‘Marine Corps. Coordinating Council’ Category:
20 Apr
The branches of the Armed Forces, the American Red Cross, the USO, the Veterans Administration, and the Houston Military Affairs Committee, among others have organized a combined family support program to serve the needs of the Houston military community.
The purposes of the committee are to promote military family programs; coordinate activities, share ideas and resources, serve as a clearinghouse, enhance communication, and expedite the flow of information in an attempt to assist military families in the Houston area; as well as promote the military and its contributions to the city, state and country in the greater Houston area.The committee will work with the Texas InterService Family Assistance Committee.
For more information contact the Committee Chairman LCol “Dude” Hall, USMCR at Mailto:hallce@mfr.usmc.mil or the Public Affairs Officer Paxton Williams at Mailto:pegasus.pkw@att.net
20 Apr
The USPS has a program for military family members and friends to supply them with packaging materials to send packages to troops overseas. If you call 1(800) 610-8734 and select option # 1, ask them for the “Military pack” they will send you boxes, tape, packaging materials and labels at no charge to you or the recipient. They will also give you an I.D. number so if your supply runs low, you just call them up and they’ll send you more supplies. The materials take about four to ten days to receive. USPS web site www.usps.com/supportingourtroops/ has guidelines for packing, addressing, and shipping items to U.S. troops. The kit contains: – Three (3) each of flat rate boxes O-FRB1 and O-FRB2 – Two each of Cube boxes OBOX4 and OBOX7 – Address labels – Label # 228 10 each – One roll of Priority Mail tape – 15 customs forms with envelopes. [Source: Mike Glass msg. dtd 31 Jul 06]
20 Apr
The site location at Interstate 45 and Scarsdale Blvd. will allow the Veterans Museum committee to move into the next phase of development to include fund raising with local, state, and federal partners along with foundations, corporations, and individuals whose interest is in preserving the memories of all veterans through an oral history project but to include collections of artifacts donated by veterans. On Monday, August 15, 2005, a historic signing ceremony was held as ExxonMobil transferred 35 acres of land to the Veterans Museum in Texas. The TEXAS House has approved $5 million for the Veteran’s Museum. It will have to be approved by the Senate and will be contingent upon Federal Matching Dollars! The goal of the Veterans Museum is to commence groundbreaking within 3 years.
For more information on the Veteran’s Museum, go to www.TheVeteransMuseuminTexas.org or Malcolm Browne, 2650 Fountainview, Suite 127, Houston, Tx 77057 Phone 713-962-5214 or email: mbrowne@ix.netcom.com
20 Apr
The Marine for Life program provides sponsorship for Marines that honorably leave active service and return to civilian life. In short, for Marines leaving active duty honorably, the Marine For Life Program acts as a bridge between the Corps, the community, and the workplace. Marines are trained in fields as varied as communications, electronics, law enforcement, firefighting, information technology, human resources, administration, logistics, maintenance, air traffic control, supply, and finance. Through Hometown Links located in cities across the nation, Marines find help matching their skills to civilian jobs. Additionally, the program helps transitioning Marines quickly integrate into a network of resources that can assist them with needs ranging from continuing education, housing, veterans issues, child care, and legal assistance among others. The goal is to make each Marines transition from military service as positive an experience as possible.
There is a monthly Houston Marine Networking Luncheon for employers, transitioning Marines and anyone who is part of the Marine family in Greater Houston. This event is held the 3rd Thursday of each month at Masraff’s www.masraffs.com . If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Captain Matt Tune or Sergeant Tony Martin at Houston@M4L.usmc.mil . The Marine For Life Program also has an online job board for employers to post jobs that transitioning Marines to view. The Marine For Life web site can be found at www.M4L.usmc.mil .
20 Apr
MISSION STATMENT: In conjunction with existing Marine Corps Support Services and other civilian support organizations, the Long Term Casualty Support Committee will provide further assistance to Marines and their families within the local area.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Provide follow-up support to injured Marines, their families and families of Marines killed in action; Coordinate with Marine Corps units to identify those in need; Make initial contact – introduce MCCC Support Services; Establish those-to-be-supported database; Maintain history / issues / contact information; Develop scheduled recall (ongoing contact- keeping in touch); Serve as a central clearinghouse to direct those Marines/family members to appropriate support services after handoff by appropriate Marine Corps unit; Expand MCCC web site to incorporate news and links as it relates to family support; Develop and produce a support manual/binder; Reference tool for non-computer users.
COMMITTEE CONTACTS:
Col.Paul Brennan USMCR (ret)
pbrennan@industrialinfo.com
(713) 859-8286
SgtMaj. J. R. Osborne, USMCR (ret)
jrosborne@prodigy.net
Sgt. Tony Martin, USMC
Tony.martin@M4L.usmc.mil
(713) 373-1539
20 Apr
The Fisher House organization uses more than a million frequent flyer miles per week in distributing free round-trip airline tickets to families of war-wounded servicemembers being treated in military and Veterans Affairs medical facilities across the country. To date, the program has distributed more than 4,000 tickets, using more than 150 million frequent flyer miles. Fisher House gets the millions of frequent flyer miles through “Operation Hero Miles.” The program has been expanded to wounded servicemen and women being treated at major military and Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country. Those who have approved convalescent leave may be given a free round-trip airline ticket to visit loved ones if they’re not eligible for government-funded airfare. Family members are also eligible for the free tickets. Requests for tickets have to originate from a servicemember and must be forwarded to Fisher House by a hospital social work staff member, family assistance center or service casualty office. The unused frequent flyer miles come from private and corporate donations. For more information on the program or how to donate your unused earned miles, visit http://www.heromiles.org/ and/or http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,78786,00.html.
20 Apr
The Tx-2 chapter of the Women Marines Association is gathering recipes for a cookbook project to raise funds for the 2008 national convention which will be hosted here in Houston. The title of the book is “Cooking with Marines,” and we’re soliciting recipes from Marines (men and women)….active duty, inactive, reserves, former (or current) military cooks, etc.
Please help us out by going through your recipes, and sending us your favorites. In the submission, please be sure to include the name of the recipe, a list of ingredients (pay particular attention to the measurements as we will submit exactly as you write it), the process for mixing and cooking, and any details specific to serving (I.e., serve hot, cold, chilled, etc.). Include your name, printed as you want it to appear in the book. We’d also be interested in hearing a little about your time in the service.
Please submit recipes to BJ Huggins (WMA), P.O. Box 1821, Pasadena, Tx 77501, or Karen Beatty at kebeatty1961@yahoo.com.
We appreciate your help with this.
20 Apr
U S A Cares exists to provide military families with financial support and other critical resources in their time of need. We provide a “Hand Up, Not a Hand Out” - Visit www.usacares.org for information.
20 Apr
We are conducting radio and television-quality interviews with WWII veterans of all theaters of operations as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Your story is more important than you may think! (European Theater Interviews and accompanying pictures and documents will be preserved for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Pacific and CBI Theater Interviews are to be preserved at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX.)
SEND contact information to: The WWII Pacific Theater Project, 1823 Roanwood Dr., Houston 77090, OR call to leave message for Rick Lindsay at 713-932-0619 or E-Mail to: PACIFICTHEATERPJ@aol.com. We need 10,000 interviews. Veterans and veterans organizations are requested to provide names of all veterans for these important oral histories. The interviews will be conducted by historians, veterans, students, and others interested in preserving the history of our veterans.
20 Apr
Operation Independence “O.I.” supports all our troops by sending to them C-rats (baggies filled with personal notes, food, and various other goodies). These goodies are packaged in Platoon size boxes containing 50 individual baggies. They have packaging centers around the country and their work force is completely volunteer. The local center uses either individuals or groups to fill these boxes and they accept tax deductible contributions. If you are interested or know of someone that is interested, contact Paul Renfro at 713-941-3697 for more information.
