6-67’s legacy lives on
April 25, 2014 — Dabbing tears trickling from her eyes, Nell Hannah, the mother of one of the 50 names etched in front of her, looked up with gratitude at the memorial which contained her son’s name. Hannah was just one of the scores of people who participated in the dedication of The Basic School Class 6-67 monument at TBS on April 25, 2014. Class 6-67 was the MORE
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First time training for TBS students
April 17, 2014 — The Military Operations on Urban Terrain Town aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico sat buried under the late night darkness around 11 p.m. on April 17, 2014. The town was quiet, almost too quiet. Only an occasional lit glow stick hinted of a presence. A company of Marine lieutenants had infiltrated the town, prepped it for an attack and now waited MORE
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Marines patrol the woods of Quantico
February 24, 2014 — Quickly and silently, 2nd Lt. Miles Stebbins, a student at The Basic School, emerged from a tree line and lowered himself onto the cool, muddy ground while providing security for the rest of his squad during a field exercise at TBS on Feb. 24, 2014. Marines from Alpha Company were participating in the second field exercise of their six-month MORE
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Visit to The Basic School reinforces U.S.-Japanese friendship
February 12, 2014 — When officials from the Japanese Ministry of Defense got a chance to pose a few questions to the executive officer of The Basic School, one of them wondered whether the leaders of Marines end up being those who have never known failure. Lt. Col. Daniel Tarbutton said instructors see “an interesting transformation” in many of the second lieutenants MORE
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Hot chow raises morale at MOUT Town
January 10, 2014 — Their slow gait and dirt-encrusted uniforms spoke volumes about the exhaustion Marines of Echo Company were experiencing as they walked through the Military Operations on Urban Terrain Town on Jan. 10, 2014. Little did they expect to turn a corner and find a hot breakfast waiting. Drops of freezing rain fell making the chilly winter morning in the MORE
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Counseling ‘surge’ brings Community Counseling and Wellness center to TBS
January 02, 2014 — Some time ago, The Basic School requested that a counselor be placed at Camp Barrett on the west side of Marine Corps Base Quantico. However, amid a Corpswide “surge” in counseling services, what TBS got was an entire Community Counseling and Wellness Center, which now occupies almost the whole second floor of Cox Hall. The new center, which held MORE
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Enlisted Marines find “War” on TBS training grounds
November 06, 2013 — Their eyes looked past the falling leaves, focused on every move made by 2nd Lts. Clarence Miller and Jereme Tayamen, machine gunners, in the woods of Marine Corps Base Quantico on Nov. 6, 2013, but their lips never made a sound. The Delta Co. officers were participating in “The War,” a final field exercise that all students participate in before MORE
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Cleaning house has a different meaning to these Marines
September 25, 2013 — It was quiet, too quiet, for a sunny, Wednesday afternoon. Second Lt. John Reale, 2nd Squad squad leader, peered into a courtyard through two shutters enclosing a second-story window at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain Town at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 25, 2013. It was simply a matter of time. Reale and about a dozen other MORE
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‘Marine chaplain’ returns to The Basic School
September 17, 2013 — When Chaplain Christopher Earley arrived at The Basic School just before Christmas 2012, it was at his own request. “I came through here 13 years ago,” he said. “I know exactly what they’re going through.” With almost 20 years of active duty service behind him, first as an enlisted Marine, then as a Marine Corps officer and for the last four years MORE
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Alcohol sale hours to be reduced at Quantico, liquor to disappear from TBS Mart
September 16, 2013 — In accordance with a memo from the commandant, a few changes will soon be made to the sale of alcohol on Marine Corps Base Quantico. Most notably, hard liquor will be pulled from the shelves of the Marine Mart at The Basic School, as the memo, sent to the director of the Semper Fit and Exchange Services Division on Aug. 26, 2013, directs that MORE
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