MY TWENTY YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Posted in: Female Marine, Life After the Corps, veterans, WWIIby Eileen Neiler Eileen A. Morgan Neiler born in East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania on 16 December 1923, the only child of John and Edna Morgan. Growing up during the Great Depression required moving many times as my father sought work. This sometimes meant spending only one year in any particular school. Most of my elementary school
Hana Romer
Posted in: UncategorizedMeet Hana WMA Member and Camp Lejeune Spouse of the year Following hundreds of nominations nationwide and a national vote yielding more than 20,000 votes, Hana Romer has been named the 2024 Armed Forces Insurance Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Spouse of the Year. Romer is currently stationed with her husband, Captain Nicholas Romer, at
Golda Fabian
Posted in: UncategorizedBy Golda Fabian Golda is a WMA Life member who is among our centenarians. She is still active in her chapter and WMA. A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. WMA is proud to have approximately
Barbara PreLi 1923-2023
Posted in: UncategorizedBarbara Preli, a long-time resident of the Hartford, CT area and later of Greensburg, PA, departed this life on July 4, 2023 She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends. Barbara was a beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunt, and friend.Barbara was born in Hartford, CT on May 24, 1923, to Ralph and Josephine
Marine Della A. Davis
Posted in: Boot Camp, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, ValuesBy Dottie Sargent Della is my mother. She joined the Marines at 18 years old in 1958. She always wanted to join because her whole family is service oriented. all her brothers were already in the Air Force, Army, and Navy, So she joined the Marines. Her MOS was Secretary/Typist. She loved the idea of marching
Heidi Larson Hurley
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Molly Marines, USMCThis #CoronaArtChallenge adventure started March 14, 2020, at the beginning stages of the Covid shut down. I thought I would document my days and motivate myself to do “something” every day to share with whoever cared to see what I did. Schools, businesses, and restaurants all shut down. The world shut down. I lost physical contact with my students, friends and family and wanted to reach out, and share what was going on in my life and mind.
Charlotte M. Ayers
Posted in: History, Life After the Corps, Military, Training, USMC, Values, WMA, Women Marines AssociationWMA Life Member Korean Era Veteran Charlotte Ayers was born and raised in Neillsville, WI. In Oct 1952 she enlisted in the Marine Corps, thereby joining her father serving in the Army, two brothers in the Marines, and another brother in the National Guard. After completing Boot Camp and Clerk-Typist School, Ayers was stationed at
SSgt Elize McKelvey
Posted in: Afghanistan, Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, Women Marines Association, Women of the Corps History Project, Women Serving in Combat2023 National Women’s History Month “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” is not only the theme for National Women’s History Month but is also the Women Marines Association theme for March, Women’s History Month. Print, radio, TV, art, music, and social media are all platforms used to tell stories.
United States Marine Corps Women Reserves. USMCWR
Posted in: Boot Camp, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Training, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWII2023 Anniversary of Continuous Service of Women Marines History of our Anniversary. (by Jeannine Franz and Gail Horn) By the WMA History Committee Happy anniversary lady leathernecks! Or, is it happy birthday? This is a common debate, but the answer is simple. Every year, the Commandant of the Marine Corps writes a letter to women
Transforming pain through paint, ‘Tech Picasso’ leaves traumatic memories behind
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Membership, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, Women Marines AssociationiAsia Brown spent 16 years as a gay woman in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” military. Now, she’s producing Xbox games, chasing her master’s degree at USC Marshall and painting images that stop viewers in their tracks. BY Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez USC News iAsia Brown’s Oceanside home seems in artful disarray. The downstairs space, cleared of furniture, is
CPL. RIVIERE’S JOURNEY TO AND IN THE MARINE CORPS
Posted in: UncategorizedStory by Lance Cpl. Kristy Ordonez 1st Marine Logistics Group CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — From helping U.S. Marines at the age of 12 during the Haiti earthquake to joining the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 21, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nailey Riviere, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment
Barbara Hoadley
Posted in: Boot Camp, Events, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, Women Marines AssociationUSMC Enlisted in 1950 Greetings from Clovis, CA. My name is Barbara Hoadley and I am a proud WMA Life Member #379. I recently attended the WMA Convention in Las Vegas and have also attended conventions in Buena Park, Minnesota, and Charleston as well as the Memorial Dedication in October 1997. These events have given