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Pafford to speak at library
Combat photographer David Pafford will be speaking at the Thompson Falls Public Library, Thompson Falls, Montana Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
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Springer: Former Executive Director passes
MGySgt. Bob Springer, 84, suffered a heart attack and died in San Diego, CA
on October 9. Services will be held at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
on November 12. The information was passed to CCHQ by Bob’s oldest
daughter, Rusty Rodriguez who indicated that Bob had been in apparently good
health. As Rusty said “he was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather
and we all miss him terribly.”
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Third quarter newsletter on its way
The third quarter of “Now Hear This” the official USMCCCA newsletter, should be arriving in your mailbox soon. If you DO NOT receive it, then you need to make sure CCHQ has your correct mailing address. You can MAKE SURE you get future newsletters by using the membership update form Read more…
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AARP salutes veteran CC Dale Dye
Click below for part two of the interview: https://youtu.be/FRCqgIxNJbo
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Need help for history of USMCCCA
Jack Paxton and Dave Biesel are attempting to put together a brief historical piece for our 75th anniversary meeting in Fredericksburg, VA next August. Hopefully, the publication we prepare and distribute will lead to an extension of our current unofficial history, “Last to Know, First to Go”. To do this Read more…
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DMA job opportunity
Defense Media Activity (AFRTS/AFN-BC), is looking for an Audiovisual Production Specialist, GS-1071-11. The Job Opportunity Announcement (DMA-16-1508786-B) opens on Friday, October 16, 2015 and closes on Sunday, November 1, 2015. This announcement is open to all US Citizens and Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles). For your convenience, the Read more…
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National Museum contstruction update
On March 27, a Marine operating an excavator along the north wall of the National Museum of the Marine Corps drove the machine’s bucket into the earth, officially breaking ground on an historic expansion of the Nation’s tribute to Marine Corps history. That moment was the first step of a Read more…
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Savatt Jr.: Longtime CC Russ Savatt Passes
Russell W. Savatt, Jr. MGySgt. USMC (Ret.) died peacefully on September 7, 2015, at his home in Poway, California. He was 87 years old. Services will be held Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at 11:00 am at the Miramar National Cemetery. Russell was raised in Kings Park, NY and is preceded in death by his parents Russell W. & Helen Savatt and his sister Sally (Joe) LaValle. Russell is survived by his wife Josephine, four children: Laura Reynolds (Jim), Russell W. Savatt III (Chris), Mark Savatt and Claudine Hagerstrom (Robert) and their beloved grandchildren.
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Post-1975 Military Documents Sought
The Archive of Modern American Warfare at Texas Tech University is asking for donations from military veterans. The Archive is particularly interested in collecting digital material such as emails, blogs and other personal websites, text and instant messages, word processing documents, oral histories, digital photographs, digital videos, and digital audio Read more…
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Norm Hatch update
There has been much traffic recently concerning Norm Hatch. Various folks have visited him in the Hermitage Senior Living Center in Alexandria, VA. Walt Ford spoke to him recently. We print his remarks below: Norm has moved to Room 319, in the Hermitage Senior Living Center. Mailing address: Major Norm Read more…