MCINCR - Marine Corps Base Quantico

MCINCR - Marine Corps Base Quantico

"Crossroads of the Marine Corps"

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One of the benefits of leader-led training is that it can be conducted almost anywhere.

After a long day of work, Marines from Headquarters and Security Batallion in conjuction with the Single Marine Program traveled back to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Recycling Facility from the Potomac River shoreline to help Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs clean up the recycling facility.

After shooting an arrow into an 11 point buck in November, Master Gunnery Sgt. Steven Butts, Sr. follows its blood trail to harvest the largest kill of the hunting season. Looking above the bucks left leg a puncture wound can be seen in its rib line.

MCAF Quantico Fire Department Training Exercise.

Mr. Jeff Thacker was presented with a Safety Excellence Award on 23 March 2017 by Safety Director Kurt Vimont and Explosives Safety Officer Dave Wolfe. Jeff was recognized for his commitment to supporting the Marine Corps Competitive Shooting Teams with precision ammunition he personally hand loaded while maintaining strict Explosives Safety Standards for operations and storage. Jeff has served as the Ammunition Loading specialist at Weapons Training Bn since 2005.
Bravo Zulu, and Semper Fidelis Jeff.

Respiratory protection is extremely important to employees’ short and long-term health. RPPM attendees learned that how to better protect employees who work in environments with insufficient oxygen or where harmful dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, fumes, gases, vapors, or sprays are present. A majority of the course covered the limitations, selection and use of the best respiratory protection for the job at hand.

The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center instructed a Respiratory Protection Program Manager (RPPM) course at the Quantico Training section (Bldg. 1001). This 30-hr course, spanning from 21-24 April 2017, was attended by 33 students from around the Navy and Marine Corps.

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington carry a flag and the remains of retired Lt. Gen. Lawrence F. Snowden.

Corporals learn about Yorktown Redoubts 9 and 10, bunkers that were seized on the night of Oct. 14, 1781, by French and American infantry. Corporals were asked to listen attentively as it was here that they would make their own command orders, to compare their actions to those of their predecesors.

Corporals stand amongst cannons, mortars and howitzers, three types of artillery which were used at Yorktown by the American, French and British forces.

Marines assigned to the Quantico Marine Corps Band participate in the 20th annual Virginia International Tattoo (VIT) in Norfolk, Virginia on April 17, 2016. Once a year, the VIT brings together bands and performers from across the world for a show including music, marching, and dancing. Featuring more than 1,400 participants from eight countries, military and civilian organizations perform together as a display of international culture and unity.

Force Fitness Instructor (FFI) Trainers demonstrate proper pull-up technique for the class of FFI students before executing practical application as part of their course requirement at Marine Corps Base Quantico. FFIs will be a cornerstone of the new Force Fitness division recently created to oversee all aspects of physical fitness for Marines.

The Quantico Marine Corps Band strikes up the music and the pomp and circumstance to delight their audience recently.

James "Horse Collar" Smith was a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. He was welcomed by Marines as part of a Professional Military Education class. Smith talked about his experiences in WWII at Guadalcanal.

Welcoming James "Horse" Smith, Joe Shusko told the Marines to listen up as the World War II veteran told them all about what happened at Guadalcanal.

One hundred twenty-five solar panel bobble head toys line the desk and bookshelf of Barbara Flores, legal administrative assistant with Quantico's staff judge advocate office.

Of the 125 solar panel bobble head Barbara Flores, legal administrative assistant with Quantico's staff judge advocate office, has collected, this is her favorite.

The Quantico Shooting Club is a Chapter 501C Non-Profit organization operating on Marine Corps Base Quantico. Club membership is open to active duty and retired service members, Department of Defense personel and their families as well as civilians in the surrounding community, with the aim to promote exemplary marksmanship among all eligible members and their guests. They teach small arms firing techniques and marksmanship training methods as well as encourage small arms competition among civilians, military organizations and DoD personnel. Pictured are some of the ranges used by the Club.

School of Advanced Warfare (SAW) Class 2017 aboard the French Navy Landing Craft-Catamaran (LCAT). The craft is executing a high speed 360 turn.

Holly Vega poses with her husband, Major Javier Vega, TECOM, and their three children during a family outing. Holly, a Marine Corps spouse for 18 years, was voted as the 2017 Marine Corps Base Quantico Spouse of the Year, an honor bestowed upon her by Military Spouse magazine, which holds an annual contest to choose the Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year.