SSgt Elize McKelvey
Posted in: Afghanistan, Female Marine, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, Women Marines Association, Women of the Corps History Project, Women Serving in Combat2023 National Women’s History Month “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” is not only the theme for National Women’s History Month but is also the Women Marines Association theme for March, Women’s History Month. Print, radio, TV, art, music, and social media are all platforms used to tell stories.
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
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,
The History of Operation Caring Friends
Posted in: Afghanistan, Conflicts, Events, Female Engagement Teams, Female Marine, Iraq, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, Women Serving in CombatOperation Caring Friends (OCF) was started in 2002 as a way to send our servicemen and women “a taste of home”. Its main focus has been to take care of those who get little or no support from home.Mary and Jeff Merritt first started this venture a few boxes at a time when few were
Hagel Meets with Female Marines at Camp Lejeune
Posted in: Military, Military Sexual Assault, Military Sexual Trauma, Sexual Harrassment, Women Serving in Combat, Womens IssuesFrom Associate Press July 19, 2013 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has held a closed door meeting with female Marines at Camp Lejeune. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that Hagel also toured an urban warfare training facility at the base as students demonstrated tactics, techniques and procedures. After the training, Hagel met with more than
Marines Won’t Let Women in the Infantry Until at Least 2015
Posted in: Afghanistan, WMA, Women Serving in Combat, Womens IssuesBy Dan Lamothe Marine Corps Times Staff writer The Marine Corps won’t allow women to serve in the infantry until at least 2015, according to a new plan outlining how the service will conform to a landmark Pentagon decision allowing female troops into ground combat units. Each of the services and U.S. Special Operations Command