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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christian Anthony, a native of Branchburg, New Jersey, assigned to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Ceremonial Platoon, practices the flag folding procedure for a funeral detail at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 17, 2022. The MCB Quantico Ceremonial Platoon provides color guard detail for on and off base events, to include: funerals, ceremonies, parades, and the raising and lowering of the colors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keegan Bailey) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christian Anthony, a native of Branchburg, New Jersey, assigned to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Ceremonial Platoon, practices the flag folding procedure for a funeral detail at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 17, 2022. The MCB Quantico Ceremonial Platoon provides color guard detail for on and off base events, to include: funerals, ceremonies, parades, and the raising and lowering of the colors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keegan Bailey)

Marines of the Crossroads-Lance Cpl. Christian Anthony, Ceremonial Platoon

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – When someone hears the word ‘Marine’, they picture the professional renowned Dress Blue Uniforms, and the men and women who embody the core values of honor, courage, and commitment. Who they envision, are the Marines with the Marine Corps Ceremonial Platoons.

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Flag Detail Marines take thier posts before morining colors in front of Lejeune Hall on Nov. 18, 2013. The Marines conduct morning colors every morning to represent the spirit of Marines running into the fray. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cuong Le) - Flag Detail Marines take thier posts before morining colors in front of Lejeune Hall on Nov. 18, 2013. The Marines conduct morning colors every morning to represent the spirit of Marines running into the fray. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cuong Le)

Poetry in motion, the Marines of Ceremonial Platoon

Dressed in full, Marines in Quantico’s Ceremonial Platoon execute services with a quick snap and prestigious pop.

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Col. David W. Maxwell, commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico, and Sgt. Maj. Mark A. Byrd Sr., base sergeant major, stand at attention after placing a wreath at the grave site of President James Madison during Monday’s ceremony at Montpelier to commemorate the 264th birthday of the nation’s fourth president. - Col. David W. Maxwell, commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico, and Sgt. Maj. Mark A. Byrd Sr., base sergeant major, stand at attention after placing a wreath at the grave site of President James Madison during Monday’s ceremony at Montpelier to commemorate the 264th birthday of the nation’s fourth president.

Quantico Marines honor nations fourth president

The issues confronting President James Madison roughly 200 years ago are hauntingly similar to some of the same very challenges America faces today, said Col. David W. Maxwell, commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico. Speaking at Monday’s wreath-laying ceremony at Madison’s Montpelier home in honor of the 264th anniversary of Madison’s birth, Maxwell lauded the nation’s fourth president for his wisdom in successfully managing the dire needs of the country at a time of war with the need to always protect civil liberties.

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Marines transport the casket carrying the body of a fallen Marine during a military funeral at Quantico National Cemetery on Dec. 5. - Marines transport the casket carrying the body of a fallen Marine during a military funeral at Quantico National Cemetery on Dec. 5.

Funerals among most sacred duties for ceremonial platoon

They hail from an array of varying backgrounds, some arriving at Marine Corps Base Quantico for their first duty station, while others come more seasoned with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan already to their credit.

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Cracks line a hand of the Iwo Jima monument aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on March 31, 2014. The damage was caused by weathering. Plans for repairs are being made. - Cracks line a hand of the Iwo Jima monument aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on March 31, 2014. The damage was caused by weathering. Plans for repairs are being made.

Cracks in Marine Corps legacy

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

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Sgt. Alex Tucker, base color sergeant, Ceremonial Platoon, holds onto a sheathed American flag before a practice session. Tucker, a Philadelphia native, is Quantico’s 13th color sergeant since 1999. - MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Sgt. Alex Tucker, base color sergeant, Ceremonial Platoon, holds onto a sheathed American flag before a practice session. Tucker, a Philadelphia native, is Quantico’s 13th color sergeant since 1999.

Color sergeant leads from front

Flanked by Marines to his left and right, a stone-faced man, eyes fierce and locked into the distance, gives the command: “Carry, colors.”The men snap into action. Rifles crack under their well practiced hands as they rise to left and right shoulder arms. He raises the national ensign high in one swoop and freezes in synch with the corporal to his

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