U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan Salvato conducts the 22 a Day thruster and run exercise during the Training Command’s Fittest Instructor Competition at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 24, 2025. The Fittest Instructor Competition determines which Marine is the most fit across the major support elements of Training Command while supplementing those competitors with increased education in aerobics, nutrition, and exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by James Frank) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan Salvato conducts the 22 a Day thruster and run exercise during the Training Command’s Fittest Instructor Competition at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 24, 2025. The Fittest Instructor Competition determines which Marine is the most fit across the major support elements of Training Command while supplementing those competitors with increased education in aerobics, nutrition, and exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by James Frank)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Blatter, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist, places a mortar in chain vice straps to unscrew a fuse at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 1, 2025. Orange County local Henry Vap found a 50mm French Mortar dating back to WWII on his homestead. Larry Griffith, the investigator on the scene, and a captain from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, identified the mortar, and claimed it could be a live piece of ordnance of military connection, so he notified the explosive ordnance disposal team from MCB Quantico. The EOD team disassembled the ordnance, rendering it to be safe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Blatter, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist, places a mortar in chain vice straps to unscrew a fuse at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 1, 2025. Orange County local Henry Vap found a 50mm French Mortar dating back to WWII on his homestead. Larry Griffith, the investigator on the scene, and a captain from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, identified the mortar, and claimed it could be a live piece of ordnance of military connection, so he notified the explosive ordnance disposal team from MCB Quantico. The EOD team disassembled the ordnance, rendering it to be safe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Abel Lopezrijos, an intelligence chief with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducts a shooting drill during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Championships individual rifle match, hosted by Weapons Training Battalion at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 14, 2025. The competition brings together the top shooters from regional Marine Corps Marksmanship Competitions to test their skills in precision rifle, action pistol, and multi-gun shooting. It continues the legacy of the Marine Corps shooting team, which has upheld marksmanship excellence since the early 1900’s and reinforces the Corps’ commitment to marksmanship as a core warfighting skill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Braydon Rogers) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Abel Lopezrijos, an intelligence chief with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducts a shooting drill during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Championships individual rifle match, hosted by Weapons Training Battalion at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 14, 2025. The competition brings together the top shooters from regional Marine Corps Marksmanship Competitions to test their skills in precision rifle, action pistol, and multi-gun shooting. It continues the legacy of the Marine Corps shooting team, which has upheld marksmanship excellence since the early 1900’s and reinforces the Corps’ commitment to marksmanship as a core warfighting skill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Braydon Rogers)
U.S. Marine Corps First Lt. Max Goldberg, left, and Maj. Michael Farnan, both defense council judge advocates for the National Capital Region at Marine Corps Base Quantico, are congratulated by the audience in attendance after being awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on MCB Quantico, April 10, 2025. Goldberg and Farnan performed life-saving actions to an unconscious woman at a bus stop in Phoenix, Feb. 7 2025. Farnan immediately called emergency medical services while Goldberg looked for an opioid antagonist after realizing her pulse was low and breathing was shallow. After applying the Narcan, the woman’s condition improved, and emergency medical services arrived. As EMS took the woman, they explained to the Marines they probably saved her life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk) - U.S. Marine Corps First Lt. Max Goldberg, left, and Maj. Michael Farnan, both defense council judge advocates for the National Capital Region at Marine Corps Base Quantico, are congratulated by the audience in attendance after being awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on MCB Quantico, April 10, 2025. Goldberg and Farnan performed life-saving actions to an unconscious woman at a bus stop in Phoenix, Feb. 7 2025. Farnan immediately called emergency medical services while Goldberg looked for an opioid antagonist after realizing her pulse was low and breathing was shallow. After applying the Narcan, the woman’s condition improved, and emergency medical services arrived. As EMS took the woman, they explained to the Marines they probably saved her life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk)
Jena Nierman, head supervisor of the Fish and Wildlife Program, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division for Marine Corps Base Quantico, points out bite marks from beaver damage at Camp Barret on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, January 29, 2025. Cambium is a soft layer found in trees that beavers need as a part of their sustenance that is readily available for consumption. Beavers found on MCB Quantico are essential to the ecosystem to help with habitat creation, biodiversity, and water quality control. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miranda C. DeKorte) - Jena Nierman, head supervisor of the Fish and Wildlife Program, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division for Marine Corps Base Quantico, points out bite marks from beaver damage at Camp Barret on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, January 29, 2025. Cambium is a soft layer found in trees that beavers need as a part of their sustenance that is readily available for consumption. Beavers found on MCB Quantico are essential to the ecosystem to help with habitat creation, biodiversity, and water quality control. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miranda C. DeKorte)
The 50th U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers a speech to personnel in attendance of his arrival at Marine Corps Air Facility on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025. Vance, who previously served as an active-duty, combat correspondent Marine, visited MCB Quantico and some of its 27 tenant commands to understand the operations of base, which serves as the bed of innovation and education for the Corps and the future of warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez) - The 50th U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers a speech to personnel in attendance of his arrival at Marine Corps Air Facility on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 26, 2025. Vance, who previously served as an active-duty, combat correspondent Marine, visited MCB Quantico and some of its 27 tenant commands to understand the operations of base, which serves as the bed of innovation and education for the Corps and the future of warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)
Bluebell flowers cover Merrimac Farm during the annual Bluebell Festival in Nokesville, Virginia, March 30, 2025. Bluebell flowers only bloom for a few weeks in the early springtime, which marks part of the significance of the festival. Another unique aspect of bluebell flowers, is that they specifically grow on floodplains and glow blue when observed from a distance in the sunlight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miranda C. DeKorte) - Bluebell flowers cover Merrimac Farm during the annual Bluebell Festival in Nokesville, Virginia, March 30, 2025. Bluebell flowers only bloom for a few weeks in the early springtime, which marks part of the significance of the festival. Another unique aspect of bluebell flowers, is that they specifically grow on floodplains and glow blue when observed from a distance in the sunlight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miranda C. DeKorte)
Quantico’s FMEAP Program Specialist Loves Connecting Spouses with Employment Resources - Quantico’s FMEAP Program Specialist Loves Connecting Spouses with Employment Resources
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jacqueline Sapitro, a student at the Expeditionary Warfare School, pulls a firetruck during her training for a strongman competition at Fire Station 533 on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 5, 2024. Sapitro’s training consisted of the pulling of a fire station truck and ambulance as well as overhead pressing two three-inch water hoses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Darien Wright) - U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jacqueline Sapitro, a student at the Expeditionary Warfare School, pulls a firetruck during her training for a strongman competition at Fire Station 533 on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 5, 2024. Sapitro’s training consisted of the pulling of a fire station truck and ambulance as well as overhead pressing two three-inch water hoses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Darien Wright)
This graphic illustration highlights the many people that make New Years Resolutions only to quit them days later. Created January 28, 2025. According to a Pew Research Center study, nearly 41% of those who make resolutions don’t keep all of them or even none of them. The second Friday in January is known as "Quitters Day." This illustration was created with the pencil, ink and digitally colored with using Adobe Photoshop. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic illustration by Charles Wolf) - This graphic illustration highlights the many people that make New Years Resolutions only to quit them days later. Created January 28, 2025. According to a Pew Research Center study, nearly 41% of those who make resolutions don’t keep all of them or even none of them. The second Friday in January is known as "Quitters Day." This illustration was created with the pencil, ink and digitally colored with using Adobe Photoshop. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic illustration by Charles Wolf)