WMA Presidential Initiative 2021
Posted in: Events, Life After the Corps, Membership, Military, Values, veterans, Volunteer, WMA, WMA ChaptersIn the last quarter of 2021, WMA National President, Rhonda Amtower invited all members to get involved in their communities. Amtower encouraged WMA Chapters and WMA Members at large to help fill food pantries the support our communities in which they live. Many answered the call. VA-3 Hampton Roads chapter led the pack. They collected
Viva Las Vegas
Posted in: Events, Female Marine, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Professional Development, veterans, WMAExploring Our Las Vegas Convention The excitement is building as we continue to bring you another fantastic convention. The convention team is working hard to assure that your 2022 convention experience is among your top trips this year. On the 29th you can start checking in and then take a minute to say hello at
WMA REBRANDING EVENT
Posted in: Events, Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines AssociationWMA Rebranding Launch The WMA National Board of Directors recently received a brief and approved the rebranding concept achieved by TOKY our branding partner. We are now excited to invite you to a webinar where we will share with you the finalized results from our rebranding efforts. On Saturday, August 21st at 4 pm ET,
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
WMA KY-1’s Marines: Serving from 1950 to 2021
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Korean, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Membership, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines AssociationWMA Winning Colors KY-1Submitted by Phoebe Riner Marjorie Cox and I are KY-1’s oldest and youngest Marines. Marjorie joined theMarines at the age of 19, during the Korean War, and I joined in 2010 at 33 after being grantedan age waiver. Tasked with writing about our Marine service for women’s history month, ourstories are more
Corporal Germaine Laville
Posted in: Fallen Warrior Women, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, Values, WMA, Women Marines Association, Women of the Corps History Project, WWIICorporal Germaine Laville Laville lived in Plaquemine, La., graduated from LSU in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in education and was a member of Chi Omega sorority. The oldest of seven children, she decided to represent her family in the World War II effort by enlisting in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in July,
Sgt Mary Frances Danaher Griggs WWII USMCWR
Posted in: Family, Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Training, USMC, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIBy Gary Griggs Mary Danaher was the oldest of 10 and born in St Joseph Mo on April 3, 1923. After High School she had a boyfriend and a good job. But when war broke out she felt someone in her family should represent the family in the war effort and with her brother not old enough she
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
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
Do Better, Not Do-Over
Posted in: Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Professional Development, USMC, Values, veterans, WMAI – Angie –am like many people out there. My 2021 personal goals aren’t that different than last year’s. My hope is that the concerts I wanted to attend will get rescheduled, the road races I had planned to run will happen, and the trips I had scheduled I can actually take. On the surface, it can
Pain
Posted in: Family, Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Women Marines AssociationBy Sue Kaszynski It is almost 11:30 at night. I am way beyond exhausted. I am typing this on my phone and myhands can hardly hold it and I keep having spasms. But I figured now was a good time todiscuss my next topic; PAIN. Everyone has felt pain at one point or another. Mental,
Elizabeth Redfern Newberg USMCWR
Posted in: Family, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, WWIIMrs Newburg is celebrating her 100th birthday and her family is requesting cards. Please join the Women Marines Association in wishing her a VERY happy 100th Birthday and thank her for her service. Elizabeth Redfern was born in Titus County shortly after the First World War. The family later moved to Marshall, where she attended