Ray Adams, a lat move combat correspondent who served aboard Camp Lejeune, Okinawa and as a Public Affairs NCO in his native New England, died Dec. 3 while in hospice care in Tavares, Florida. He had been living with an inoperable brain tumor for 19 months longer than doctors had Read more…
It is with great sadness we inform the membership that Tom Kerr, Foundation President has resigned as of Jan. 1. We thank him for his service to our organization, and wish he and wife, Sheila, a well-deserved break from official duties. The vice president, Fred “Flash” Lash will take over Read more…
We caught up with John Shotwell over the holidays. The former Marine Corps Director of Public Affairs and senior leatherneck PAO in Operation Desert Storm stays busy writing, painting and editing an award-winning newsletter and website for the Bluegrass Chapter of the Marine Officers Association of America. He and his Read more…
Marine WWII KIA, TSgt. Richard Murphy, came home to Maryland and was buried with full military honors next to his mother in Silver Spring, Maryland Dec. 1, following a funeral mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Rockville. One of Murphy’s nieces, Jeanne Robinson, chatted with CC National President Keith Read more…
Col. Riccoh Player, Deputy Director of Marine Corps Communication, hosted USMCCCA reps Fred Lash (Foundation Vice-President) and Keith Oliver (Association President) in the Megan McClung Conference Room on Dec. 3 to discuss our tri-gathering in Atlanta set for August 19-23. Watch this space and other HQ USMCCCA comms for venue, Read more…
Pfc. Brett W. Beard, Jr. is scheduled to complete Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton on Dec. 15. Next stop is Pensacola, Florida and Air Traffic Control School. His proud Dad, retired Master Sgt. Brett Beard, is a USMCCCA Life Member who carved out an enviable career in our Corps’ Read more…
Life member LtCol Keith McConnell retired from the US Marine Corps Reserve in 1996. As a longtime member of Public Affairs Unit MTU-CA16, (one of only two reserve PA units) he helped develop the Interview Techniques Course/Clinic that trained Marines of many ranks from Brigadier General selectees to the Recruiters Read more…