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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Children pick up eggs in the garden at the Lincoln Military Housing office during the 2016 Easter Egg Hunt.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Children pick up eggs in the garden at the Lincoln Military Housing office during the 2016 Easter Egg Hunt.

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Easter eggs lay in the grass, waiting to be picked up by little hands, just before the 2016 Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Easter eggs lay in the grass, waiting to be picked up by little hands, just before the 2016 Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt.

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Families arrive at the Lincoln Military Housing office for the annual Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt, despite the cooler weather and threat of rain.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Families arrive at the Lincoln Military Housing office for the annual Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt, despite the cooler weather and threat of rain.

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Easter bunny waves as children head outside to search for eggs during the annual Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Easter bunny waves as children head outside to search for eggs during the annual Marine Corps Base Quantico Easter Egg Hunt.

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Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Paramedics had the opportunity to practice advanced airway management techniques on a cadaver. Airway management is a set of medical procedures performed to prevent airway obstruction and thus ensure an open path between a patient’s lungs and the atmosphere.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Major Misty Posey demonstrates proper form for pull-ups to Marines aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Posey teaches a pull-up class at the James Wesley Marsh Center at MCB Quantico to improve the performance and capabilities of Marines for pull-ups according to Marine Corps fitness standards. Posey is a plans officer for Manpower Integration.

Major Misty Posey demonstrates proper form for pull-ups to Marines aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Posey teaches a pull-up class at the James Wesley Marsh Center at MCB Quantico to improve the performance and capabilities of Marines for pull-ups according to Marine Corps fitness standards. Posey is a plans officer for Manpower Integration.

Photo by Sgt. Dylan Bowyer

Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 - The center of town resembles a bomb site twelve days after it was hit by an F5 tornado. Cleanup and reconstruction will take years. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 - The center of town resembles a bomb site twelve days after it was hit by an F5 tornado. Cleanup and reconstruction will take years. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

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This pile of debris shows the vivid reality of how lives are impacted by tornadoes. Damage is clearly conveyed in this photo taken shortly after tornadoes touched down on February 5, 2008.

This pile of debris shows the vivid reality of how lives are impacted by tornadoes. Damage is clearly conveyed in this photo taken shortly after tornadoes touched down on February 5, 2008.

Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Tornado with dust and debris cloud forming at surface.

Tornado with dust and debris cloud forming at surface.

Photo by NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Presha Ann Merritt, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society regional director, and Carey Schott, chair of volunteers, prepare for the annual active duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. Both Merritt and Schott are passionate members of the Quantico branch: Merritt serving for 21 years and Schott serving nearly 5,000 volunteer hours.

Presha Ann Merritt, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society regional director, and Carey Schott, chair of volunteers, prepare for the annual active duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. Both Merritt and Schott are passionate members of the Quantico branch: Merritt serving for 21 years and Schott serving nearly 5,000 volunteer hours.

Photo by Ida Irby

First Sgt. Victor Melendez, of the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, gives a purple ribbon to an attendee before the memorial service hosted March 15 in honor of Crystal Hamilton, 29, which was held at the Quantico Marine Memorial Chapel. Hamilton was killed Feb. 27 during a domestic dispute in Prince William County. The vigil was officiated by base Chaplain Commander Jeff Etheridge. Hamilton, a native of Charleston, South Carolina is survived by her 11-year-old son. Family, friends and leadership of the Wounded Warrior Battalion where she worked as a recovery care coordinator, were among the hundreds in attendance.

First Sgt. Victor Melendez, of the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, gives a purple ribbon to an attendee before the memorial service hosted March 15 in honor of Crystal Hamilton, 29, which was held at the Quantico Marine Memorial Chapel. Hamilton was killed Feb. 27 during a domestic dispute in Prince William County. The vigil was officiated by base Chaplain Commander Jeff Etheridge. Hamilton, a native of Charleston, South Carolina is survived by her 11-year-old son. Family, friends and leadership of the Wounded Warrior Battalion where she worked as a recovery care coordinator, were among the hundreds in attendance.

Photo by Ida Irby

Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to participants at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s Force Development 25 Innovation Symposium at Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Speakers at the symposium discussed future warfare capabilities and ideas.

Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to participants at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s Force Development 25 Innovation Symposium at Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Speakers at the symposium discussed future warfare capabilities and ideas.

Photo by Pfc. Julien Rodarte

Marines at The Basic School participating in a a platoon in defense demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., take a break from training in order to speak with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter as he visits the base to observe Marine Corps training and speak with Marines March 9, 2016. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)

Marines at The Basic School participating in a a platoon in defense demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., take a break from training in order to speak with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter as he visits the base to observe Marine Corps training and speak with Marines March 9, 2016. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

Pvt. Opha May Johnson, first enlisted female Marine sometime after joining the Marine Corps. Johnson enlisted into the reserve in August of 1918, as a 40-year-old. (Courtesy of the Marine Corps History Division, Historical Reference Branch)

Pvt. Opha May Johnson, first enlisted female Marine sometime after joining the Marine Corps. Johnson enlisted into the reserve in August of 1918, as a 40-year-old. (Courtesy of the Marine Corps History Division, Historical Reference Branch)

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Lance Cpl. Yemili Maldonado listens to a yoga instructor while participating in a women’s group session in the Headquarters and Service Battalion classroom on February 17.

Lance Cpl. Yemili Maldonado listens to a yoga instructor while participating in a women’s group session in the Headquarters and Service Battalion classroom on February 17.

Photo by Photo by Eve A. Baker

Women participate in a yoga session on February 17 in the Headquarters and Service Battalion classroom as part of a weekly women’s group meeting.

Women participate in a yoga session on February 17 in the Headquarters and Service Battalion classroom as part of a weekly women’s group meeting.

Photo by Eve A. Baker

William Jordan, barber at the Marine Mart aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, gives Capt. Travis Perkins a haircut Feb. 29. Jordan will retire March 24 after 55 years on the job.

William Jordan, barber at the Marine Mart aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, gives Capt. Travis Perkins a haircut Feb. 29. Jordan will retire March 24 after 55 years on the job.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Marine Corps Base Quantico Military Police display the traditional symbol of mourning when a fellow officer has fallen.

Mourning Band: Quantico Honors Marine Reservist, Prince William County Police Officer Ashley M. Guindon, who was Gunned Down in the Line of Duty, Feb. 27.

Marine Corps Base Quantico Military Police display the traditional symbol of mourning when a fellow officer has fallen. Mourning Band: Quantico Honors Marine Reservist, Prince William County Police Officer Ashley M. Guindon, who was Gunned Down in the Line of Duty, Feb. 27.

Photo by Chuck Jenks

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