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…
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…
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.
WEB MANAGERS NOTE: Apologies to those still waiting… A photo gallery of the conference will be coming but I am traveling and attending a two-week training course until Sept. 26. In my rare spare moments, I am editing, culling and captioning some 495 images from the conference…so just stand by. Read more…
Ninety-six members, their guests and active duty Marine CCs and Combat Camera Marines heard one of the best tributes to our occupational fields ever given by a serving flag officer when Brig. Gen. James W. “Chip” Bierman addressed our annual banquet on Wednesday evening, September 10. While giving an overview Read more…
Robert Daniel “Bob” Torres, the long-time Public Affairs Officer for NAS Corpus Christi, passed away Wednesday evening after a long illness. Bob had gone out on extended medical leave in February and, as his condition worsened, left Federal civilian service in June. Bob served in the US Marine Corps from Read more…
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For those that attended Kate Stark’s “Social Media for Dummies…and CCs who fondly remember the IBM Selectric II, the Leica with 36 exposures and pay phones” presentation. Here is the handout with links to how to videos for the social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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…
Brigadier General James W. Bierman, Jr.
CCHQ announces that Brigadier General James W. Bierman, Jr. Commanding General, Western Recruiting Region & Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, CA will be the guest of honor at the Distinguished Performance Awards Banquet, Wednesday evening, September 10 at the Pacific Views Center, Camp Pendleton.
Brigadier General James W. Bierman, Jr. was born in Camp Lejeune, and attended the Virginia Military Institute. Upon completion of The Basic School and Infantry Officer’s Course in 1988, he reported to the 2d Marine Division and was assigned as a Rifle Platoon Commander in Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) 4-88. While in this billet he participated in contingency operations in the Persian Gulf.
In December 1988, Brigadier General Bierman was assigned to 2d Battalion, 8th Marines. While with 2/8 he served as an Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Adjutant, and Commanding Officer of Headquarters and Service Company. In 1991 he deployed to the Mediterranean with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and participated in operations in Northern Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort.