HQMC Semper Fit (MFS) Announces the Selection of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to Host the Second World Women's Military Basketball Championships
HQMC Semper Fit announces that Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton has been selected to host the Second World Women's Military Basketball Championships from 23-31 July 2016. This international event, organized by CISM (the world's second-largest multi-sport organization after the IOC), will require base-wide cooperation to execute and provides an opportunity for positive military-to-military engagement through sports.
Issued: March 30, 2016
1. HQMC Semper Fit (MFS) announces the selection of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to host the Second World Women's Military Basketball Championships 23 – 31 July 2016.<br> 2. The Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) is second only to the International Olympic Committee as a multi-sport/discipline organization. CISM Championships are hosted around the world and provides an avenue for the United States to project a positive image with valuable military-to-military engagement through sports.<br> 3. A multi-international event at the magnitude of the Second World Women's Basketball Championship will require base-wide cooperation to support and execute an international championship level tournament of this caliber to meet and exceed the expectations of CISM, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Armed Forces Sports Secretariat offices.<br> 4. This message is cancelled on 1 August 2016.<br> 5. Release authorized by MajGen B. W. Whitman, Director, Marine and Family Programs Division.