Meet the Volunteers of MarineParents.com

Staff, Directors and Volunteers

It takes a lot of volunteer hours for the Connect & Share™ online support services offered at Marine Parents. These services include three message boards and the chat room for Marine and recruit family and friends. Each of the volunteers goes through rigorous training where each learns OpSEC guidelines as well as intense guidelines from the privacy and security of the family members posting on the boards or participating in chat nights. The volunteers are also required to have an extensive knowledge base of the services and information available at Marine Parents. Additionally, these volunteers work remotely from their homes with their own equipment and connectivity.

Our volunteers are truly commited to supporting Marine Corps families and friends and work a tremendous number of hours to get the job done, in addition to meeting the requirements of additional reading and continued education about the ever-changing organization and Marine Corps.

Let's give a big Ooh Rah! to these folks for their time and commitment!

Julie is a closet essayist, although not so much in the closet since she discovered MarineParents. A random life BC (Before Children): UC Berkeley grad, BA Spanish, flight attendant for World Airways...[Read More ]

Karen met her first Marine (a poolee) in 1977 and stayed in contact all during Boot, SOI, and other reserve drills. In 1979 she got personal military experience when she joined the U.S. Air Force. ...[Read More ]

Her Marine is her Grandson, but raised as a son. Works at Sams Club in membership where she enjoys dealing with members. Enjoys swimming and taking care of grand kids. Always has a neighborhood and fa...[Read More ]

Charles and Karen have been married for over thirty years and enjoy doing things together. They have two sons and one daughter-in-law. They are involved in their Church and are enjoying learning about...[Read More ]

Anita has lived and worked in Cannon Beach, Oregon for the last 25+ years. She is one of the owners of a popular dinner house located in Cannon Beach. She raised three wonderful sons during that tim...[Read More ]

Amy spent most of her childhood in a small town in Northeast Ohio. Her father is the pastor of a small Bible church and her parents own their own window washing business. She is the oldest of five chi...[Read More ]

Dave is married to his wife Dawn of 25 years. He is the proud parent of 2 boys and 1 girl. His oldest son Josh is in the Marine Corps; daughter Raelynn is a senior in high school and is planning on jo...[Read More ]

Sue is the mother of four. Kevin who is on active duty with the Marine Corps Currently Deployed.Three Daughters Sn. Linda who is currently At Point Loma (Near SD)Completing her Advanced Traing in Sona...[Read More ]

Kim is a single proud mom of three children, Jennifer, 26, who teaches academic subjects to pregnant and new teen moms, Rudy, 23, who recently graduated from Central Michigan University with a d...[Read More ]

Jaimie is the proud sister of a US Marine. She is the eldest of three children and loves spending time with her siblings. Her family includes her mother, younger brother, and younger sister. They h...[Read More ]

Iansdad is married to Darlene and is the very proud father of Cpl Ian, and equally proud of his daughter Devyn (Ians_sis)....[Read More ]

CaliforniaMamaCat lives in Northern California in the Redwood Curtain. She has been married for 23 years. She is the mother of two sons and 5 cats. She is an avid photographer and crafter. Her sons ar...[Read More ]

Richard has 3 children, number one son is 30yrs old, number two son is his Marine and is 23yrs old, and his favorite daughter is 21yrs old and a junior at the University of Wyoming. He is also PaPa to...[Read More ]

Maria is a wife and a mom. She has two children a Marine Son who is the reason she found out about MarineParents and a daughter who attends the Fashion Institute for Photography. She is actively inv...[Read More ]

Jen is a Registered Nurse who is married to a wonderful man named Ken. She has 3 Children- two boys and a girl. Jen and her family enjoy traveling anywhere whenver possible. Jen's hobbies include Re...[Read More ]

Single Mom of three, two girls and one boy. Lacey, the oldest married to a youth paster, Kyle the middle, a USN FMF Corpsman, and Gabby the youngest, a super senior at UNCG studying Parks and Recr...[Read More ]

Darlene has been married to her husband Michael for 23yrs. They have 3 sons - Brian(22) who lives close by them in Boise; Patrick(20) their Marine, who is stationed at Camp Pendleton,CA; and Jayson(15...[Read More ]

Tanya is married to Mike, a former Air Force officer, and is mom to Michael, a junior in college and Lance Corporal Sam. She works as a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep, and currently only has her "furry b...[Read More ]

Sandy and her husband, Don, were married in 1968. Don is a former Marine - Viet Nam Vet, 1966-1967. They have three adult children and five grandchildren. Sandy retired in 2001 after 30 years of te...[Read More ]

Martha is married to her sweetheart, Ron. They have 2 sons, Kyle (28) and Neal (23). She is retired from working in different types of libraries. Ron still works restoring classic cars & hot rods...[Read More ]

Jan is a 52 year old divorced mom of two sons...one 20 year old, who is the IT officer for a business in Nixa, MO. The yongest son, age 19, is currently a Marine....[Read More ]

Donna has been married to Steve for over 30 years and they are still laughing and dancing together! They are both from Minnesota, but have lived in Wisconsin for a number of years. Donna is a technic...[Read More ]

Jim and Denise are parents of Jonathan(married to Lindsay) and LCPL Thomas. No grandchildren yet, but the grand-puppy, cuter than a button, is named Skeeter. Skeeter is a papillon appropriately...[Read More ]

Betsy is a single mom of 2 children, Casey & David, who decided that she'd had enough of working and retired to sunny Southwest Florida. Her passion is needlework mainly cross stitch and needlep...[Read More ]