U.S. Marines from Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico take part in a week long Battle Skills Test (BST) on MCB Quantico, Va., Feb. 7, 2019. The BST training is used as a refresher for skills marines have learned in the past. (DoD video by Corporal Malik Daniel)

Introducing Sgt. Malik Hill who hails from Philadelphia and is assigned to HMX-1, MCBQ as an aviation technician, MOS 6432. He services components of three types of helicopters: V-22, VH-60 and VH-3D. Hill’s family has a tradition of military service – his dad served in the Marine Corps, his uncle retired from the Marine Corps, his brother serves in the Navy while his aunt serves in the Army. *Pictured in the background - first black United States Marine, Pvt. Howard P. Perry Graphic Illustration by: Sgt. Meghan Millott View Image

Officer Candidate School, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, conducted close order drill January 28, 2019, Brown Field, MCB Quantico, Virginia. Close Order Drill is conducted to instill proper weapons handling, self discipline and small unit cohesion. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Kerstie J. Daugherty)

"I joined for the opportunities; I stay for the Marines." - SSgt. Alexandria Blanche MOS 4591, CommStrat Chief at MCBQ and hails from Bristow, VA. "Do what average people do, you’ll have what average people have.” - Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour is the first black female Marine naval aviator AND first black female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces, earning her wings in 2001. During her time in the Corps, she I served two combat tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2007, Armour departed the Marine Corps to begin her own consulting firm and follow her other passions of motivational speaker and authorship. Graphic Illustration by: Sgt. Meghan Millott Read Story

Marine Corps Order 6100.13A states that you must have a current Physical Health Assessment (PHA) to run your PFT or CFT? Failure to run your PFT or CFT will result in a "required, did not take" entry on your FitRep and will result in being non-recommended for promotion or an adverse FitRep. No one wants those things so get your PHA done. By the way, it could take up to six weeks to schedule your PHA Naval Health Clinic Quantico so you better get going!

Who ordered the Code Red? We noticed a common theme in the comments section from all of you when the base is cancelled and you get a day off so the Marines created a video from your thoughts. Please remember that the safety of Marines and employees is our top priority during hazardous weather and the base commander has begun attempting to asses the weather and make the determination by 8:00 p.m. the evening prior.

* ALERT: New Quantico base access procedures effective immediately * Marine Corps base Quantico is now using the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS), a single access control system. DBIDS utilizes local, state and federal records to vet cardholders across all military branches and their installations, better ensuring the safety of information and personnel aboard Quantico. Read Story

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