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Archive: February, 2015

Wounded Warriors’ ‘reverse career fair’ brings employers to potential employees February 5, 2015 — Quantico’s Wounded Warrior Regiment staff, working in conjunction with personnel from Army Wounded Warriors and Naval Sea Systems Command, hosted a reverse career fair for wounded warriors in the National Capital Region. A reverse career fair is one where the jobseekers are seated at tables with name cards, and the employers — who have received a book of the jobseekers’ resumes in advance — walk around and approach those in whom they are interested. MORE

Artillery community holds annual St. Barbara’s Day event at The Clubs at Quantico February 5, 2015 — The Leatherneck Chapter of the U.S. Field Artillery Association held its annual St. Barbara’s Day celebration at The Clubs at Quantico on Friday. Attending the formal event were members of the artillery community from throughout the National Capital Region and their guests. The guest of honor for the evening was Brig. Gen. Joseph Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command and an artilleryman for most of his career. MORE

New game check station and outdoor gear rental facility coming soon February 5, 2015 — Marine Corps Base Quantico’s aging game check facility — built in 1919, before the west side of base existed — has been on the demolition list for several years, according to Natural Resources Manager Tim Stamps. However, it will soon be replaced by a new, modular facility adjacent to the current building MORE

Quantico Middle/High School students win award in DOD anti-tobacco video contest February 5, 2015 — On Jan. 28 three Quantico Middle/High School students were awarded an honorable mention for their anti-tobacco use video by Capt. Kimberly Elenberg, head of the Healthy Base Initiative. In the fall, HBI sponsored a nationwide video contest titled “Fight the Enemy” for teens in an effort “to change attitudes about tobacco by framing tobacco use as the ‘enemy’ that hurts our friends, families, health and fitness,” according to the promotional flyer. After a public voting period and voting by senior Department of Defense and government officials closed, the video by Davion (13), Kwesi (13) and Zane (14) was selected for the award. MORE

Quantico's Ospreys support environmental mission February 5, 2015 — Marine Corps Base Quantico’s Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Branch conducted an aerial survey and count of Marine Corps Base Quantico’s bald eagle population from an MV-22 Osprey on Saturday. Ten employees from Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs participated in the endeavor. MORE

Communication is key at Scout Sniper Course February 5, 2015 — The call came in without warning, alerting the forward communications team at the Sniper Control Center that one of the three operational Marine Scout Sniper teams in the field had been compromised. It was part of a training exercise to conclude the Scout Sniper Unit Leaders Course, but the four Marines braving the chilly Jan. 28 temperatures from the roof of a makeshift three-story building in the training area in the remote west side training area of Marine Corps Base Quantico wasted no time in relaying critical information back to the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center. A second lieutenant serving as the sniper platoon commander was awaiting further instructions from battalion higher-ups. MORE