We have huge news: the paid MVJ internship with National Public Radio is back on — and fully remote. Unfortunately, NPR had to cancel the last internship we told you about due to COVID-19. So if you applied previously, we need you to apply again. The internship will run from September 8, 2020 to December 11, Read more…
Life member, George Hijar wearing the mask his brother-in-law, a Marine Vietnam veteran gave him to help combat COVID-19.
Sgt. David Delgadillo earned first place in the portrait category for this year’s Marine Corps Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC) Awards. This environmental portrait of Sgt. Cody Huestis, a Meteorology and Oceanology Marine with 2nd Intel Battalion, II MEF Information Group, netted him the win.
Last week long-time stalwart of the USMCCCA, Red Carpenter underwent a partial hip replacement. His daughter Tracy Barry reports: My dad had a successful partial hip replacement on Saturday morning. There was some up and down issues with his blood pressure and heart rate afterward. They wanted to release him Read more…
Lance Cpl. Ryan Hageali earned Communicator of the Year for his work in 2019. This image of USMC Recruits conducting their initial swim qualification at the combat training pool on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., was part of his submission.
On behalf of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Association (USMCCCA) and Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) we would like to extend our congratulations to the winners of this years’ Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC) Awards for work completed in 2019.
Tremendous thanks must go to Paul Mancuso, Awards Chair, MSgt Jeremy Vought, HQMC Communication Directorate, and MSgt Brian Buckwalter, Defense Visual Distribution Service (DVIDS) for the hard work in organizing this contest.
Also, we would be remiss if we didn’t thank all the judges for volunteering their time to evaluate the submissions. They are: Georgi Hernandez, Samuel Corum, Chas Henry, Charlie Poag’ Oliver Peters, Sierra Jimenez, Andrea Olguin, AJ Parsons, Charles Allen, Lucian Read, Samuel Corum, Roman Gray, Gabriel Cruz, Nick Lucey, Ken Melton, Jen Brofer, Rob Wynkoop, Hope Hodge Seck, Andre Dandridge, Shawn Rhodes, Rachel Nolan, Staci Reidinger.
So without further adieu, here are the winners of the 2020 VIEC Awards from MARADMIN 328/20
By William Cole Retired Lt. Gen. Henry “Hank” C. Stackpole, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and Marine Corps legend with deep ties to Hawaii and the Pacific, has died, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies said. He was 85. Stackpole served from 1998 to 2005 as president Read more…