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Job Announcement Number:1100197TC02-DE Job Title: Public Affairs Specialist, GS-13 - Fort Worth, TX Agency: General Services Administration, Office of Communications and Marketing Open Period: Friday, May 13, 2011 to Thursday, May 26, 2011 http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=99358449 Job Announcement Number:1100197TC02 Job Title: Public Affairs Specialist, GS-13 - Fort Worth, TX Agency: General Services Administration, Office of Communications and Marketing Open Per

USMCCA members: My name is Andy Omdahl, son of Gunner Omdahl whom some of you may remember. I discovered your site while looking for Jim DiBernardo in an attempt to contact him. Unfortunately, I'm 2 years too late. I met Jim through my father and remember him to be an outstanding individual and highly respected Marine. RIP Major Jim DiBernardo. For info, my father passed away in 1999 after suffering a series of small strokes culminating in a pulmonary embolism. After hi

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 This past week, I asked the staff here at Division of Public Affairs to join me at the Pentagon Memorial on the occasion of Osama Bin Laden’s demise to reflect on the previous ten years. Many of you were serving on active duty on that fateful day, 11 September 2001, when this new era of service began. A large group from our PA

Ding Hao, tocsan, skoshi, mama san, dai wi, di di - Words Symbolizing Our Past   In each of the armed conflicts we Marines have been involved in certain words, phrases, adjectives, adverbs, nouns, et al surface.  Old China hands could throw out a ding h ao without worrying if anyone understood that it meant very good or was symbolized by thumbs up.    In Korea we learned about the ever "flavorful kimshi , how big or small something was by tocsan or skoshi and, in Vietnam, d

Leatherneck's editor, Col Walt Ford , USMC(Ret), interviews WWII Marine Corps combat cameraman Norm Hatch and Charles "Chip" Jones , the author of the book "War Shots," a story about Hatch's life. Also Bob Jordan's wrote a story about the book in Leatherneck Magazine's April 2011 issue which you can read by clicking on the link.

The Florida Chapter of the USMCCCA will hold it's 7th annual benefit golf tournament on 3 June 2011 . The tournament will be held at Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club in Davenport,FL. The tournament features an 0800 shot gun start, putting contest and lunch. As always the tournament is "kicked off" by a presentation of colors by a Marine Color Guard from the Marine Reserve Unit in Orlando, FL. There are lots of prizes, auction, raffle and door, thanks to Champions Tour

The USMCCCA Annual Conference will be held at the Westin Hotel September 12-16 . There is currently an "early bird" registration fee of $100 per person available to ALL active duty, retired and others until Aug 31. The final registration date is 1600 Wednesday August 31. Registration may be made online (below) or by contacting the Executive Director at 352.748.4698 or emailing: usmccca@cfl.rr.com . Active duty Marines please note: Please assure your travel (credit) card has