The director of Marine Corps Public Affairs, Colonel Bryan Salas, visited Dinfos on July 7, to brief Public Affairs Qualification Course (PAQC) students on employing effective public affairs strategies using lessons learned from the battlefield. He emphasized the importance of publishing stories, photographs and video footage that inspire audiences by revealing Read more…
One of the fun things (as well as a money-maker) at each conference are the items used as door prizes and in the silent auction that takes place in the Hospitality Suite on Thursday night. If you have room in your luggage (or car) please consider bringing an item that Read more…
A print judge in 2008 and National Press Club colleague, Jerry Bastarache, died Friday of melanoma (brain cancer). Services are scheduled in Falls Church, VA on Wednesday. The Club will be conducting a separate memorial service and I will keep you posted on the date. I have known Jerry for Read more…
Photographer and Honorary Life Member of the CCs, Eddie Adams (1933-2004) took pictures of hundreds of celebrities and politicians — everyone from Fidel Castro to Mother Teresa to Arnold Schwarzenegger (whom he posed in a bathtub with a little yellow rubber duck–for the cover of Parade magazine) — but some of his best-known images come from his work during the Vietnam War.
Filmmaker Susan Morgan Cooper has made a film about Eddie’s life, An Unlikely Weapon (narrated by Kiefer Sutherland). Cooper interviewed Adams, as well as his friends and colleagues–Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Gordon Parks, Rod Steiger, Eric Baldwin, Mark Anthony and lots of others.
One photo is so iconic that it is the picture most people think of when they think of Vietnam: a Vietnamese general in Saigon executing a Viet Cong suspect. But the Pulitzer Prize Adams won for this photograph left him pained and conflicted for the rest of his life.
Two new ports and an exciting pre-cruise option await shipmates on the 2010 Marine CC and Mustang group cruise.
Past group cruisers said they wanted to visit some different ports than on previous voyages. And, most stressed that price was important. In addition, some traveling from parts of the country other than Florida said they would like a little something extra. In Louisiana, they call that lagniappe (pronounced “lanyap”).
So where else to embark on the next Marine group cruise than New Orleans — “The Big Easy” — where “lanyap” is a way of life.
But first, the new ports for the group will be Costa Maya, Mexico, and Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala. The cruise will also visit two familiar stops, Cozumel and Belize. All offer abundant water sports, jungle treks and Mayan culture … and shopping.
Retired GySgt. Marv DeGroote asks if anyone knows if any of these 2ndMarDiv photographers are still alive. The photo was taken on Saipan. We asked Norm Hatch and he verified that Roy Olund (ctr) is deceased. DeGroote himself said that Ted Steuber (on vehicle) was deceased. The Marine on left Read more…
Major Megan M. McClung died in Iraq, Dec. 6, 2006. She was the first female Marine officer to be killed in the conflict. Photo courtesy of William G. Smith
CC Lee Tibbetts asks that anyone who can, please help sponsor Amanda Rose who is running in honor of former CC Major Megan McClung, USMC who was killed in Iraq in Dec 2006. Rose worked with her as a junior Marine and think it’s important to remember those lost. She was a bold woman and bright spirit.
Rose will be running 26.2 miles to raise money and awareness for those battling with blood cancer. She is proud to be running with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Please use the link in this email to donate online quickly and securely plus learn more about her progress. You will receive a confirmation of your donation by email and Rose will be notified as soon as you make your donation.
To sponsor Amanda Rose go here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/wch/corps09/ahay2w