Members should begin receiving their annual Dedicated Member contribution letters and envelopes this week. As Foundation President Bill Hauptfleisch said, “this year, more than ever, we need your help. Our scholarship funds really need replenishing if we are to continue to provide two $3,000 grants annually.” The appealing feature of Read more…
CC Chas Henry has produced a series of brief radio reports for the 25th anniversary of the Gulf War. A Desert Storm veteran himself, he is now a news anchor and national security correspondent. Take a listen: Gulf War 25th Anniversary Features from Westwood One News Reported by National Security Read more…
Elsewhere on today’s pages we saw with great pleasure Brian Tuthill promoted to gunnery sergeant while going to college under a Corps’ program that will ultimately see him graduated a second lieutenant. We met this young Marine when he was a corporal at a USMCCCA Conference a number of years Read more…
Congratulations to Cpl. Cory C. Schubert for earning Defense Media Activity’s Warrior of the Quarter. He is now stationed at AFN Iwakuni where according to Schubert, “I do a variety of different tasks. I cover the daily production mission along with producing 2 video spots a week and COM CALS. Read more…
Congrats to Col. John “Doc” Church, newly named President of Valley Forge Military Academy & College. Press follows: WAYNE, PA – The Board of Trustees of Valley Forge Military Academy & College has unanimously approved the appointment of Colonel John C. Church, Jr., USMCR, as President. Colonel Church will take Read more…
The History of Marine Corps Combat Correspondents & Combat Camera Marines (A Concept) In the mid-1980s, veteran CC Gary Cameron was commissioned by the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA) to develop a history of the CCs, broadcasters and photographers from the beginnings in 1941 through the terrorist Read more…
Combat photographer David Pafford will be speaking at the Thompson Falls Public Library, Thompson Falls, Montana Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
The third quarter of “Now Hear This” the official USMCCCA newsletter, should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If you DO NOT receive it, then you need to make sure CCHQ has your correct mailing address. You can MAKE SURE you get future newsletters by using the membership update form Read more…
Jack Paxton and Dave Biesel are attempting to put together a brief historical piece for our 75th anniversary meeting in Fredericksburg, VA next August. Hopefully, the publication we prepare and distribute will lead to an extension of our current unofficial history, “Last to Know, First to Go”. To do this Read more…
Click below for part two of the interview: https://youtu.be/FRCqgIxNJbo