Charlotte M. Ayers
WMA Life Member Korean Era Veteran Charlotte Ayers was born and raised in Neillsville, WI. In Oct 1952 she enlisted…
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…
80th Anniversary Message
Celebrating 80 years since the USMC Women Reserves 13 Feb 2380 years ago, the slogan “Free a Marine to Fight”…
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…
Rosa Osborn
Julia Hamblet Awardee WMA extends congratulations to WMA Member Rosa Osborn as the 2022 recipient of the Julia Hamblet Award….
Rev. Melinda Townsend
WMA Mational Chaplain Melinda Townsend was born in Denver, CO and raised primarily in the north-central area of New Mexico…
Mary Palazzolo WMA Member of the Week
Mary Palazzolo is a life member of WMA joining first with the Motor City Chapter located in Michigan in the…
WMA Meet Our Member
Roberta “Randy” Tidmore Randy was one of 18,000 women who joined the Marines by that year. While comprising just 4…
WMA Member of the Week
Bettie Glassey Life Member WA-3 Bettie Glassey was nominated by Peggy Reiber. Reiber states: I would like to nominate Bettie…
The Importance of Belonging to WMA
By: Valerie Johnson When I joined the Women Marine Association, it brought a new form of life to me Valerie…