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Does anyone know of any CCs who have passed away since August of last year besides Dale Cook? Please contact National Chaplain Frank Wiley before the conference in Atlanta so that we can honor our own.

Retired Marine Capt. Dale Dye has been awarded the 2019 DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Bugle Award at the organization’s national convention in Orlando, Florida, for his lifetime of achievement in ensuring accurate, honorable and realistic portrayals of military service in film, television, print and digital media. A DAV life member Read more…

This year’s USMCCCA conference will mark the 20th anniversary of a past CC event that almost never happened. The cover of the Conference Journal reads “Jacksonville, FL September 15-19, 1999.” But Hurricane Floyd made an unscheduled visit to the Florida city Sept. 15 causing CCs on their way to Jacksonville Read more…

National Chaplain Frank Wiley alerts us that CC stalwart and former board member Bob Mergle‘s brother, Frank, is in serious condition in a Buffalo, New York hospital. Prayers and strong good thoughts solicited…

CC baseball fans may not get THIS version of the National Anthem when the Atlanta Braves host the Miami Marlins August 21st, in conjunction with the 2019 Professional Training Symposium. But there WILL be a rousing playing of the National Anthem – and there WILL be beer and hot dogs! Read more…

Things are shaping up for our annual event in Atlanta next month. (It’s time to make reservations, if you haven’t already). A schedule of events is being firmed up and you can download it here. Other links for those attending the 2019 USMCCCA COMMSTRAT TRAINING & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT Schedule Read more…

Lucian Read, the civilian combat photographer who captured the iconic Iraqi War image “Hell House” of then-First Sgt. Brad Kasal being helped out of battle-scarred building by two of his men, is scheduled to receive the Robert L. Denig, Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award in Atlanta at the USMCCCA Annual Read more…

Yukie Wada an editorial desktop publishing specialist with Communication Strategy and Operations (CommStrat), receives an award from U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Lyle Gilbert, the director of CommStrat, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 21, 2019. Kintai magazine received the first 2018 Visual Information and Excellence in Communication first place Printed Publication Award from the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association. Wada-san is the editor of the Kintai magazine, a quarterly publication created by MCAS Iwakuni CommStrat. (Photo by Pfc. Triton Lai)

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan (July 10, 2019) – Kintai magazine was awarded the 2018 Visual Information and Excellence in Communication first place Printed Publication Award from the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 21, 2019.

Yukie Wada, an editorial desktop publishing specialist and the Kintai editor with Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) at MCAS Iwakuni received this award on behalf of COMMSTRAT. The Kintai is a quarterly magazine created by COMMSTRAT that allows the Japanese community to see the active relationship between Japan and the United States.

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For the first time in years, we will actually have an election. It’s exciting to have new blood, new ideas on the board. The absentee ballots were mailed today, so please complete and return your vote if you do not plan to attend the business meeting in Atlanta during the Read more…

Editors note: The following candidates are running unopposed and will be elected at the annual business meeting, Aug. 19-23 in Atlanta, after slate is approved by voting members. As the daughter of a retired USMC master sergeant, Annita Best doesn’t recall a life outside of the Marine Corps. Born at Read more…