NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Marine Corps Association

The Marine Corps Association (often abbreviated MCA) is an independent association which provides a professional organization for members of the United States Marine Corps. It is known for its publications Leatherneck Magazine and Marine Corps Gazette. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ... Leatherneck magazine is a magazine for members of the United States Marine Corps. ...

The MCA occupies a similar role with respect to the Marine Corps that the United States Naval Institute does for the United States Navy, the Association of the United States Army does for the United States Army, and the Air Force Association does for the United States Air Force. The United States Naval Institute is a non-profit, professional organization in the United States related to the Navy. ... USN redirects here. ... The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) is a private, non-profit organization which primarily acts as an advocacy group for the United States Army. ... The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. ... The Air Force Association (AFA) is an independent, nonprofit, civilian organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power. ... USAF redirects here. ...

Role

The MCA primarily is concerned with the welfare of ALL Marines and the advancement of professionalism within the U.S. Marine Corps. It provides professional education programs, publications (the Gazette and Leatherneck), support services to Marines and Marine activities, and it is the largest provider of awards to Marines in the world with over 7,000 provided in 2007. MCA provides events and services to the Marine Corps for events and other activities for which the Marine Corps cannot use appropriated funds.

MCA produces 6 annual dinners, 5 of which are done in coordination with headquarters USMC including the C4 Awards Dinner co-hosted by C4 (honoring Marine & civilian communicators of the year), Ground Awards Dinner- co-hosted by PP&O (where the 1st - 4th MarDiv Marines of the Year are presented with awards and the Leftwich Trophy is presented), the Ground Report - co-hosted by PP&O, the Ground Logistics Awards Dinner - co-hosted by I&L (where the logisticians of the year are presented with awards), and the newest - the MCCDC Dinner - co-hosted by MCCDC. MCA's own Annual Dinner features a high-level speaker.

Vision

Mission statement

History

The Marine Corps Association was founded on April 25, 1913. The first head of its executive board was then-Lt. Colonel John A. Lejeune, later the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps.^[1] is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, on 10 January 1867. ... The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reporting to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. ...

U.S. Marine Corps program

For roughly 60 years, the Marine Corps Association was a semi-independent organization managed by active duty Marine officers.^[2] ^[1]. The organization was headed by its president (the current USMC Commandant until 1976, then the Assistant Commandant) and an executive board. The organization started publishing the Gazette in March 1916. In the 1930s, a membership decline was reversed by efforts of Brigadier General George Richards.

Independent organization

In 1972, policy changes in the U.S. Department of Defense required that U.S. Marine Corps active-duty officers no longer staff the Marine Corps Association. An organizational change was made to spin the Association out of the Marine Corps, as a nonprofit organization. Retiring Colonel Bevan G. Cass was hired as the first Executive Director, and led the association until the end of 1978. During this time, the formerly separate Leatherneck Association (U.S. Marine Corps enlisted personnel) and Leatherneck Magazine, which were unprofitable, independently merged into the Marine Corps Association, which continued both publications and professional programs. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Leatherneck magazine is a magazine for members of the United States Marine Corps. ...

In January 1979, Brigadier General George L. Bartlett (retired) took over as the new Executive Director and led the organization until 1989. A key advance during Gen. Bartlett's tenure as executive director was that the Marine Corps Association built (at its own expense) a headquarters building located on the property of Marine Corps Base Quantico, the Marine's overall headquarters base. For legal reasons, the Association donated the building to the Marine Corps, which agreed to allow the MCA to occupy the building for 50 years (with provisions for extension at that point). The Marine Corps Base Quantico, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, is one of the largest United States Marine Corps bases in the world. ...

In January 1989, Lieutenant General Anthony Lukeman (retired) replaced Gen. Bartlett. Further organizational growth and integration and support of related Marines organizations (including Toys for Tots and the Marine Corps University Foundation among others) followed. An early official promotional photo from the Toys for Tots program Motorcyclists fill eastbound I-76 for the 2002 Toys for Tots parade to benefit patients at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia InPhonics CEO and CFO present the results of the companys Toys for Tots drive at InPhonic... The Marine Corps University was established on 1 August 1989 by Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Alfred M. Gray, reporting to the USMC Training And Education Command. ...

The current Executive Director is Major General Leslie M. Palm (retired), who assumed his position at the Association in 1998 on his retirement from the Marine Corps. ^[1] ^[3]

Programs

The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ...

Awards

The Marine Corps Association gives out a number of professional and writing awards annually to serving Marines.^[5]

References

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See also

The United States Naval Institute is a non-profit, professional organization in the United States related to the Navy. ... The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) is a private, non-profit organization which primarily acts as an advocacy group for the United States Army. ... The Air Force Association (AFA) is an independent, nonprofit, civilian organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power. ...

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