Fabbri: Combat Cameraman dies in Combat Operation

Lance Cpl. Ralph J. Fabbri,of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania died at age 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan according to the Department of Defense. He was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He is a 2008 graduate of Penn Cambria High School where he was an art honors student. He was outgoing, artistic as well as an avid hunter and fisherman.

Recruiting new members

Executive Director Jack Paxton and wife, Pat, visited Defense Information School Monday Sept. 13. DINFOS Marine Detachment CO, Capt. Clark Carpenter, hosted the couple at the Ft. Meade Chow Hall where Jack shared his CC recruiting pitch to a bevy of new Leatherneck students.  (Photo by Rick Corral).

Sept Director’s Cut

The Director’s Cut: DivPA’s Monthly Newsletter to the Marine Corps’ PA Community is now online you can download it here Marines – The in-box is a tyrannical master from which short-fused tasks, fires, and crises constantly dominate our time. Now is the perfect opportunity to pause and evaluate your long-range Read more…