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Due to a corruption of our USMCCCA Mailing List many of you will not have received your 2014 USMCCCA Journals.  We finally found and fixed the problem and yours will arrive via first class mail shortly.  

While most first place winners have received the USMCCCA Annual Journal many others have not.  To receive one, email your current postal mailing address to Jack Paxton, Executive Director:  usmccca@cfl.rr.com or call him at 352.748.4698.

Hey, want to see all the excitement from the 2014 USMC Combat Correspondents Association Conference in Oceanside, CA? Well the Annual Journal is finally in the mail. That’s right, all the Distinguished Performance winners. Some highlighted bios of winners, Sgt Tyler Main, Katelyn Hunter, Codey Underwood and Jennifer Brofer. Plus Read more…

Dear Friends at the USMCCCA Foundation.  We want to take a moment to let you know how much we appreciate your recent gift ($2,000).  The care of our heroes and their families would not be possible without the commitment of partners like you – thank you for making a difference!  Read more…

From Don Knight:  Six years ago on the Association’s behalf, I sent out some mailings to find some old USMCCCA members and get them back in as dues paying members.  That was in 2008. I just received a returned letter from the USPS telling me they could not find Jay Read more…

So far from the most recent issue of Now Hear This we have discovered several changes of address for which we are thankful.  We have also received back eight “unable to forward” copies meaning you have moved.  The USPS will only forward mail to new addresses for six months after Read more…

CC HQ looking for Chuck Kester and D. E. P. Miller.  Chuck’s last known address was Loudin, TN; Miller’s:  Pace, FL.  Anyone corresponding or knowing either, please contact the Executive Director.

We have one unsold brick that will be placed on the Denig Memorial at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico.  The brick can be engraved with three lines of 20 characters each line.  The $300 cost for the brick includes an amount to the USMCCCA Scholarship Fund.  Read more…

If you are looking for that “perfect” last minute gift with the end of the year fast approaching, consider a contribution to the USMCCCA Foundation.  Your gift might be tax deductible depending on your individual situation.  There is no “might be” about it if your Foundation is to keep on Read more…

Susie Combs (Amaro) informed us that her father, Roger Combs passed away Nov.27. They are planning a service next week. Details to come.