Marine plays hand game with children in Costa Rica
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Bridget L. Ajinga, the intelligence operations officer with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, plays a hand game with a Westfalia School student during a visit to the school in
Close-Order Drill
Posted in: WMAWomen’s Memorial Foundation U.S. Marine Platoon 4033 practices a close-order drill as their drill instructor (right, pointing down) monitors their effort on the 4th Battalion Parade Deck at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., 2000.
Marines volunteer at food bank
Posted in: WMAPhoto courtesy of United States Marine Corps Official Flickr Page Cpl. Erin Carpenter, a Hastings, Mich., native, and Sgt. Tiffany Benson, a Little Rock, Ark., native, both with Mobilization Command, Marine Forces Reserve, gather canned and sealed foods to package while providing volunteer service at the Greater Boston Food Bank May 4, 2010. The Marines
Women Marines Honor Their Own
Posted in: WMAThis video describes the moving 26th Biennial National Memorial Service held Sunday, September 5, 2010 during the WMA Convention in Denver. Click here to view original story
How Women Will End the War in Afghanistan | MarieClaire.com
Posted in: WMAIn search of peace in the war-torn nation, the Marine Corps has embedded one of the first all-female engagement teams. Suited up in more than 80 pounds of gear, Heather Sample patrols a region of Afghanistan in 104-degree heat.Photo Credit: Kate Brooks By Elise Jordan It’s 2 a.m. in the pitch dark of early morning
WMA Adds 2 More Molly Marines
Posted in: WMAOur latest Molly Marines (Center), PFC Carmen Hatton (Maroa, IL) and Pvt Sair Rodriguez-Macias (Indio, CA) recently graduated Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, SC. With them for the ceremony and are WMA SC-1 members (L-R): Linda Priest, WMA Molly Marine Liaison, PFC Tori Christen, SSgt Corrine Lorge, and PFC Jocelyn Gonzales Our Newest Molly
United States Marine Corps Women / January – May 1967
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Women Marines of WWII: Then and Now
Posted in: WMAAs The World Sees Us Only as old women, frail, easily intimidated, dull and uninteresting, and showing the physical and mental signs of aging. As I See Us I look beneath the outward appearance and Lo and Behold there are the same women who in their youth audaciously enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during
Vintage Coca-Cola Ad
Posted in: WMAI came across an interesting and odd vintage ad today on the “Tattered and Lost ephemera” blog: The ad says, “The offer of Coca-Cola fits so many occasions…greeting a friend, hospitality in the home, relaxing with a fellow worker. Whatever the circumstances, the refreshing quality and taste delights of ice-cold Coke please everyone. Make your
Paving the way: DiValerio among the first 19,000 females to join the United States Marine Corps in WWII
Posted in: WMABy Chris La Pelusa | May 20, 2010 SUN CITY – The battle of the sexes has been being waged practically since the Garden of Eden, but women in battle is a relatively new fact in American history. Only as recent as 1994 have women been able to take up arms on the battlefield alongside
Local woman retires from USMC, 1 of 4 black women to be colonel | DaytonDailyNews.com
Posted in: WMABy Julian Jeter-Davis, Staff Writer 6:54 PM Saturday, September 4, 2010 DAYTON — The United States Marine Corps gave Col. Gail Jennings an opportunity to excel. And excel she did. Jennings is one of only four black women who have the rank of colonel in the history of the U.S. Marines. This summer, Colonel Jennings
Saluting World War II Women Marines
Posted in: WMAIt was wonderful having so many of our World War II Marines with us at our Denver Convention