A century of solidarity: Celebrating 100 years of women serving in the Marine Corps
Posted in: WMACAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES Story by Sgt. Justin Huffty 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit A century of solidarity: Celebrating 100 years of women serving in the Marine Corps By Sgt. Justin Huffty, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — On August 13, 1918, Pvt. Opha May Johnson became the first in a
Henderson Hall Birthday Ball
Posted in: WMAMC Ball Speech for H&S BN 16 Nov 2018 By Rhonda Amtower Thank you Colonel Couch for inviting me to join you and Sgt Major to the Battalion’s celebration of the 243rd birthday of our Corps. I am very honored to be here tonight to be among fellow Marines to speak about the Commemoration
We Tend the Fields
Posted in: WMAWE TEND THE FIELDS WOMEN IN WARTIME: TRIBUTE TO WOMEN OF WWI 8 NOVEMBER 2018 By Michelle J. Howard In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row… So starts the popular poem from World War One. In May 1915, Canadian Doctor John McCrae had lost his friend to an artillery shell.
102-year-old female WWII Marine
Posted in: WMA102-year-old female WWII Marine among honorees at Souderton Area High School veterans brunch By Bob Keeler bkeeler@21st-centurymedia.com @bybobkeeler on Twitter Nov 9, 2018 Updated Nov 12, 2018 FRANCONIA — With this being the third year the Interact and Support Our Troops clubs at Souderton Area High School held a get-together with local veterans for Veterans Day,
100 Years of Women in the Corps
Posted in: WMACelebrating 100 Years of Women in the Corps This year marks the centennial of women serving in the United States Marine Corps. Throughout our history, women have served with courage and distinction in the Corps in defense of our Nation’s freedom. We recognize and celebrate the many ways that women’s history has become woven
Supporting the Women Marines Association
Posted in: WMAThe Mission Never Stops It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself…Serve and thou shall be served. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The Women Marines Association (WMA) is a non-profit charitable 501(c)3 organization comprised of women who have or are
WMA National President Birthday Greeting
Posted in: WMAFROM THE OFFICE OF RHONDA AMTOWER WMA National President 10 November 2018 243rd Birthday Greeting Marines and Loyal Escorts, As we join the celebration of our Corps’ 243rd Birthday we stop to realize that women have been a part of this proud history for 100 years. Since 1918 when Opha May Johnson became the first