The Marine Corps Association & Foundation, often abbreviated MCA, is a professional association for members of the United States Marine Corps. The association was founded in 1911, and its main focus is the professional development of Marines, both officers and enlisted. They do achieve this thru its two monthly publications, The Gazette and Leatherneck. The MCA occupies a similar role with respect to the Marine Corps that the Unites 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. Marines often use the programs offered by the association for their personal and professional growth. Some of the programs most easily recognized by all Marines are : Professional military education, awards (the biggest and most loved program since they give you stuff for free), ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Course) support, seminars, luncheons, dinners and other social events.
To become a member the only requirement is to survive thirteen weeks of the most intensive basic training known to the armed forces of our nation, Marine Corps Recruit Training, or 6 to 10 weeks Officer Candidate Course. With that out of the way it comes the easy part, since the magazines are geared to a specific sector of the Corps (let me explain myself, in Leatherneck magazine you will find articles more apt for enlisted, and its counterpart, The Gazette, will report on issues concerning more to the officers class) you just get a year subscription to a magazine and it will cover your membership due. It is actually backward, the membership due covers the magazine subscription but nobody sees it that way. The membership fee is $35 a year for one magazine and the online version or $70 for both magazines plus the online version.
I decided to feature the MCA in my blog because it was a big part of my development as an Non-Commissioned Officer in the Marine Corp. It did in fact help me to ascend the promotion ladder, since its articles are meant to do so if you heed to theirs advises. It also was a good way to keep myself informed of what was going on in the Corps. Leatherneck magazine has a section were you can see troop deployment thru the globe. If you, my respected reader, have not the honor nor privilege to belong to my brotherhood, my band of brothers, but are interested in find out more information about the MCA and maybe catch some of theirs on-line articles go to: https://www.mca-marines.org/
To become a member the only requirement is to survive thirteen weeks of the most intensive basic training known to the armed forces of our nation, Marine Corps Recruit Training, or 6 to 10 weeks Officer Candidate Course. With that out of the way it comes the easy part, since the magazines are geared to a specific sector of the Corps (let me explain myself, in Leatherneck magazine you will find articles more apt for enlisted, and its counterpart, The Gazette, will report on issues concerning more to the officers class) you just get a year subscription to a magazine and it will cover your membership due. It is actually backward, the membership due covers the magazine subscription but nobody sees it that way. The membership fee is $35 a year for one magazine and the online version or $70 for both magazines plus the online version.
I decided to feature the MCA in my blog because it was a big part of my development as an Non-Commissioned Officer in the Marine Corp. It did in fact help me to ascend the promotion ladder, since its articles are meant to do so if you heed to theirs advises. It also was a good way to keep myself informed of what was going on in the Corps. Leatherneck magazine has a section were you can see troop deployment thru the globe. If you, my respected reader, have not the honor nor privilege to belong to my brotherhood, my band of brothers, but are interested in find out more information about the MCA and maybe catch some of theirs on-line articles go to: https://www.mca-marines.org/
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| MCA Logo |
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| Marine Corps Gazette: March 2014 Cover |
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| Leatherneck Magazine: March 2014 Cover |
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