have registered at the $115 fee should call or email CCHQ and request a refund.

The National Museum of the Marine Corps seeks our help: We have two curators conducting research for a temporary exhibit that will highlight the 10th anniversary of 9/11. A portion of this exhibit is intended to focus on Marines who enlisted or sought commissions as a result of 9/11. After months of research the curators have reached a bit of an impasse. Their deadline for information gathering concludes on 1 July and they have not yet been able to find enough people who ha

USMCCCA National President, Don O'Neal and his wife Yvette visited the Joe Rosenthal Chapter monthly meeting and luncheon at the Oakland Alameda Yacht club June 15th. After lunch Don spoke to the Chapter about the upcoming Conference in New Orleans and other functions and happenings at the National level. We want to thank Don and Yvette for their visit and hope they will come back soon. After leaving the Bay Area they were enroute to the San Diego area, where the San

Col. Bryan Salas The Director’s Cut: DivPA’s Monthly Newsletter to the Marine Corps’ PA Community is now online you can download it here Fellow Marines Every day in our Marine Corps, our brothers and sisters serving in Public Affairs are charged with communicating with global publics about the strategic events taking place in every “Clime and Place.” From our focus of effort in Helmand province, Afghanistan, to the high seas of the western Pacific, our Marines are operating a

CCHQ recognizes that many members go out of their way in supporting the Association. The Booster Club and the Dedicated Members list are graphic reminders of this. What you do not know at times is the great behind-the-scenes support we receive from some of our oldest members. Most old timers (and many of you new members) are used to seeing a guy come to the conference in a wheel chair or motorized "scooter." His name is GySgt. John Harmon, USMC (ret.) Gunny "Jawn" as mo

Dale Dye plays PORTER, a former military officer who retired to the Boston area, and found himself drafted for his experience and tactical acumen to lead the human resistance in the state of Massachusetts, in the TNT series "Falling Skies"

Ernie Grafton, right, listens to U.S. Army Spc. Raul Pacheco of the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) as they critique photos during the 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop at the Defense Information School, Fort George G. Meade, Md., June 8, 2011. Military photographers are hand selected based on portfolio submissions to attend this one week intensive workshop which emphasizes story telling through the lens of a still camera. Grafton

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