Update now required for chemical hazard communication training
October 31, 2013 — It will be more than a year and a half before manufacturers have to bring their labeling and documentation of hazardous chemicals in line with international standards, but employees who handle those chemicals, and their supervisors, have little more than a month to update their training for the new labeling system. The Globally Harmonized System, MORE
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Quantico recognizes civilian members of ‘Marine Corps team’
October 31, 2013 — As he opened a civilian recognition ceremony last week, Col. David Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico, noted that it was an “interesting” time to recognize workers who have been subjected to furloughs and then a government shutdown in recent months. Maxwell thanked “those who have persevered through all that, as well as the many other MORE
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Trick-o-Treat safety tips
October 30, 2013 — There will be several trick-or-treating opportunities on base this year including the housing areas on base. Here are some safety tips to keep in mind. MORE
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Sweeping without a broom: Marines accomplish possibly fatal chore
October 30, 2013 — “Digging,” yelled Gunnery Sgt. Gage CoDuto, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, from a water-eroded crater on Range 7, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on Oct. 30, 2013. CoDuto was one of 11 Marines participating in a range sweep, an event where explosive experts occupy a target range and look for unexploded ordnances. With his exclamation, MORE
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Personal weapons subject to registration, background checks, other rules
October 30, 2013 — There is no shortage of firearms and other weapons aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. However, there are also abundant rules and regulations around owning and carrying weapons. The first rule, said Master Sgt. Terrell Lambert, operations chief for Security Battalion, is, “All personnel who reside aboard the installation need to have their weapons MORE
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Quantico Archery Site open to all Marines, civilians with licenses
October 29, 2013 — The Natural Resources and Environment Affairs Branch created the Quantico Archery Site with the help of the Conservation Volunteer Program to provide a place for Marines and civilians to practice their archery skills.Marines and civilians with archery, hunting or fishing license can access the site from 11 a.m., until half an hour after sunset from MORE
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Band of Brothers: 4th Marine, Yorkshire Regiments renew long friendship
October 29, 2013 — In 1927, members of the 4th Marine Regiment were stationed in Shanghai, China, to guard the U.S. Embassy and other American assets. After a local uprising that the Marines helped control, the municipal government presented the Marines with drums and fifes. Also there were members of the Yorkshire Regiment, known as the Green Howards. Having never played drums or fifes, the Marines turned to the Green Howards, who helped quell the uprising for lessons, thus cementing a relationship that had begun during the uprising. Later that year the units exchanged plaques to mark their service together. MORE
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Where there’s smoke there’s a….fire drill
October 29, 2013 — Emergency lights flickered and fire alarms sounded inside the Ammo Supply Point aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on Oct. 29, 2013, as outside, smoke billowed from underneath a 7-ton truck.Despite the numerous worried looks cast by drivers-by, the scenario wasn’t a true emergency, rather a fire drill.“This is an annual training piece that we try to MORE
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Red Ribbon week in memory of fallen Marine
October 28, 2013 — Marine Corps Community Service representatives and Drug Enforcement Administration agent hosted a slide show presentation and information booth at Yale Hall, on Oct. 23, 2013 to inform Marines about the dangers of abusing prescription and over the counter medicines.The booths offered Marines pamphlets about how to recognize drug abusers and what MORE
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When marathoners push past limits, Quantico-led medical team is there
October 28, 2013 — At 6 a.m., almost two hours before the 38th annual Marine Corps Marathon got underway, the staff of Medical Aid Station Alpha was preparing for the end of the race. As the aid station just across the finish line, Alpha is the largest and busiest of the 10 medical tents around the race course, all of which are managed by active duty Naval Health MORE
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