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Branch Hall Rededication 2019
Posted in: WMAU.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidates School (OCS) hosted the Branch Hall rededication ceremony, May 1, in remembrance of Capt. Fredrick C. Branch, the first African American Marine Corps officer.
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Awards
Posted in: WMAColonel Julia Hamblet Award to Jim Moran JIM MORAN lives in Yorkshire, England with his wife and daughter. Jim has had a forty-year-long career as a civil engineering surveyor working on major highway and airbase construction projects, both in the UK and overseas. Jim has studied the history of the United States Marine Corps,
WMA Donates to VMAQ Prowler Monument
Posted in: WMAWomen Marines Association Makes Donation Members from several chapters of the Women Marines Association met on 13 April 2019, in Jacksonville, NC., to make a check presentation for the VMAQ Foundation. This donation of $2,500 will support the building of this monument and give recognition to our Marines who served in Prowler units. This monument
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Announces 2019 Awards
Posted in: WMAMarine Corps Heritage Foundation Announces 2019 Awards for Outstanding Portrayals of Marine Corps in Media, Art, Literature and Scholarly Research Triangle, Va. (April 17, 2019) – The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Foundation’s 2019 Annual Awards. Eighteen honorees were selected amongst the greatest number of entries received since the awards program
March in Honor of Our Fallen
Posted in: WMANATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE Monday, 27 May 2019 2 – 5 p.m. Honor Our Fallen Heroes & Experience a Day to Remember The Women Marines Association is seeking her members and our fellow women Marines to participate in the National Memorial Day Parade.
Brigadier General Lorna Mahlock
Posted in: WMABrigadier General Lorna Mahlock First African American Female General in the Marine Corps Celebrating Black History Month Brigadier General Lorna Mahlock is the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) and the Deputy Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Marine Corps. Prior to her current assignment, she served as Deputy Director,
Annabelle and Joe
Posted in: WMAAnnabelle Weiss – The Heart and Soul of a Marine Don’t let Annabelle Weiss’s petite stature fool you. Inside this delicate 90-year-old is the heart and soul of a Marine. Almost 70 years after the end of World War II, the pride she bears from serving in the U.S. Marine Corps is still strong.
From the Desk of the President
Posted in: WMAFrom the Office of the President 76th Anniversary Greeting February 2019 As we commemorate the 76th Anniversary of the establishment of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve on 13 Feb 1943, we cannot deny the importance of that date to our proud heritage of women’s service in the Corps. Women have earned the title “Marine”
First female Marine from U.P. Of MI.
Posted in: WMAFirst female Marine from U.P. recalls service to country BY: DEBORAH PRESCOTT ESCANABA — Stevie Severson is a patriot, and was determined at a young age to enlist into the armed forces straight out of high school. She would have to wait, prove her identity, and convince her parents to approve her enlistment before she
A century of solidarity: Celebrating 100 years of women serving in the Marine Corps
Posted in: WMACAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES Story by Sgt. Justin Huffty 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit A century of solidarity: Celebrating 100 years of women serving in the Marine Corps By Sgt. Justin Huffty, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — On August 13, 1918, Pvt. Opha May Johnson became the first in a
Henderson Hall Birthday Ball
Posted in: WMAMC Ball Speech for H&S BN 16 Nov 2018 By Rhonda Amtower Thank you Colonel Couch for inviting me to join you and Sgt Major to the Battalion’s celebration of the 243rd birthday of our Corps. I am very honored to be here tonight to be among fellow Marines to speak about the Commemoration