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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

Mamie Wilson-Collins and Willie Collins.

Mamie Wilson-Collins and Willie Collins.

Photo by Courtesy photo

Pothole on Anderson Avenue.

Pothole on Anderson Avenue.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Military children Ryan, 7, Daniel, 8, and Tyler, 3, enjoy posing with props at a photo booth at a FOCUS on Family event Feb. 18.

Military children Ryan, 7, Daniel, 8, and Tyler, 3, enjoy posing with props at a photo booth at a FOCUS on Family event Feb. 18.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Cpl. Jhon Espinal watches as Chuck Girbovan, exhibit services chief, unveils the cast figure Espinal modelled for last year. Espinal's figure, an ammunition carrier, will be shown deploying from a UH-34D helicopter into a rice paddy in a scene set in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The scene will be visible at the National Museum of the Marine Corps when the museum reopens after a three-month closure April 1. Espinal met his cast figure Feb. 18.

Cpl. Jhon Espinal watches as Chuck Girbovan, exhibit services chief, unveils the cast figure Espinal modelled for last year. Espinal's figure, an ammunition carrier, will be shown deploying from a UH-34D helicopter into a rice paddy in a scene set in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The scene will be visible at the National Museum of the Marine Corps when the museum reopens after a three-month closure April 1. Espinal met his cast figure Feb. 18.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Cpl. Jhon Espinal takes a selfie Feb. 18 with the cast figure he modeled for last year. He portrayed an ammunition gunner exiting a helicopter in a Vietnam War scene for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The scene will be on display when the museum reopens April 1.

Cpl. Jhon Espinal takes a selfie Feb. 18 with the cast figure he modeled for last year. He portrayed an ammunition gunner exiting a helicopter in a Vietnam War scene for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The scene will be on display when the museum reopens April 1.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Military child Gus, 4, attends a FOCUS on Family event at the Lincoln Miiltary Housing Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Feb. 18.

Military child Gus, 4, attends a FOCUS on Family event at the Lincoln Miiltary Housing Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Feb. 18.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Lt. Col. William Pacatte, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, and Col. Gaines Ward, MCAF commanding officer during the period of the citation, affix a Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer to the unit's colors at a ceremony in the MCAF hangar Feb. 11.

Lt. Col. William Pacatte, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, and Col. Gaines Ward, MCAF commanding officer during the period of the citation, affix a Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer to the unit's colors at a ceremony in the MCAF hangar Feb. 11.

Photo by Adele Uphaus-Conner

Marine Corps Base Quantico