Today we welcome aboard our newest CC: Matthew Sokol, sports reporter for the Camp Lejeune Globe. He says: I have been working at the Globe since February and I cover a variety of events that take place in the Camp Lejeune area such as the Semper Fit group exercise classes, Read more…
It’s not the most fun way to get a free Life Membership in the USMCCCA – but you rate it if you are a Purple Heart recipient. Staff Sgt. Albert “Combat” Carls is among those who have earned the lifetime designation during the Iraq and Afghanistan fighting — but the Read more…
CC member Capt. Karen Holliday, pictured here with Marine Corps Director of Communication, Brig. Gen. Bill Seely, is among those who signed up to run for a USMCCCA Board position in 2019. Nominations opened at the Annual Business Meeting in New Bern on Aug. 21 and will close May 15, Read more…
USMCCCA Post-Conference Check-in from Chris Kowalik from ProFeds on Vimeo.
First ever, after symposium “HOT WASH” hosted by HQMC and attended by leadership from both the USMCCCA and the Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) to access strengths, weakness and overall effectiveness in the event.
From the Cherry Point bus tour to the first-ever “conference hot wash” hosted by HQMC and attended by leadership from both the CCs and the Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC), the 2018 USMCCCA Professional Development and Training Symposium threw everything but the kitchen sink at the four-day affair.
The post-op huddle on Thursday morning was chaired by Master Sgt. Jeremy Vought with major input from Immediate Past President Manny Pacheco and current VP Shawn Rhodes. The scrub included the MCRC’s Gunnery Sgt. Justin Kronenberg and Steve Cushman and a handful of our newer CCs representing the NCO and junior officer ranks: Cpl. Bryann Whitley, recently-separated Matthew Callahan, Chief Warrant Officer-1 Bobby Yarbrough and lst Lt. Bryan McDonnell.
“We’re seeking input from all hands to make next year’s event even better,” said National President Keith Oliver. “Our leadership team was not afraid to try some new wrinkles, and we will keep working with ‘the white board’ in welcoming fresh ideas moving forward.
Chuck Lane was a Gunny in 1968, assigned as Press Chief of the 1st MarDiv ISO in Vietnam. He retired a master sergeant in 1974 while serving as Information Chief of the 9th District in Overland Park, Kansas. Today, Chuck, a member of the USMCCCA, and his wife, Marvel, live Read more…
ATTENTION ATTENDEES FOR 2018 USMCCCA PRODEV & TRNG SYMPOSIUM Aug. 17 — Who wants to visit Cherry Point? Be outside the DoubleTree entrance @ 0930 Monday, Aug. 20. Ready to board transportation. We will return not later than 1500. Lunch stop at Cherry Point’s “Roadhouse” (Pizza buffet and bar & Read more…
A very special feature of this year’s CC gathering in New Bern will be the presence of staff from the Vietnam War Commemoration, a Congressionally-funded program established to raise awareness and express appreciation for America’s Vietnam vets. Our own Joe Galloway, the 2001 Denig Award recipient and co-author of the Read more…
An article from Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist Carol Guzy was published in The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press. In it she describes some lessons learned. You can read it here.
By D. Clare
Dan Clare
When I enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 17, I wanted only two things in life—to be a Marine and journalist. It was only when I got out of the Corps four years later that I realized achieving one’s goals required more than desire and ability. Fortunately, based on my childhood ambition, being a former Marine and combat correspondent provided enough of a foundation to build upon my personal and professional goals.
By the age of 20 — when most peers from high school were still dependent on their parents— I had been a nationally-published writer, photographer, press chief and newspaper editor.
I wanted desperately to be a broadcaster and my former boss, Master Gunnery Sgt. Don Long, ensured I had the chance at AFN Okinawa for my last year in the Corps. My DINFOS instructor, Master Sgt. Mike Eck, was my boss on the island and gave me every opportunity to experience the full scope of our mission there.