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Marines – The most significant threat to U.S. national security is the national debt. This economic crisis has the potential to affect everything from immigration to our negotiating leverage as a great power – his must be solved. This is not my analysis, but that of national leaders in the Executive and Legislative Branches. How the Nation got in this situation, and how to fix it, is a political question. As professional communicators, it’s on this landscape that we find ours

Life Member Richard F. Mescall, Jr., 67, passed away suddenly at his home in Fallbrook, Calif., July 11, 2010. He was born in Long Beach, but was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dick joined the Marine Corps one month after high school graduation in 1960. He served for 21 years, retiring as a Master Gunnery Sgt. (E-9).

All Hands: The final registration date for the 2010 Conference at Reno's Silver Legacy Hotel is Monday at 4 p.m. August 16 . Due to food guarantees we cannot extend the deadline any further. Last minute walkup registrations are discouraged . Also, because the room block we guaranteed runs out this Friday, August 6 if you have not made your hotel reservation you are in danger of not having a room at the guaranteed rate of $53 and in the Silver Legacy itself.

The editor of the Marine Corps Aviation Association's newsletter/magazine, The Yellowsheet , and their annual MCAA Journal, is retiring. So, the aviation association is looking for an experienced editor, preferably someone very knowledgeable in Marine aviation. The points of contact for anyone interested are: Major Art "Mad Mex" Sifuentes, executive director CWO-4 Jim "Crash" Casey, deputy executive director

Items are needed for the silent auction and door prizes at our annual conference in Reno August 23-27. If you have items that can be used, please send them to Don Coleman, 1955 Bafford Lane, Fallon, NV 89406

If you know the following CCs please tell them to contact CCHQ with their current mailing addresses: Richard S. Beal, Brainerd, MN Shirley Corley, Sarasota, FL John Deering, Goodlettsville, TN Bart DeVito, Ossining, NY Michael Furgal, Monroe, WI Caryl Hanson, Oakland, CA Stewart J. Johnson, Boise, ID Jason Johnston, Los Angeles| James Bond Johnson, Long Beach, CA Allen Mainard, North Cullman, AL Kevin McCants, Tarawa Terrace, NC Robert Powell, Jr. Mechanicsville, VA David Si

The hotel room rate guarantee expires Friday. Those going better wicki-wicki to be assured of the guaranteed $53 rate . (Hotel has plenty of rooms but the guarantee officially has to stop Friday). -- Jack Paxton, Executive Director

Lance Cpl. Clark and a couple other Marines were featured on both The New York Times' "Lens" and "At War" blog for their photography. Pretty exciting. Some photographers spend their entire lives shooting and don't get featured by the Times. --Mark Fayloga

Anyone with any knowledge of a SeaBee-developed "golf course" in the Pacific theatre during World War II or a story written on the course by former CC Sgt. Ralph Peck is requested to contact Mrs. Marty Kaderli, Membership and Memorials, Admiral Nimitz Foundation, 328 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624. Tel. (830) 997-8600, Ext. 204 or email her at kaderli@nimitzfoundation.org .

During the annual business meeting at a CC conference some 25 years ago, the chair brought up the issue of why more CCs hadn't taken advantage of Life Memberships . So at the end of the session, a small group of us made a beeline to the treasurer to sign up. I walked away with membership number 0010/L. I thought that was pretty cool, the tenth CC to become a Life Member. When our current Membership Directory was posted recently to the USMCCCA web site, I thought I'd look to