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A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND SERVE
Every two years, WMA holds a National Convention and Professional Development Conference that invites members and Marines worldwide to gather for a week of camaraderie and commemoration. The convention includes educational seminars and business meetings to ensure the working order of the WMA organization. This bi-annual event brings together the community of women Marines who have a commitment to serve that goes above beyond the honor of the “blood stripe,” and steeps into families, friends, and communities. It’s a time to celebrate women Marines.
WMA Conventions deliver a wealth of opportunity for celebrating achievements through award ceremonies that recognize WMA members, chapters, Loyal Escorts and the WMA Auxiliary. Included are influential keynote speakers who present professional issues and a variety of leadership training. Active-duty Marines/FMF qualified may attend via TAD orders for seminars related to their Military career as well as mentoring from fellow Marines (per MARADMIN published in HQMC).
The convention has come a long way since the inspirational idea of Jean Durfee who help develop WMA into a world class organization and bringing the concept of community to its first convention in Denver, CO in 1960.
1960 – Denver, CO 1962 – Cleveland, OH 1964 – St. Louis, MO 1966 – New Orleans, LA 1968 – San Francisco, CA 1970 – Philadelphia, PA 1972 – Honolulu, HI 1974 – Galveston, TX 1976 – Boston, MA 1978 – T.S.S.MARDI GRAS Cruise, FL 1980 – Seattle, WA 1982 – Scottsdale, AZ 1984 – French Lick, IN 1986 – Buena Park, CA 1988 – Savannah, GA 1990 – Denver, CO 1992 – San Diego, CA 1994 – Orlando, FL 1996 – San Antonio, TX 1998 – Las Vegas, NV 2000 – Washington, DC 2002 – Minneapolis, MN 2004 – San Diego, CA 2006 – Louisville, KY 2008 – Houston, TX 2010 – Denver, CO 2012 – Philadelphia, PA 2014 – Kansas City, MO 2016 – Portland, OR 2018 – Washington, DC 2020 – Omaha (Cancelled due to COVID )
