Meet Kassie Diaz
Posted in: Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Iraq, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Values, Women Marines AssociationWMA LIFE MEMBER An Interview with Kassie Marie DiazBy Alyssa Diaz Known as the first, and only, female to operate unmanned aircraft as an external pilot for the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army, Kassie Diaz also qualified as a Pioneer UAV1 External Pilot in 2002. Additionally, she served as a Corporal
Our History – Our Service
Posted in: Afghanistan, Awards, Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Iraq, Korean, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Values, veterans, Vietnam, WMA, WMA History, WWIIBy Rosa Osborn In 2010, as a warrant officer and several years in the Marine Corps, I thought I knew it all. I knew the history of the Marine Corps. We all do. I didn’t discover just how little I knew until 2010 while attending the WMA Convention in Denver. I was not only amazed
Kay Reeb – WMA National Chaplain
Posted in: Conflicts, Iraq, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Membership, Military, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, WMA Chapters, Women Marines Association, Women Serving in CombatKay Reeb has served as the Senior Naval Science Instructor of the NavyJunior Reserve Officer Training Corps at Curtis High School in Staten Island, NY since 2015.She graduated from South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and aMaster of Education in Guidance and Counseling and then earned a Master of Divinity
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
WWII Bernice Trotter
Posted in: Conflicts, History, Military, WWIIBernice Trotter USMCWR By Tim Stanley Tulsa World After four years, Bernice Trotter had long since come to terms with the fact that her brother was gone. But as she stood there with her parents, watching his flag-draped casket being unloaded from the train, it felt almost like she was losing him all over again.
Free A Man to Fight
Posted in: Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Military, USMC, WWIIMarine Corps Women Reserve Marine Base San Diego 1943-1946 By Rick Huenefeld and Barbara McCurtis ‘Free a Man to Fight’ – the call to arms in February 1943 when the Women’s Reserve (WR) of the United States Marine Corps was activated. The first WR reported to Marine Corps Base (MCB) San Diego in
Female Marine Officer Leaves Lasting Legacy
Posted in: Awards, Conflicts, Fallen Warrior Women, Female Marine, Iraq, Military, Scholarships, WMA, Women Marines AssociationFemale Marine Officer Leaves Lasting Legacy Almost a decade has past since the death of U.S. Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung but her legacy continues to grow with every year since her passing in 2006. By: Amy Forsythe Bureau Chief at AFN Pacific in Guam The phone call came on an average Wednesday to the
Sarah Frost – Trailblazer
Posted in: Conflicts, History, Military, Personal Stories, veterans, WWIISarah Frost WWII Marine Trailblazer By Michelle Weaver My mother was the first trailblazing woman I ever knew. In 1967 she joined the Army and was a secretary for General Westmoreland in the Pentagon during the Vietnam war and in 1973, when I was two, she was the first woman accepted for officer candidate
Lakota Woman Warrior
Posted in: Conflicts, Family, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, Women Marines Association, WWILakota Woman Warrior By: Brenda White Bull “‘Lakota Woman Warrior,’ a title I hold to the highest standards. As I look in the mirror, I give myself permission to feel very proud. I not only see my own image, but I see glimpses of my ancestors’ blood running through my veins. I come from a
Noteworthy Women Marines
Posted in: Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWIIDid you know? By Nancy Wilt Did you know that two women Marines had been held as prisoners of the Japanese prior to United States declaring war on Japan? Charlotte Day Gower was the Dean of Women at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China during the initial Japanese attack on the city. Charlotte has
Florence Folks Moore
Posted in: Conflicts, History, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIFLORENCE KATHERINE (FOLKS) MOORE DOB – February 11, 1915, Ashland Kansas The Marine Corps was the last of the services to open its ranks to women in World War ll. During the last months of World War l some 305 women had been enlisted for clerical duties and coyly called “Marinettes”. A Women’s
The Female Veteran
Posted in: Afghanistan, Conflicts, Female Marine, Iraq, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, Women Serving in Combat, Womens IssuesThe Female Veteran Unique Service and Needs By Micaila Britto As you walk down the streets of your town every day, you see her there – a woman who might be attired as a business manager, health care worker, or any number of other skilled professionals. You think that she probably is someone’s mother, daughter, sister,