Marine Corps Base Quantico

 

Marine Corps Base Quantico

"Crossroads of the Marine Corps"

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MCB Quantico staff, area commands plan for destructive weather May 27, 2014 — More than 30 personnel, including Marine Corps Base Quantico and area command staff, gathered at the Clubs at Quantico on May 22, 2014, for a Destructive Weather Tabletop Exercise.During the exercise a common understanding of how they will respond to a destructive weather event  was reached and communication plans were discussed by the key staff MORE
Transitional compensation offers financial stability to domestic abuse victims May 22, 2014 — Military family members who suffer from domestic violence face many obstacles that can deter them from reporting to authorities, including the threat of financial hardship, said Anita Payne, clinical supervisor at the Family Advocacy program aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. MORE
What I learned working with wounded warriors May 21, 2014 — For the last three years I have served as the chaplain to the Wounded Warrior Regiment providing pastoral care to wounded, ill and injured Marines, their family members and the military and civilian staff who advocate and care for them. It has been a sacred privilege to have served in this capacity. As I prepare to move on to my next assignment, here are some of the “lessons learned” that will go with me. MORE
Commander’s Memorial Day guidance, safety message May 21, 2014 — Monday will be set aside as a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. Formerly known as Decoration Day, communities in America fly their national colors at half mast and commemorate their heroes in ceremonies across the nation. I encourage you to find an opportunity to take part in one of these ceremonies. This long MORE
What Marines need to know about South China Sea territorial disputes May 20, 2014 — The nine-dash-line is an area in the South China Sea that China claims as sovereign territory. It extends from the southern coast of China, down the east coast of Vietnam, to the northwest coast of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia, up the entire west coast of the Philippines, and to Taiwan. The history of this line is somewhat debated: Many argue that these claims date back officially to 1935, when the Kuomintang government published an official list of Chinese names for the islands in the South China Sea. Many Chinese, however, refer to a series of maps commissioned during the Qing Dynasty that show the entire area as belonging to China. And some members of the Chinese government argue there is written proof of sovereignty going back several centuries B.C. MORE
Quantico base hosts DIA’s joint intelligence exercise May 20, 2014 — Disarmed torpedoes and land mines lay strewn along the Potomac River shore, while a “kamikaze” motorboat floated off in the distance and unidentified weaponry scattered the area. Nearly a dozen military members from the U.S. armed forces and allied countries combed the vicinity looking for any technological intelligence that the enemy may have left behind. MORE
Family Advocacy Program: know options, end domestic abuse May 20, 2014 — Quantico’s Family Advocacy at Marine Corps Base Quantico Program wants domestic violence victims to know there are options when seeking help. MORE
The emergence of ‘hashtag advocacy’ in Africa’s AOR May 20, 2014 — The reaction to the terrorist group Boko Haram’s kidnapping of approximately 270 girls from a school in northern Nigeria on April 15 has seemingly transformed from another harrowing episode of terror to an international outrage fueled by direct global grassroots appeals to release the girls. The #BringBackOurGirls campaign can be safely characterized as the first social media mandate for international intervention in Africa. MORE
Culture analyst helps bring two different worlds together May 14, 2014 — Since 2012 Denise Slater has been working as the Latin America SME and researcher as part of the Regional Culture and Language Familiarization program at the CAOCL. At RCLF she is responsible for identifying topics of regional relevance, conducting research and development of academic curriculum on all Latin America’s sub region. Areas of research include Latin American culture, political institutions, social-economic issues, security, governance, regional issues and regional militaries. MORE
Expeditionary Warrior 2014 highlights future of Navy-Marine Corps team May 12, 2014 — The Navy-Marine Corps team must continue to find new ways to fulfill engagement and crisis response requirements despite operational access challenges and an uncertain future security environment, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. John. M. Paxton said at the outbrief for Expeditionary Warrior 2014, the Marine Corps’ Title 10 wargame. MORE

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