In recognition of your service to our country, all veterans and active duty military personnel are invited to eat free at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar Restaurants this Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov.11, 2009. As you may recall, Applebee’s launched a pilot program last year on Veterans Day offering free entrees Read more…
Florida chapter members at the National conference present a check to the USMCCCA Foundation. From left: Chuch Beveridge, Tom Kerr, Jack Paxton, Red Carpenter, Mawk Arnold, Don O'Neal (Foundation President), Kate Stark, Bob McEwen, Hank Ehlbeck.
Nine members of the Florida Chapter USMCCCA attended the national conference recently in Hampton, Virginia. Jack and Pat Paxton came from Wildwood, FL, Kate Stark from Gainsville, FL, Bob McEwen from Indian Shores, FL, Allen Moore from Altamonte Springs, FL, Tom and Sheila Kerr from Niceville, FL, Red and Ann Carpenter from Spring Hill, FL, Hank and Trudy Ehlbeck from Port Orange, FL, Chuck and Mary Beveridge from Birmingham, AL, and Mawk and Alice Arnold from Daphne, AL. Needless to say the Florida Chapter’s presence was felt in many ways.
Harrell’s Marine Corps career included serving as combat correspondent of the 4th Marine Division, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II, until he was wounded in the battle of Saipan. He received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star with a “V” for valor in combat.
Jack Paxton, executive director is back in the office and wading through stacks of USMCCCA mail. If you need anything, please contact him at: 352-748-4698 110 Fox Court Wildwood, FL 34785 EMAIL: usmccca@cfl.rr.com SKYPE: USMCCCA
Retired Marine MajGen. Clifford L. Stanley, who recently was president of Scholarship America, was tapped to be undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. During his 33-year Marine Corps career, he served in a range of leadership positions including deputy commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, where he was Read more…
I gave a class to some brave CCs who claimed to be “computerly-challenged,” during the USMCCCA conference in Hampton, Va, last month. I have compiled some notes (um, 43 pages worth) of facts, tips and tricks. You are welcome to download it. (Click here to download) Please print only what Read more…
MGySgt Phil Mehringer at grave of Col. Ortiz Peter J. Ortiz, Arlington National Cemetary.
Story and photo by Don Knight, Awards Chairman
The seemingly endless rows of headstones shelter the remains of more than 320,000 veterans from every war and major conflict in United States history. They cover 624 rolling acres at Arlington National Cemetery, overlooking the nation’s capital.
Each granite stone and tomb has its own story, often involving tales of great valor and heroism. The stories comprise no small part of our nation’s history.
And so it would seem appropriate that 40 Marines from headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps and new students from the Defense Information School at Ft. Meade in nearby Maryland would journey to Arlington on a warm, cloudless day in October. Their mission: to pay tribute to three fallen Marines, one from World War II and two from the war in Iraq.
CC Todd “Rowdy” Yeatts, a government relations manager at Boeing and a major in the Marine Reserve, was guest speaker at DINFOS‘ Joint Expeditionary Course graduation on Oct. 8, 2009. “Rowdy was our first choice to address the group,” said Public Affairs Leadership Department chairman Keith Oliver “since he’s deployed Read more…