Nominations for the 2019 Irene Ferguson Marine Wife of the Year are due by April 24, 2019.
Irene Ferguson Marine Wife Recognition Award
Purpose: To honor and highlight the resiliency, strength, and dedication that a United States Marine Corps wife embodies as she supports our military men and women, families and communities.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 award.
Women whose husbands are currently on active duty and serving in a unit with a home base located in the USMC Southwest Region of the United States qualify.
The award was founded by World War II pilot Major Glenn Ferguson (USMC-retired) in memory of his beloved wife Irene. The award honors and highlights the resiliency, strength, and dedication that a United States Marine Corps wife embodies as she supports our military men and women, families, and communities.
The winner receives a $1500 monetary award, along with a plaque and recognition ceremony at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, San Diego, CA.
Click Here To Enter via our Online Form
Friends and family members of USMC wives are encouraged to submit a nomination. For additional information see https://flyingleathernecks.org or call the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation office at 858-693-1723.
About the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation
By supporting the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, the Foundation helps to preserve the history of U.S. Marine Corps aviation, honor military service, and inspire in all generations an appreciation of America’s freedoms and values. The Foundation has established a collaboration with the Character Education Resource Center at the University of San Diego to provide lessons in US history, leadership, character, patriotism and aviation science.
About the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum
The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated primarily to USMC aviation, with the largest and most complete collection of historical aircraft flown by Marine pilots in the world. The collection includes many extremely rare and historically significant artifacts and aircraft from WWI to present day. There are 31 aircraft currently on display, including “Lady Ace”, the CH-46 helicopter that evacuated the U.S. ambassador from the rooftop of the embassy in Saigon on April 30, 1975. The Museum is open to the public six days per week and admission is free. The Museum welcomes more than 25,000 visitors annually and has attracted over 25,000 vintage aircraft enthusiasts on its Facebook page. The Museum will host “Open Cockpit Days” and “Picnic with Pilots” events May through September.
