Few of today’s Marines will remember that former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, who died Saturday at age 86, served in the Corps as an informational services officer in Korea, rising to the rank of captain before taking his discharge. When we arrived in the winter of Read more…
For the members and old timers attending the 2012 Annual Conference at San Diego’s Crowne Plaza Hotel it was like a visit back in time before Marine active duty involvement. While the fact the Marines had to execute a pull-out due to budgetary considerations is now history, suffice it to say, Read more…
Members planning on flying into San Diego are reminded that a discount rate is available for the Cloud 9/Super Shuttle that makes the rounds of the hotels. The regular price between the airport and the Crowne Plaza Hotel is $12 each way. By clicking on the link below you can Read more…
The late Maj. Robert B. “Mo” Morrisey, USMCCCA’s first Executive Director and later its President, will be inducted into the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial on Saturday, September 15 at 10 a.m. Attendees at the 2012 USMCCCA Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel will be transported by bus from the hotel at 9 Read more…
Defense Media Activity, (DINFOS), is looking for a Training Instructor, GS-1712-11. The Job Opportunity Announcement (DMA-12-736969-MP) opens on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 and closes on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. This announcement is open to Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles). For your convenience, the JOA is located at the Read more…
WALTER ROBERTS SWINDELLS 92, who came to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in 1972 “by way of Florida, New York, Texas, and California,” sometime managing editor of The Anglican Digest (1974-1981) and founding editor (Old Stubby Fingers) of the Anglican News Exchange (1978-1985) died on March 23, 2012. A retired Captain of Marines, an archaic term he loved to use, he was born in Washington, D.C., on November 2, 1919, and raised in Florida. He married Margaret Dutill on August 17, 1941.
My Fellow CCs:With our 2012 conference in San Diego fast approaching, some of you may have heard rumors that I will not be attending our annual confab. I want to take this opportunity to set the record straight. It is true that I will not be attending the conference but Read more…