Former Marine Sgt. John Raughter, who has been running with some pretty well-known company in recent years, hit the pages of American Legion (the magazine he once edited), with a story on Defense Information School’s 50th Anniversary. The University of Houston alum has a Master’s in Journalism from Mizzou and Read more…
Leatherneck editor Mary Reinwald, successor to USMCCCA supporter Walt Ford, made her first appearance at Defense Information School last month. The Penn State alum addressed the graduating Public Affairs Qualification Course, giving a shout-out on behalf of the CCs and encouraging her audience to take full advantage of membership and Read more…
In March, Laurence C. Windsor, Jr stepped down as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for New York South. His citation reads: for outstanding meritorious service as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for southern New York, frorn November 2005 through March 201 4. Mr. Read more…
Manny Pacheco, president, USMCCCA
A heartfelt greeting and special thanks to all my fellow CCs for entrusting me with the stewardship of our organization. I am humbled by the outpouring of support.
Let me begin by thanking our outgoing President Bill Hauptfleisch for his hard work and dedication over the past two years. Let me also express my thanks to the many folks who work behind the scenes (board members, our executive director, our web master and others) to ensure we continue to march. Our organization is at a crossroads and it will take some patience and perseverance to ensure that we take the right approach so that both our Association and our Foundation remain strong, ready and relevant, not only to us CCs of yesterday but also to the warrior story tellers of today and tomorrow.
Over the course of the next year I want to dedicate myself to finding creative and innovative ways of not just increasing our membership, but just as important (if not more so) to figure out ways to get the more than 400 members on our roles to play a more active role in their organization. The first step of that endeavor is to ask each of you to pledge to do one thing this year, not for me, not for the CCs, but for your fellow Marines and for our Corps.
Location: Holiday Inn Oceanside 1401 Carmelo Drive Oceanside, California 92054 Monday: September 8 1600 Old Board Meeting – Bill Hauptfleisch 1800 Welcome Reception 2000-2400 Hospitality Suite open Tuesday: September 9: 0830-0930 State of USMC Public Affairs and Where This Association Fits In – Col. Shawn Gibson, Deputy Director, Office of Read more…
Theo Servetas writes: It was on my return the other day from the 4th Division reunion at Charleston, SC, when I was finally able to stop at the Denig Memorial. It was a busy week getting my Son settled in at UNC Chapel Hill on the way down, and capped Read more…
If you’ve been waiting for an updated membership directory, this is YOUR lucky day. If you are a registered member of this site, you can download here. Any information that is incorrect, please use this form to let Jack Paxton know to update the roster. If you get a password Read more…
The USMCCCA Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the names of our 2014 scholarship recipients. Joint winners of the Gladys McPartland Scholarship fund for general studies for 2014 were Sarah Pacheco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manny Pacheco and a student at Virginia Tech, and Aidan Kelly, son of Mr. Read more…
As the Defense Information School continues to observe its 50th year, Commandant Col. Jeremy Martin has announced “DINFOS Alumni Day,” set for Wednesday Aug. 6. The schoolhouse will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for classroom visits and tours of the under-construction expansion of the main campus. Visiting Read more…
The author, Col. Jeremy M. Martin, commandant of the U.S. Defense Information School, has been a particularly robust supporter of the USMCCCA, including its Executive Director. He has also pointed out on more than one occasion that CC John Dodd is “the workhorse of the Public Affairs Course for International Students.” Read more…