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Favorite Links

The following is a list useful links that the webmaster of the Chesty Puller Chapter (OH-2) of the Women Marines Association has compiled. If you wish to be added to this list, please email the webmaster.

 

Favorite Sites

This is the official website of the Women Marines Association (national level). 

This is the Marine Corps' official website.  Check it out for the latest Marine Corps news and for historical information as well.

This it the official website of the Marine Forces Reserve.  Check it out for plans, policies, news, and other information affecting local Marine Reserve units.

The mission of the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys For Tots program is to make Christmas brighter for less fortunate children.  Use this link to find out more about national sponsors and local support for this very worthy program.

This is the official website home of the Marine Corps Reserve units based in Brook Park, Akron, and Columbus, Ohio, Moundsville, West Virginia, and Buffalo, New York.  The website includes a tribute page to the Battalion's 48 Marines and Sailors who gave all while serving in Iraq during the unit's deployment from March through August 2005.

This is the official website for the Marine Corps League's national headquarters.  Check it out for updates on information on veterans benefits and MCL news.

The Young Marines program is an education and service program for boys and girls ages 8-18.  It promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members.  The Young Marines program is the focal point for the Marine Corps' youth Drug Demand Reduction efforts.

 

Doc Wiener's 3/25 Wounded Heroes Mission seeks to provide comfort and support for the Marines and Sailors of the Ohio-based 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment and other servicemembers who are receiving or who have received medical treatment for injuries sustained in the line of duty during service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or the Global War on Terrorism.

Cpl Brad D. Squires, a native of the Greater Cleveland area, served with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, the Marine Reserve unit based in Akron, OH.  He and four fellow Marines perished when the HMMWV they were traveling in was destroyed by an explosive device in June 2005.  Donations to this fund will help build and preserve memorials in Northern Ohio for all the men and women who have given their lives protecting our country's freedoms, and to help continue to carry on their names.

Cpl Jeff Boskovitch, a native of the Greater Cleveland area, served with the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment during the unit's deployment to Iraq during 2005; he was among the six Marine snipers whose lives were cut prematurely short on Aug. 1 by enemy action in the Al Anbar province of Iraq.  Visit this website to learn more about Jeff and the memorial foundation established in his honor.

Marine For Life is the Marine Corps' official transition assistance program for recently honorably discharged Marines.  The program also helps injured Marines, Navy Corpsmen, and their families by coordinating with the Veterans Administration's Health and Benefits departments and other agencies and organizations to ensure that injured personnel are receiving the most comprehensive care and assistance available.  Marine veterans can register as mentors, and Marine-friendly organizations can post help wanted notices on the website as well.