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Members of Quantico Power Lifting Team are Cpl. Joshua Horne, left, combat instructor, The Basic School; Staff Sgt. Matthew Reep, platoon sergeant, Warfighting Company, Infantry Platoon, The Basic School; Private First Class Tiffany Boyd, data network specialist, Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Center; and Petty Officer Third Class Caleb Stricklin, corpsman, David R. Ray Branch Health Clinic. - Members of Quantico Power Lifting Team are Cpl. Joshua Horne, left, combat instructor, The Basic School; Staff Sgt. Matthew Reep, platoon sergeant, Warfighting Company, Infantry Platoon, The Basic School; Private First Class Tiffany Boyd, data network specialist, Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Center; and Petty Officer Third Class Caleb Stricklin, corpsman, David R. Ray Branch Health Clinic.

Marine powerlifters aim to increase numbers

Perfect the technique first and the strength will come later. That’s what Staff Sgt. Matthew Reep, platoon sergeant, Warfighting Company, Infantry Platoon, The Basic School, tells newcomers to powerlifting as they learn the tricks of the trade that he’s mastered over more than two decades of competition.

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Daughter of WWI veteran born at Quantico returns

There are few people alive today who can say they remember Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, recipient of two Medals of Honor, but Jeanne Black Burke, age 91, is one of them. Burke was born at the Marine Corps Base Quantico hospital on Nov. 4, 1923 and attended school on base through third grade.

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Quantico Middle/High School students attend a Model United Nations conference at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Nov. 14-16. Students in business attire. - Quantico Middle/High School students attend a Model United Nations conference at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Nov. 14-16. Students in business attire.

Quantico Middle/High School students participate in Model United Nations program

Earlier this year, Quantico Middle/High School became only the second school in the Department of Defense educational system to institute a Model United Nations program, and 18 students and faculty attended their first conference Nov. 14-16 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Sgt. Gustavo Antonio Arroliga-Lopez, a Marine recruiter in Woodbridge and a native of Nicaragua, takes the Oath of Citizenship along with other new citizens during last month’s Naturalization Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps last month. - Sgt. Gustavo Antonio Arroliga-Lopez, a Marine recruiter in Woodbridge and a native of Nicaragua, takes the Oath of Citizenship along with other new citizens during last month’s Naturalization Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps last month.

Nicaraguan native, Marine becomes new US citizenship

His path to American citizenship began in his native Nicaragua and included stops in Afghanistan, Germany, Malaysia and Singapore among other places. Sgt. Gustavo Antonio Arroliga-Lopez, Marine recruiter in Woodbridge, said it was the least that he could do for a country that has been so good to him and his family. Now 31 years old with seven years of service in the Marine Corps, Arroliga-Lopez was only two when his family first came to the U.S. in search of a better life.

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What does success look like for VPP?

“This is real, it is not a drill,” said Kurt Vimont, deputy director of Base Safety, about the Voluntary Protection Program that the base committed to in November. “What’s next? Get involved,” he added. “Ask yourself, ‘What can I do to look out for myself, my co-workers and my supervisor?’ If everyone gets involved we will get a positive return on investment.”

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Fr. Vincent Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam. The medal was donate by his family to the Marine Corps and will be displayed in the chapel at The Basic School. - Fr. Vincent Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Vietnam. The medal was donate by his family to the Marine Corps and will be displayed in the chapel at The Basic School.

TBS to dedicate Capodanno MOH

The Medal of Honor belonging to Father Vincent Capodanno will be unveiled Tuesday at its new home at The Basic School that already bears his name. The 4 p.m. ceremony at the Capodanno Chapel, whose theme will appropriately be “Serving Alongside Marines,” will formally mark the local debut of the Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to the Navy lieutenant who gallantly gave his own life for the Marines with whom he served during the Vietnam War. The Capodanno family donated the Medal of Honor to TBS in September to assure that it would be properly taken care of and displayed prominently.

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Facilities employees at Marine Corps Base Quantico were recognized by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dennis McGinn for their efforts in reducing energy usage by 27 percent, since 2003. - Facilities employees at Marine Corps Base Quantico were recognized by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dennis McGinn for their efforts in reducing energy usage by 27 percent, since 2003.

Secretary speaks of energy, mission effectiveness

The assistant secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations & Environment visited Quantico Nov. 24. During the visit Secretary Dennis McGinn recognized base energy managers for their work in reducing the consumption aboard Quantico by 27 percent since 2003. The base achieved gold level in the 2014 Secretary of the Navy Energy and Water Management Awards.

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Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks became the first single-limb amputee to pass the grueling Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course on Nov. 25. - Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks became the first single-limb amputee to pass the grueling Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course on Nov. 25.

Marine staff sergeant becomes first amputee to graduate from grueling swim school

The Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course is a grueling training evolution that requires Marines to swim a total of 59 miles over three weeks. The course that graduated Nov. 25 started with nine participants, but only six were able to complete the challenge. One of those six had the deck stacked against him from the beginning but overcame adversity and graduated with his classmates.

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What's that noise: understanding training noise at Quantico

Since 1917, Marine Corps Base Quantico has been training Marines, enlisted and officers, to be the tip of the spear in America’s military leadership at home and abroad. Much of this training involves live-fire exercises, including small-arms and crew-served weapons fire, as well as mortars and precision, air-delivered munitions.

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Staying healthy through the holidays

Here we are again in the midst of the holiday season. This joyful time of year often brings a

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