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Winter 2024 – 2025 Scuttlebutt
We are pleased to bring you a jam-packed winter issue of the UMA Scuttlebutt! UMA has been busy with events this quarter, and this 16-page issue shares SO photos, news, and resources for members. Rea... Read More
Fall 2024 Scuttlebutt
We are pleased to share the fall issue of the UMA Scuttlebutt. This issue shares photos, news, and resources for members. Read about: Fall 2024 Scuttlebutt... Read More
Summer 2024 Scuttlebutt
We are pleased to share the summer issue of the UMA Scuttlebutt. This issue shares photos, news, and resources for members. Read about: Summer 2024 Scuttlebutt... Read More
The history of Memorial Day
“That Nation which respects and honors its dead shall [for]ever be respected and honored itself.”1– Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Burke Whitman, 1868 Every year on the last Monday in May, Ame... Read More
“My experience as a military child”: featuring Ephraim Blair
April is the month of the military child, which makes it an appropriate time to share my personal experience. Being a military child has impacted my life in innumerable ways and has shaped who I am. M... Read More
UMA presents Women Veterans Entrepreneurs Panel
On March 25, the USPTO Military Association hosted a “We Can Do It! Women Veteran Entrepreneurs” panel discussion at the Alexandria campus. The showcase was an inspiring display of experti... Read More
Quarterly meeting celebrates 2023, anticipates 2024
The USPTO Military Association (UMA) quarterly membership meeting met March 21 in the Clara Barton Auditorium of the Madison building. During the meeting, members were able to hear from Bismarck Myric... Read More
UMA at the USPTO “Women in IP” event
The USPTO Military Association enjoyed hosting a snack table and participating in the Voluntary Employee Organization (VEO) showcase at last week’s “Women in IP” event at the Alexand... Read More
Veteran Highlight: Phyllis Black
Open to opportunity Phyllis Black wasn’t actively searching for a post-military job when she attended a career fair the month before her military retirement in 2014. However, after 25 years in the M... Read More
Spring 2024 Scuttlebutt
We are pleased to share the spring issue of the UMA Scuttlebutt. This issue shares photos, news, and resources for members. Read about: Spring 2024 Scuttlebutt... Read More