Maj. Gen. Gary Thomas, CG 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point, will represent the Commandant of the Marine Corps as guest of honor at our Distinguished Performance Awards Banquet, August 19 in New Bern, N.C. With that locked in, President Manny Pacheco announced this week that plans for our 74th Read more…
We are working on the Final Phase galleries, which includes an exhibit about Beirut. One of the design elements in the exhibit will be a wall-sized image of the barracks rubble. Do you have a negative or slide that we could scan for this purpose? We can scan the film, Read more…
Conference Registration: $80. Hotel Reservation: $90 per room. Nearest Airport: Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern (airport code: EWN). If you are coming to New Bern next month you need to immediately make your hotel reservation (easy on this site) and also register with CCHQ (also easy here). Our Read more…
The USMC Combat Correspondents Association Board of Directors have unanimously voted to posthumously present the 2015 Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Sr. Distinguished Service Award to the late Georgette Louise “Dickey” Chapelle on this, the 50th anniversary year of her death, near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam November 4. 1965 Read more…
“So Dad [Don Knight] and I met the [Red} Sox Ambassador outside a special gate and received wristbands allowing us access to all corners of the park. It was just the three of us for the next 90 minutes as we were allowed onto the field for batting practice and Read more…
The second 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…
Friends, I have waited until today for official word and notification to families out of respect for my brother and sister. We are still down range as I write this. On May 12 a UH-1Y helicopter from HMLA 469 carrying two of my hard charging COMCAM Marines crashed high in Read more…
The 2015 Dedicated Member campaign is at its half-way point and, as of this writing, 33 members have shown their support by contributing just over $4,000. These members are shown in the lower left column of this page and, hopefully space will continue increase as the campaign winds down in Read more…