Compiled by Amy Forsythe The Marine Rapper, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, is a hip-hop recording artist. He served as a combat correspondent with infantry battalions during his deployments to Iraq and then Afghanistan. TMR earned a combat action ribbon in Iraq and received an award for combat photography Read more…
The USMCCCA 2018 Dedicated Member program is off and running this week. This program was begun in the early 2000s as a backup to our annual Booster Club drive for contributions from those members who wanted to participate in our various programs but could not fit their gift into a Read more…
The 14th annual USMC Combat Correspondents Association/Foundation (Florida Chapter) Golf Tournament, now renamed in honor of the tournament founder, James “Red” Carpenter, will again be played at the Sherman Hills Golf Club near Brooksville, FL on Friday afternoon April 27. Carpenter, who has given up chairmanship due to health conditions Read more…
Consider this a trial feeler. The USMCCCA Florida Chapter sponsors a golf tournament each April to benefit both the Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund as well as the USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship funds. Each year we are joined by members, relatives and friends. With our setup for play on Friday afternoon, Read more…
By: Chas Henry and US Naval Institute Staff Frank Praytor, the U.S. Marine who gained a level of fame after being photographed nursing a kitten during the Korean War, died on January 10, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 90 years old and had been in poor health for Read more…
Sgt. Keith Mosier has come back to the fold, renewing his CC dues last month after a long absence. Keith, an award winning Marine photographer who snagged an Associated Press fellowship in New York City as a lance corporal, has been living in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky since his Read more…