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Will Brown, Groundpounder, will be running in his 41st MCM!!!

Will Brown, Groundpounder, will be running in his 41st MCM!!!

Photo by Valerie O'Berry

Jim Cook, Retired Marine, Range & Training Area Management civilian and avid hunter of deer and small game utilized the skinning shed at the game check station. Jim shared the story of his successful crossbow hunt with Col. Murray, Commanding Officer, MCINCR-MCBQ and Brad Watkin, Wildlife Biologist, NREA.

Jim Cook, Retired Marine, Range & Training Area Management civilian and avid hunter of deer and small game utilized the skinning shed at the game check station. Jim shared the story of his successful crossbow hunt with Col. Murray, Commanding Officer, MCINCR-MCBQ and Brad Watkin, Wildlife Biologist, NREA.

Photo by Photo by Major A. J. Bormann

Daniel Ferris and his wife Chikako, are thrilled with the ball gown she found at the ExtravaGOWNza event, where there are donated dresses that spouses get to pick out and take home free.

Daniel Ferris and his wife Chikako, are thrilled with the ball gown she found at the ExtravaGOWNza event, where there are donated dresses that spouses get to pick out and take home free.

Photo by Valerie O'Berry

Lt. Col. William Pacatte, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico (MCAF), and Dale Synnes, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, examine the plans for the installation of buoys marking restricted waters offshore of MCAF on Oct. 5.

Lt. Col. William Pacatte, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico (MCAF), and Dale Synnes, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, examine the plans for the installation of buoys marking restricted waters offshore of MCAF on Oct. 5.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

PCCI, Inc., a marine and environmental engineering company, installs a buoy in the Potomac River Oct. 5. The buoy is one of 31 marking the restricted waters adjacent to Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico.

PCCI, Inc., a marine and environmental engineering company, installs a buoy in the Potomac River Oct. 5. The buoy is one of 31 marking the restricted waters adjacent to Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

41st Marine Corps Marathon weekend October 28-30

41st Marine Corps Marathon weekend October 28-30

Photo by Valerie O'Berry

ATTENTION: ROAD CONSTRUCTION

ATTENTION: ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Photo by Francis Seyblod

Shannon Sanderlin and Arika Brown, festive friends and HMX-1 spouses attended Pink Ribbon Bunco. Sixty ladies dressed in pink and arrived to The Clubs at Quantico October 14, to experience a night of fun and education. This is the seventh year Pink Ribbon Bunco has been hosted by Semper Fit Health Promotion.

Shannon Sanderlin and Arika Brown, festive friends and HMX-1 spouses attended Pink Ribbon Bunco. Sixty ladies dressed in pink and arrived to The Clubs at Quantico October 14, to experience a night of fun and education. This is the seventh year Pink Ribbon Bunco has been hosted by Semper Fit Health Promotion.

Photo by Francis Seyblod

Colonel Murray presents Master Sgt. Chad Anderson with a $50 Marine
Corps Exchange Gift Certificate courtesy of the Quantico Outdoor Adventures
Center for bagging the first deer of the season aboard MCB Quantico.

Colonel Murray presents Master Sgt. Chad Anderson with a $50 Marine Corps Exchange Gift Certificate courtesy of the Quantico Outdoor Adventures Center for bagging the first deer of the season aboard MCB Quantico.

Photo by Francis Seyblod

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Hafner, a sergeant instructor at Officer Candidates School, gives attendees of the Sept. 21 Marine Corps Acculturation Program a taste of what Marine recruits and officer candidates experience during boot camp and officer training. Photo by Heather Hagan, public affairs officer for HQMC Marine & Family Programs.

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Hafner, a sergeant instructor at Officer Candidates School, gives attendees of the Sept. 21 Marine Corps Acculturation Program a taste of what Marine recruits and officer candidates experience during boot camp and officer training. Photo by Heather Hagan, public affairs officer for HQMC Marine & Family Programs.

Photo by Heather Hagan

Larry Friese and Anthony Zinni, alumni of the Basic School Class 1-66, which gathered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Oct. 3 and 4 for its first-ever reunion 51 years after graduating, pose together in the Leatherneck Gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Friese spent 5 years and one month as a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton in Vietnam and later became an oceanographer for the Navy. Zinni is a retired Marine Corps general who served as commander in chief of United States Central Command from 1996 to 2000.

Larry Friese and Anthony Zinni, alumni of the Basic School Class 1-66, which gathered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Oct. 3 and 4 for its first-ever reunion 51 years after graduating, pose together in the Leatherneck Gallery at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Friese spent 5 years and one month as a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton in Vietnam and later became an oceanographer for the Navy. Zinni is a retired Marine Corps general who served as commander in chief of United States Central Command from 1996 to 2000.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

U.S. Marines share conversation over dinner during Headquarters and Service Battalion Mess Night, at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

U.S. Marines share conversation over dinner during Headquarters and Service Battalion Mess Night, at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, greets Marines during the Headquarters and Service Battalion Mess Night at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, greets Marines during the Headquarters and Service Battalion Mess Night at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez

From left to right, Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&SBN), Service Company First Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Juan A. Abrego, Headquarters Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Joseph Sorgie, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, Combat Development Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Nicholas Underwood, Tenant Activities Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Chris Demosthenous, and Training and Education Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. James Miramontes, pose for a photo during H&SBN Mess Night at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

From left to right, Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&SBN), Service Company First Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Juan A. Abrego, Headquarters Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Joseph Sorgie, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green, Combat Development Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Nicholas Underwood, Tenant Activities Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. Chris Demosthenous, and Training and Education Company First Sergeant 1st Sgt. James Miramontes, pose for a photo during H&SBN Mess Night at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2016. The Marine Corps mess night, a time honored tradition since the 1950s, builds Esprit de Corps with the Marines, providing camaraderie, food and entertainment, and toasts honoring the sacrifices of past and present Marines who have served in the Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Yasmin D. Perez

Brad Watkin, wildlife biologist with Marine Corps Base Quantico's Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs branch (NREA), works with his dog Patton during last year's duck hunting season. Early waterfowl season started aboard MCB Quantico Sept. 6, with the full season running intermittently until its conclusion Jan. 29, 2017.

Brad Watkin, wildlife biologist with Marine Corps Base Quantico's Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs branch (NREA), works with his dog Patton during last year's duck hunting season. Early waterfowl season started aboard MCB Quantico Sept. 6, with the full season running intermittently until its conclusion Jan. 29, 2017.

Photo by Valerie O'Berry

A volunteer guide with the Marine Corps Base Quantico Conservation Volunteer Program (CVP) kayaks out into the Chopawamsic Creek to set up a duck blind for wounded warriors participating in a hunt aboard MCBQ in Jan. Many CVP volunteers are active hunters, highlighting the strong connection between hunting and conservationism.

A volunteer guide with the Marine Corps Base Quantico Conservation Volunteer Program (CVP) kayaks out into the Chopawamsic Creek to set up a duck blind for wounded warriors participating in a hunt aboard MCBQ in Jan. Many CVP volunteers are active hunters, highlighting the strong connection between hunting and conservationism.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Veterans gather for a QIMSA-sponsored hunt. QIMSA provides all-encompassing, expense-free outdoor experiences aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico for wounded warriors. Photo courtesy QIMSA.

Veterans gather for a QIMSA-sponsored hunt. QIMSA provides all-encompassing, expense-free outdoor experiences aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico for wounded warriors. Photo courtesy QIMSA.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Cpl. Brandon Ashby, Ammunition Supply Point, MCB Quantico, with only two days notice competed in the MDW Combatives tournament, Sept. 23 at Fort Belvoir, and placed second. Cpl Ashby's fastest submission of the day was under 13 seconds via Rear Naked Choke vs an Airforce TechSgt. Cpl Ashby has a Brazilian jujitsu background and received his tan tab at the MACE to become an MAI 0916.

Cpl. Brandon Ashby, Ammunition Supply Point, MCB Quantico, with only two days notice competed in the MDW Combatives tournament, Sept. 23 at Fort Belvoir, and placed second. Cpl Ashby's fastest submission of the day was under 13 seconds via Rear Naked Choke vs an Airforce TechSgt. Cpl Ashby has a Brazilian jujitsu background and received his tan tab at the MACE to become an MAI 0916.

Photo by Courtesy of Cpl. Ashby

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller speaks to an audience at the Modern Day Marine Military Exposition Sept. 28 about the new Marine Corps Operating Concept (MOC), which was released today. The MOC outlines how the Marine Corps will have to be organized, trained, and equipped to fight the enemies of the future.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller speaks to an audience at the Modern Day Marine Military Exposition Sept. 28 about the new Marine Corps Operating Concept (MOC), which was released today. The MOC outlines how the Marine Corps will have to be organized, trained, and equipped to fight the enemies of the future.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

The USO put on a show of Sesame Street characters for families at Little Hall theater.

The USO put on a show of Sesame Street characters for families at Little Hall theater.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

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