MCA&F MEMBERS

Focus Group Questionnaire:

What about membership is most important to you?

• Getting the Gazette and/or Leatherneck
• Discounts/sales at the Marine Shop
• Belonging to the Professional Association of the Marine Corps

What subjects would you like to read more of in the Gazette?

• Military Strategy/Defense Policy
• Operations and Tactics
• Future War and Innovation
• Leadership
• Training and PME
• Other ____________________________________________________________

What features would you like to see more of in Leatherneck

• Marine Corps History (up to Vietnam)
• More recent Marine Operations (1980s to the present)
• Biographic articles on notable Marines
• Marine humor
• Writing and Photo contests

Do you shop at the Marine Shop either in-store or on-line?

• Yes
• No

What would you like the association to do that it currently does not?

• Scholarships for off-duty education
• Reunions for units or regions
• Networking for transitioning Marines
• Employment seminars for spouses

Have you ever attended an MCA&F professional dinner or event?

• Yes
• No

Do you belong to any other military associations, or societies?

• USNI
• MCAA
• MOAA
• Marine Corps League
• Other_____________________________________________________________

Do you read military related blogs or websites?

War on the Rocks Task & Purpose Strategy Bridge   Other _____________________

Do you listen to audio books?

Do you listen to podcasts?

NON-MEMBERS

Focus Group Questionnaire:

Why are you not (currently) a member of the Marine Corps Associaton?  

• Not worth it, nothing of relevant value to me
• Felt like I was forced to join at Bootcamp or sometime in the past
• Used the discount for my uniform and never renewed

Have you ever received an award for excellence at a formal school or training program?

• Yes
• No

Do you read the Gazette and/or Leatherneck?

• Yes
• No

If you do, how?

• Borrow a copy
• Read the office copy (unit subscription)
• Read the free content on-line
• Read local copies (unit PME)

Has your unit ever conducted a battlefield study or staff ride?

• Yes
• No

If yes where/what battle?  _______________________________________________________

Have you ever used your unit’s library to read books from the Commandant’s Professional Reading List?

• Yes
• No

Have you ever attended an MCA&F professional dinner or event?

• Yes
• No

Do you belong to any other military associations, or societies?

• USNI
• MCAA
• MOAA
• NCOA
• Marine Corps League
• Other_____________________________________________________________

Do you read military related blogs or websites?

• War on the Rocks
• Task & Purpose
• Strategy Bridge
• Other _____________________

Do you listen to audio books?

Do you listen to podcasts?

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