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
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
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
Recruitment of women Marines in the ’70s
Posted in: Boot Camp, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Training, USMC, Vietnam, WMAThis recruitment film, produced for the U.S. Marine Corps by Dallas-based Bill Stokes Associates, portrays the recruitment and training process for women in the Marines. The film starts with “Susie Smalltown” who joins the Marines for the “glamorous uniform”. The viewer then witnesses the transformation that takes place for women recruits during basic training and
Riley Compton
Posted in: Awards, Boot Camp, Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Professional Development, Training, USMC, Values, WMA, Women Marines AssociationMarine, Wife, Olympic Hopeful 1st Lt Riley Compton was raised in Carmel, Indiana and after high school received a softball scholarship to play D1 at George Washington University (GWU). Compton played four years there and graduated with a degree in Political Science. During her freshman year of college she met a Marine Officer Recruiter and
Dorothy Schmidt Cole, oldest living Marine, dies at 107
Posted in: Boot Camp, Family, Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIBY THÉODEN JANES JANUARY 13, 2021 05:33 PM, UPDATED JANUARY 14, 2021 02:34 P Dorothy “Dot” Cole, who enlisted as one of the earliest female Marine reservists in response to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and was widely celebrated around her birthday in September as the country’s oldest living Marine, died of a heart attack
WINIFRED BAER HODGIN
Posted in: Boot Camp, Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIWWII USMCWR By: Jon D, Hodgin She was born Winifred Baer on a dairy farm near the small town of Callicoon, New York on August 13, 1922. She graduated high school and then attended Albany State Teacher’s College, where she obtained a degree in education at the age of 19. She taught high school for
PFC Brooke L. Jalbert
Posted in: Awards, Boot Camp, Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Molly Marines, Training, USMC, Women Marines AssociationMolly Marine Awardee Essay Essay by PFC Brooke L. Jalbert PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BROOKE L. JALBERT PLATOON 4028 I was born and raised in Kansas City. My parents raised me and older sister to be confident and independent. We were given the freedom to make our own life decisions. Growing up, my sister was and
PFC Audrey Huntshorse
Posted in: Awards, Boot Camp, Female Marine, Molly Marines, Training, USMC, Values, Women Marines AssociationMolly Marine Award Recognition Essay Essay by PFC Huntsman “Recruit Huntshorse report to Senior Drill Instructor SSgt Chavez as ordered.” Hearing my name echoed down the squad bay was nothing too out of the ordinary, when I reported in to learn that I had been chosen as platoon 4029’s Molly Marine, was astonishing. I was
High Heeled Boots
Posted in: Boot Camp, Female Marine, History, Military, Training, USMC, WMAHigh Heeled Boots Leatherneck Magazine Volume 45, Issue 2 Feb 1962 Author: Clay Barrow There are several striking differences between the Women Marines’ boot camp and the men’s ONE OF THE most widely circulated football stories relates that once when Knute Rockne’s “Fighting Irish” were trailing, he stayed out of the locker room throughout
Changes to the Corps
Posted in: Boot Camp, History, Military, Personal StoriesWomen Marines – Changes to the Corps Drill Instructor Reunion Speech by MSgt. Brenda Moore (ret) When I was recruited in 1977, I was told by my recruiter that a Woman, was only 1/2 of a quota so they needed 2 women to make 1 quota. Pretty sure he wasn’t happy when I didn’t bring a friend
PFC Haley Hughes
Posted in: Awards, Boot Camp, Female Marine, Molly Marines, Training, WMAMolly Marine Platoon 4021 Private First Class Haley B. Hughes Upholding the core values of honor, courage and commitment by doing what is right in the face of fear, morally and legally, having integrity and taking responsibility for all actions while holding others accountable is what makes a Molly Marine. By putting the