MCINCR - Marine Corps Base Quantico

MCINCR - Marine Corps Base Quantico

"Crossroads of the Marine Corps"

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A U.S. Marine assigned to Echo Company 4th Reconnaissance Battalion rappells out of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at Camp Upshur, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico Va., July 17, 2014. The training exercise was part of a week-long jump, dive, breach, and shooting package conducted around MCB Quantico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released)

The bomb-damaged U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania following a terrorist attack on Aug. 7, 1998. The blast resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including one American citizen, and injured 86 others.

Schools aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico kicked off their 2014-15 school year today.

Graduates listen to Marc Cole, a former active-duty Marine and a acquisition and procurement advisor at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, keynote speech during the Voluntary Education Center’s graduation celebration ceremony at the Clubs at Quantico on July 24.

Graduates, family members and base leadership listens to Melora McVicker, Melora McVicker, education services officer at the Voluntary Education Center, speak during the Voluntary Education Center’s graduation celebration at the Clubs at Quantico on July 24.

Marines from The Basic School, above, take aim down range while standing during the 2nd Annual Montford Point Biathlon on July 25.

Marines from The Basic School, above, take aim down range while standing during the 2nd Annual Montford Point Biathlon on July 25.

Marines from MCB Quantico chat with retired Mastery Gunnery Sgt. John H. Deters at a party to celebrate his 88th birthday in Fredericksburg on Aug. 2. Deters is a World War II veteran who served at both Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

Jacob Smith, the mission assurance director for MCAF, acts as an active shooter during a training exercise conducted at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico. Conducted at several buildings at the air station, Smith went through each checking for unlocked hatches and “shooting” those behind them. The purpose of the exercise was to give Marines and civilian employees an opportunity to exercise their plans and procedures in the event of an active shooter aboard the air facility.

Staff Sgt. Alvaro Mena, Installation Personel Administration Center, shows pictures he recently took at Okinawa to to retired Master Gunnery Sgt. John H. Deters. Deters, who turned 88 on Aug. 2, is a World War II veteran who served at both Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

Master Sgt. Josue Santoyo, operations chief for Marine Corps Base Quantico, passes a snow cone to a Marine attending Headquarters and Service Battalion’s “Pool Bash” at the Quantico 50M Pool on July 28.

Lance Cpl. Alexander Vasquez, disperser at the Finance Branch, jumps out of the pool after beating three other Marines in the “Frozen T-Shirt” contest during Headquarters and Service Battalion’s “Pool Bash” at Quantico 50M Pool on July 28.

U.S. Marines and civilians of the Marine Corps Information Operations Center gather together for family day at Walt Hall, Quantico, Virginia, June 20, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristofer Atkinson/Released)

U.S. Marines and civilians of the Marine Corps Information Operations Center gather together for family day at Walt Hall, Quantico, Virginia, June 20, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristofer Atkinson/Released)

U.S. Marines and civilians of the Marine Corps Information Operations Center gather together for family day at Walt Hall, Quantico, Virginia, June 20, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristofer Atkinson/Released)

The Weems-Botts Museum is one of the oldest buildings that exist in Dumfries. The property was purchased in 1802 by Mason Locke Weems, George Washington’s biographer.

Early morning sun begins to steal across the front of Marine Corps Base Quantico’s Little Hall, July 8, 2014. Organizations have begun moving back into the left wing after renovations that lasted about a year and a half.

Michael Moore, the Single Marine Program’s new coordinator aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, stands outside the SMP house June 2, 2014. Moore, a Marine veteran with close ties to Quantico’s military community, hopes to revitalize the SMP program and increase participation.

A member from the Employee Reserve Support Group in Rochester, N.Y. takes aim during a mock convoy op this spring at Camp Upshur in the Virtual Convoy Combat Trainer. The VCCT helps simulate combat operations using preinstalled maps of terrain in Iraq.