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Officer Ashley M. Guindon

Officer Ashley M. Guindon

Photo by courtesy of InsideNova.com

Pvt. Ashley M. Guindon

Pvt. Ashley M. Guindon

Photo by U.S. Marine Corps

Flowers, the U.S. and Marine Corps flags and a blue stuffed dragon are among the items of remembrance at PWPD. The stuffed blue dragon is affixed with a hand-written note: "RIP. You are now guarding the gates of heaven with Chris. Se per Fi."

Flowers, the U.S. and Marine Corps flags and a blue stuffed dragon are among the items of remembrance at PWPD. The stuffed blue dragon is affixed with a hand-written note: "RIP. You are now guarding the gates of heaven with Chris. Se per Fi."

Photo by courtesy of InsideNova.com

Vigil for Officer Ashley Guindon. By Delia Engstrom/For InsideNoVa.com

Vigil for Officer Ashley Guindon. By Delia Engstrom/For InsideNoVa.com

Photo by Delia Engstrom for InsideNoVa.com

Courtesy photo of Crystal Hamilton, who was a member of the Wounded Warrior Regiment.

Courtesy photo of Crystal Hamilton, who was a member of the Wounded Warrior Regiment.

Photo by Courtesy photo

Maj. Pascal Gonzalez and daughter Isabella, 7.

Maj. Pascal Gonzalez and daughter Isabella, 7.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Maj. Ed Blackshaw, currently at Marine Corps University, poses with his triplet daughters Emma, Julia, and Sarah, 6.

Maj. Ed Blackshaw, currently at Marine Corps University, poses with his triplet daughters Emma, Julia, and Sarah, 6.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Retired Marine Vincent Wright dances with his daughter Jada, 10.

Retired Marine Vincent Wright dances with his daughter Jada, 10.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Lt. Col. Garrett Means, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, takes a selfie with daughter Elaina, 5, at the Father-Daughter Dance Feb. 26.

Lt. Col. Garrett Means, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, takes a selfie with daughter Elaina, 5, at the Father-Daughter Dance Feb. 26.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Lt. Col. Haakon Waroe, a Norwegian officer attending Command and Staff College, dances with daughter Margrethe, 12.

Lt. Col. Haakon Waroe, a Norwegian officer attending Command and Staff College, dances with daughter Margrethe, 12.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Capt. Taylor Williams, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and daughter Piper, 1.

Capt. Taylor Williams, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and daughter Piper, 1.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Cpl. Eliel Quiroz partners with Cpl. Jerdan Respicio to fire the crew-served M240 medium machine gun.

Cpl. Eliel Quiroz partners with Cpl. Jerdan Respicio to fire the crew-served M240 medium machine gun.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

A Marine with Headquarters and Service Battalion fires a pistol.

A Marine with Headquarters and Service Battalion fires a pistol.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion receive ear protection prior to a weapons familiarization live fire event.

Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion receive ear protection prior to a weapons familiarization live fire event.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion fire the M249 light machine gun.

Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion fire the M249 light machine gun.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Alongi, a position safety officer, coaches a Marine firing an M240 machine gun.

Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Alongi, a position safety officer, coaches a Marine firing an M240 machine gun.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Cedric Gunnison and Colin Moore duke it out at the Mixed Martial Arts competition held at Barber Gym aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Saturday. This is the first MMA event held at a military installation. The event was put on by the Battlefield Fighting Championship and was brought to the Base by MCCS and sponsors which included Harley Davidson of Quantico, Rosner Automotive Group – Toyota, First Command Financial Services, Marine Federal Credit Union, boingo, Best Western and Monsters Machines.

Cedric Gunnison and Colin Moore duke it out at the Mixed Martial Arts competition held at Barber Gym aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Saturday. This is the first MMA event held at a military installation. The event was put on by the Battlefield Fighting Championship and was brought to the Base by MCCS and sponsors which included Harley Davidson of Quantico, Rosner Automotive Group – Toyota, First Command Financial Services, Marine Federal Credit Union, boingo, Best Western and Monsters Machines.

Photo by Master Chief Mike O’Berry, U.S. Coast Guard

Retired Marine Bill Peters poses with the Xavier University Musketeer mascot in Oct. 2015. Peters, who lives in Dale City and volunteers as a docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, originated the Musketeer mascot and played the role from 1965 to 1968.

Retired Marine Bill Peters poses with the Xavier University Musketeer mascot in Oct. 2015. Peters, who lives in Dale City and volunteers as a docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, originated the Musketeer mascot and played the role from 1965 to 1968.

Photo by Bill Peters

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

Cpl. Jhon Espinal poses with the cast figure for which he was the model. The cast figure is of an ammunitions gunner deploying from a UH-34D helicopter. The cast figure will be part of a new scene set in 1965, during the Vietnam War, for the National Museum of the Marine Corps’s Leatherneck Gallery. The scene will be on display when the museum reopens April 1.

Cpl. Jhon Espinal poses with the cast figure for which he was the model. The cast figure is of an ammunitions gunner deploying from a UH-34D helicopter. The cast figure will be part of a new scene set in 1965, during the Vietnam War, for the National Museum of the Marine Corps’s Leatherneck Gallery. The scene will be on display when the museum reopens April 1.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Marine Corps Base Quantico