Marine Della A. Davis
By Dottie Sargent Della is my mother. She joined the Marines at 18 years old in 1958. She always wanted…
Heidi Larson Hurley
This #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
WMA Life Member Korean Era Veteran Charlotte Ayers was born and raised in Neillsville, WI. In Oct 1952 she enlisted…
SSgt Elize McKelvey
2023 National Women’s History Month “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” is not only…
United States Marine Corps Women Reserves. USMCWR
2023 Anniversary of Continuous Service of Women Marines History of our Anniversary. (by Jeannine Franz and Gail Horn) By the…
Transforming pain through paint, ‘Tech Picasso’ leaves traumatic memories behind
iAsia Brown spent 16 years as a gay woman in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” military. Now, she’s producing Xbox…
Barbara Hoadley
USMC Enlisted in 1950 Greetings from Clovis, CA. My name is Barbara Hoadley and I am a proud WMA Life…
80th Anniversary Message
Celebrating 80 years since the USMC Women Reserves 13 Feb 2380 years ago, the slogan “Free a Marine to Fight”…
80th Anniversary of the Marine Corps Women Reserve
13 February 2023 – 80th Anniversary of the Marine Corps Women Reserve Since World War II By Rosa Osborn. It…
Meet Kassie Diaz
WMA LIFE MEMBER An Interview with Kassie Marie DiazBy Alyssa Diaz Known as the first, and only, female to operate…
Recruitment of women Marines in the ’70s
This recruitment film, produced for the U.S. Marine Corps by Dallas-based Bill Stokes Associates, portrays the recruitment and training process…
Our History – Our Service
By Rosa Osborn In 2010, as a warrant officer and several years in the Marine Corps, I thought I knew…