Newly promoted Maj. Beatriz Yarrish stands with her husband Frank and children Kali and Reece after her promotion ceremony at Fort Meade, Md., Aug. 1, 2011. Yarrish is an instructor assigned to the Public Affairs Leadership Department at the Defense Information School. Photo by Rick Corral, USAF(R)
The Westin, New Orleans, Canal Place sold out. Overflow rooms are available for $98 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street. New Orleans, LA Phone: (504) 525-2500 for the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association September 12 – 17, 2011.
CC member, Sgt. Charles J. V. Fries, Jr., son of Shirley A. Joslin-Fries passed away at his home in Nashville, TN., March l6, 20ll. Charles was born in Syracuse, New York September l2, l954. He spent many of his younger years in Hawkinsville, New York. The family moved to Florida in l959. Charles graduated from Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, Florida, class of l972. He attended Edison College in Fort Myers.
Rooms Going Fast: If you have not already made your room reservation at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans for the USMCCCA Annual Conference, don’t wait. Rooms at the $98 rate are going fast. Unless you want to pay a higher rate or be forced to stay at another hotel Read more…
Lt. Gen. (s) Steven Hummer has been designated by the Commandant to be the Guest of Honor at the USMCCCA Annual Merit Awards Banquet on Thursday, September 15 at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans. General Hummer is in the process of taking over the New Orleans-based Marine Forces Reserve. Read more…
1ST MCD 4TH MCD 6th MCD Sgt. Chadwick deBree Sgt. Chadwick deBree has exemplified the role of the marketing and public affairs Marine during his tenure at Recruiting Station New Jersey. Dedicated to serving the recruiter on the street, Sgt. deBree has consistently and diligently interacted with the community, built Read more…
Dear Fellow Marines, My publisher, Windy City Publishers, just released my latest suspenseful novel, THE WARRIOR AMONG US. After a nuclear war annihilates an entire civilization, the United States falls off the international stage when Congress becomes impotent after years of partisan politics, and is unable to function. The world Read more…
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 June was a busy yet rewarding month for U.S. Marine Corps Public Affairs. As a community, we supported multiple events and activities to include Marine Read more…
Charles “Chip” Jones, award-winning writer and author of various military books, including “Boys of ’67: “From Vietnam to Iraq…”, and, more recently, “War Shots,” the story of Norm Hatch and the U. S. Marine Corps Combat Cameramen of World War II has been selected to receive this year’s Brig. Gen. Read more…