Mr. Culmer enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1949, completing recruit training at Montford Point Camp. He has the distinction of being a member of the last Platoon to attend basic training at Montford Point. Mr. Culmer retired from the Corps 1972 after serving 23 years at various billets including Cherry Point, Okinawa, Chu Lai and Ky Ha, Vietnam and Thailand.

Mr. Culmer has been a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the NMPMA for over 40 years and he has raised many thousands of dollars on behalf of Los Angeles Chapter 8, and our National Association.

 Since retiring from the Marine Corps, Mr. Culmer has served veterans with the Department of Veterans Affairs for 22 years in numerous capacities. He is also the past Chairman of the Los Angeles County Veterans Advisory Commission; former Chairman of the National Veterans Foundation; former Service Director for the American Legion of the Los Angeles County Council; and member of the Greater Los Angeles Mental Health Consumer Advocacy Council.

Mr. Culmer has demonstrated an understanding of the needs of his fellow veterans and has spent his life supporting their best interests and greater good, recently advocating for changing “Post Trauma Stress Disorder” to “Military Trauma Reaction,” which clearly defines the mental and emotional wounds that affect America’s Military Veterans.

Because of his commitment to service, Dave Culmer was inducted in the NMPMA Hall of Fame.

Dr. Reavis was drafted in to the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943. Dr. Reavis was among the first black marines in boot camp at Montford Point, located at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.  After his training, he was stationed in Hawaii during World War II, and served in an ammunition company.

After World War II, Dr. Reavis served with the 1^st Marine Aircraft Wing during the Korean War. Throughout his military career, he maintained numerous positions including, military police, criminal investigator and as a guard detachment non-commissioned officer. Including his service with the 1^st Marine Aircraft Wing,

Dr. Reavis retired from the Marine Corps after 21 years of service. He underwent training as a barber and later completed an Associate’s degree in real estate. In 2002, he received an honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters from the Virginia University of Lynchburg.

He is a co-founder and 1^st director of the San Diego Martin Luther King parade, which has been established as a San Diego tradition for close to 30 years. He continues to support the community as an adviser to the Board of Directors of the County Supervisor of San Diego, the Board of Directors of Francis Parker School, and was a Commissioner for the Naval Academy Commission.

Dr. Reavis continues to be an active member of the San Diego Chapter of the Montford Point Marine Association.  Because of his commitment to service, Dr. Reavis was inducted in the NMPMA Hall of Fame.

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