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Life member, George Hijar wearing the mask his brother-in-law, a Marine Vietnam veteran gave him to help combat COVID-19.

Sgt. David Delgadillo earned first place in the portrait category for this year’s Marine Corps Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC) Awards. This environmental portrait of Sgt. Cody Huestis, a Meteorology and Oceanology Marine with 2nd Intel Battalion, II MEF Information Group, netted him the win.

Last week long-time stalwart of the USMCCCA, Red Carpenter underwent a partial hip replacement. His daughter Tracy Barry reports: My dad had a successful partial hip replacement on Saturday morning. There was some up and down issues with his blood pressure and heart rate afterward. They wanted to release him Read more…

Lance Cpl. Ryan Hageali earned Communicator of the Year for his work in 2019. This image of USMC Recruits conducting their initial swim qualification at the combat training pool on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., was part of his submission.

On behalf of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Association (USMCCCA) and Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) we would like to extend our congratulations to the winners of this years’ Visual Information and Excellence in Communication (VIEC) Awards for work completed in 2019.

Tremendous thanks must go to Paul Mancuso, Awards Chair, MSgt Jeremy Vought, HQMC Communication Directorate, and MSgt Brian Buckwalter, Defense Visual Distribution Service (DVIDS) for the hard work in organizing this contest.

Also, we would be remiss if we didn’t thank all the judges for volunteering their time to evaluate the submissions. They are: Georgi Hernandez, Samuel Corum, Chas Henry, Charlie Poag’ Oliver Peters, Sierra Jimenez, Andrea Olguin, AJ Parsons, Charles Allen, Lucian Read, Samuel Corum, Roman Gray, Gabriel Cruz, Nick Lucey, Ken Melton, Jen Brofer, Rob Wynkoop, Hope Hodge Seck, Andre Dandridge, Shawn Rhodes, Rachel Nolan, Staci Reidinger.

So without further adieu, here are the winners of the 2020 VIEC Awards from MARADMIN 328/20

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The deadline for nominating a candidate to the USMCCCA Board of Directors is Friday, May 15.  Nominations Chair Chris Whiting has polled the incumbent officers and directors and all but two will seek another term.  Dan Clare and Annita Best have agreed to run for President and Treasurer, respectively.  Whiting Read more…

We are very excited to announce that Military Veterans in Journalism will host a 10-day video journalism workshop for about 15 military veterans in the early stages of their journalism careers from January 7-16, 2021 in Oxford, Mississippi.
In partnership with the University of Mississippi’s School of Journalism and New Media and with support from FUJIFILM, this is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the most renowned professors in the field. Duy Linh Tu, Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, will be the lead instructor. He’s a journalist and documentary filmmaker, focusing on education, science, and social justice.

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From Joe Galloway: Last night the Virginia International Tattoo broadcast a virtual Tattoo in place of the real one which was cancelled due to the virus. Loads of clips of Marine band and others including Scots Highlanders. They had me read a tribute essay I had written about The Greatest Read more…

One of our CCs’ most faithful and visible supporters — iconic war reporter and Honorary Life Member Joe Galloway — has a new tome coming out next month. They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans, whose title alludes to Joe’s and the late Lt. Gen. Hal Read more…

PHOTOS/STORIES: Go through your old photos/stories. If you have any photos of Marine photographers, cameramen, broadcasters, journalists or communicators, scan them or send them to USMCCCA Headquarters. (Please indicate if you want them returned.) ESTATE PLANNING: We don’t wanna die. But most of us do. It would be really great Read more…