Winning Earth Day photographs revealed
April 29, 2014 — For the second year, Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Branch hosted an Earth Day photo contest. Anyone interested was invited to take photos on base and submit them. “The purpose [of the event] was two-fold,” said Maj. Peter Baker, deputy director of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs. “[We MORE
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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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Barks and meows drive birdies
April 25, 2014 — A bright, clear morning greeted golfers at the Medal of Honor Golf Course, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, on April 25, 2014, as they loaded their golf carts and prepared to start the Putt for the Paw Golf Tournament. More than a dozen teams registered to play the tournament as a benefit for the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Pets for Vets MORE
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50M Pool to open in May
April 22, 2014 — Not only does April showers bring May flowers, but they also help fill the Quantico 50M Pool, which is scheduled to open May 24, for all service members, family members, military retirees and DOD civilians. Patrons will be able to use the pool until Sept. 15, without enduring price-increases or other changes compared to last year. “Our prices are MORE
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Temporary commissary closing for good of customers
April 22, 2014 — Scheduled to be completed in early June, the end of Marine Corps Base Quantico’s commissary renovations are in sight. One of the final pieces of the project is the replacement of the store’s shelving units, which will temporarily close the base grocery. Instead of closing at 6 p.m., the commissary will shut its doors at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 27, MORE
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Simple ways to safety
April 15, 2014 — Not having one is inconvenient. Having one, that isn’t taken care of, is hazardous at best and deadly at worst. The U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Incident Reporting System found that there are an estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings that are reported to U.S. fire departments each year, and cause an estimated five MORE
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Legal update class offered on base
April 15, 2014 — Marine Corps Base Quantico’s Legal Support Section will host a legal refresher course April 17, 2014, at the Chapel Annex, 3019 Embry Loop, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. This all-day class with legal representatives from the trial, defense and legal assistance sections, provides commands with information on law changes and the understanding of MORE
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Cracks in Marine Corps legacy
April 09, 2014 — A copy of probably one of the most iconic Marine Corps symbols, the monument of the Iwo Jima flag-raising, sits, as if a guard, at the main gate aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. When Marines of the Ceremonial Platoon went to change the monument’s flag on March 30, 2014, they found cracks in the structure. “I would attribute this damage to normal MORE
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Concentrated but not inferior
April 02, 2014 — The 65 Marine sergeants, who graduated from Sergeants Course on April 2, 2014, at Geiger Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, had more than just graduation to lift their heads with pride. This class was also the first to complete the course in just four weeks, nearly half the time of the former course. Historically, Sergeants Course is a MORE
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