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The National Museum of the Marine Corps is mounting a temporary exhibit of some of the combat cameras in the collection (including the Perkins Bell&Howell) and I am hoping that you can help me with some information about two of the cameras we have. One of the cameras is a Nikon Read more…

I am writing a book on the history of the NBC News Documentary Unit based at the Washington Bureau.  It started in 1961 with the production of David Brinkley’s Journal.  Ted Yates was the lead producer.  In 1963 they began to produce documentaries on foreign affairs and military conflicts.  On Read more…

2007 OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY winner by Cpl. Lendus B. Casey.Tomotaka Sekiguchi, motorcycle mechanic and Japanese national, crouches next to his custom built motorcycle set on display at this year’s 3rd Annual Oshima Motorcycle Camp Meeting.

Hundreds of submissions in the 2009 USMCCCA Merit Awards program are being screened and assembled at the Division of Public Affairs, Marine Corps headquarters, Pentagon.

With a deadline of February 16 the entries are still pouring in.  Another record breaking year in terms of volume in the print, broadcast and photographic competitions may be in the making, says MGySgt. Phil Mehringer, chief of Marine Corps public affairs and liaison to the association. 

His headquarters team for the project includes GySgt. Ronna Weyland, GySgt. Steve Williams (Marines TV), Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook and LCpl. Bryan Carfrey. Association Awards Chair Don Knight met with several members of the team at the National Press Club in December to discuss the recruitment of judges, a judging venue in Washington, D.C. on March 6 and 7, and the presentation of awards at the 2009 Annual Conference of the USMCCCA at Hampton, VA in September.

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Hey, want to join now? Go to the USMCCCA membership application and apply now. Also in the next few weeks, we will be adding to our members-only area to include: — Updated membership directory you can download — Previous Newsletters you can download — Photo Galleries of CCs, Conferences — Open Read more…

National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed Craig Ingraham recently on “The Story” with Dick Gordon about the making of the documentary “ABOVE AND BEYOND: The Story of Cpl. William T. Perkins, Jr.”.  You can hear the interview by clicking on The Story. From Craig Ingraham’s website: The brave ones fought with weapons. Read more…

Upcoming show on HBO starring Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance,” premiering on Saturday, February 21 at 8 p.m. Do not miss it.

First Marine Division combat correspondents (left to right) Sgt. Jose Guillen, Cpl. John Hoellwarth, SSgt. John Jamison, and I Marine Expeditionary Force combat correspondent Sgt. Colin Wyers are pictured in Kuwait during the troop buildup there before Iraq was invaded in early 2003. With the government-issued cameras used by Jamison Read more…