Recruiting Women Marines
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWIIA small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more they will be added.
Recruiting Women Marines
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWIIA small collection of posters that were fashioned to recruit women into the Marine Corps. As we come across more they will be added.
All In the Family
Posted in: Family, Female Marine, History, Korean, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Professional Development, USMC, Values, veterans, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWIIGenerations of Military Service Families carry strong traditions from generation to generation. It may be how they celebrate a holiday. It can be traditional foods from the countries of parents and before. Many celebrate generations of military service. We feature for you here some of those generations with our female Marine families.. From:Cheryl June Auth
Looking Back – Women Marines: 25th Anniversary
Posted in: History, Military, USMC, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWIIWomen Marines: 25th Anniversary reprinted from the Marine Corps Gazette Vol 52 Issue 2 Author: Pat Meid A time to reminisce but even more to look at a new generation of Women Marines making its own contributions, blazing new trails, and serving with distinction. ALTHOUGH women traditionally tend to be chary and somewhat imprecise when
Lakota Woman Warrior
Posted in: Conflicts, Family, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, Women Marines Association, WWILakota Woman Warrior By: Brenda White Bull “‘Lakota Woman Warrior,’ a title I hold to the highest standards. As I look in the mirror, I give myself permission to feel very proud. I not only see my own image, but I see glimpses of my ancestors’ blood running through my veins. I come from a
Noteworthy Women Marines
Posted in: Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, WMA History, Women Marines Association, WWI, WWIIDid you know? By Nancy Wilt Did you know that two women Marines had been held as prisoners of the Japanese prior to United States declaring war on Japan? Charlotte Day Gower was the Dean of Women at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China during the initial Japanese attack on the city. Charlotte has
PTSD
Posted in: Afghanistan, Conflicts, Iraq, Korean, Military, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWIIPost-traumatic Stress Disorder: More Than Just Anxiety By Micaila Britto You hear a noise, which takes you back to a time and place you would prefer to forget. Or you have been in a horrific accident or witnessed one, and the memory will not go away. You have been involved some way in a bombing, which
Marine Corps WWI 100% Girls
Posted in: History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, Women Marines Association, WWIBy Sabrina Messenger Who were the 100% Girls of World War One? Nowadays, you see a lot of percentage numbers thrown around by either the media or political activists. Some recent examples? Occupy Wall Street slogan: “We are the 99 %”. A recent Presidential candidate spoke of people whom he labeled as the