Dear MajGen Usher,
Please allow me to express my deepest thanks and appreciation to you and the members of the Board of Governors of the Marine Corps Association for the recognition and generous gift associated with the 2011 Col Bevan G. Cass Professional Writing Award. It was the utmost honor for me to even be recommended for consideration and I am proud to be associated with Colonel Cass and his contributions both as a Marine and as the first Executive Officer of the MCA. Thank you for the close and continuous support that the MCA provides to the Marine Corps University, the Command and Staff College, and the USMC as a whole.
Very Respectfully,



