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Tyler, 9, displays the trout he caught at Secon Pool on Saturday during Virginia’s Heritage Fishing Day. - Tyler, 9, displays the trout he caught at Secon Pool on Saturday during Virginia’s Heritage Fishing Day.

Heritage Day visitors caught trout in freshly stocked ponds

Catchable-sized trout were stocked in two locations along Chopawamsic Creek aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on Friday, in time for Virginia’s annual Trout Heritage Day on Saturday. Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs volunteer Andy Tirch reported that local anglers were out in force at the start of the event.

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Analyst discusses prospects for true Afghan democracy

Critics of the struggling democratic process in Afghanistan might be pointing the blame in all the wrong places, said Scott Smith, the director of the U.S. Institute for Peace’s Afghanistan and Central Asia program. “When you see a poor piece of workmanship, you don’t blame the tools, you blame the contractor,” he said Tuesday from Breckinridge Hall at Marine Corps University while giving a speech entitled “We like democracy, but elections ruined it” as part of the Middle East Studies Lecture Series. “I think you do that when you don’t understand the tools. I don’t think we really understood the tools in Afghanistan. In the end, we built a three-legged stool.”

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Marine Corps, Army team up to host sexual assault awareness, prevention symposium

The Marine Corps Base Quantico Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office partnered with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program to host a two-day symposium on sexual assault. The event took place on April 6-7 at the Clubs at Quantico, and was attended by commanding officers and senior enlisted leaders, Sexual Assault Response Coordinators, victim advocates and first responders.

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Saryi, 9, looks out of the side hatch of a light armored vehicle on Saturday. In honor of the Month of the Military Child, Marines from Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, brought the LAV to the parking lot of the main exchange for children to explore. - Saryi, 9, looks out of the side hatch of a light armored vehicle on Saturday. In honor of the Month of the Military Child, Marines from Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, brought the LAV to the parking lot of the main exchange for children to explore.

Quantico to host numerous events to support Month of the Military Child

Since 1986, April has been known as the Month of the Military Child. Active duty and Reserve personnel have a total of 1.9 million children, according to defense.gov, and these children often face stresses that their peers in the civilian community do not, such as frequent moves and the extended absence of one or both parents, sometimes at the same time.

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Commuters eligible for Guaranteed Ride Home Program

The Guaranteed Ride Home program is now an available for option commuters who find themselves unexpectedly in need of a ride home. Those who carpool, vanpool, bike, walk or take transit at least twice per week in the metro Washington, D.C., or Baltimore areas can take advantage of a program sponsored by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission that would provide a free lift for as many as four times per year in the event of a personal or family illness, unscheduled overtime or any other unexpected emergency.

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Australian service members aboard Quantico to host Anzac Day remembrance ceremony

On April 24 at 12:30 p.m., a time that coincides with dawn remembrance services on April 25 in eastern Australia, a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipolli, Turkey, during World War I will be held at the Semper Fi Chapel at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

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Headquarters directs Marines to use social media cautiously

On April 1 Headquarters Marine Corps released a MARADMIN directing all service members to be cautious with their social media account settings and the information they post online. The move stems from the recent publication by ISIS of the names, photographs and personal contact information for 100 service members. The terrorist group called on local “lone wolf” terrorists to act on their own and kill the listed service members

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Message promotes disaster preparation

There’s not much we can do about Mother Nature, but there are some steps we can take to minimize the effects of her fury. That’s the idea behind America’s PrepareAthon, the biannual campaign of action that seeks to provide a recurring opportunity to learn more about the weather-related hazards that threaten our communities such as tornados, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and winter storms. The monthlong April 2015 America’s PrepareAthon Campaign, which culminates with National PrepareAthon Day on April 30, seeks to better educate individuals, organizations and communities about steps they can take in case an unexpected natural disaster arises.

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Dark Frames, an independent film production and distribution company, is making a movie about the Montford Point Marines. Because the military was still segregated at the time, the first African-American Marines were forced to endure their boot camp training at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, rather than alongside their white counterparts at Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego. - Dark Frames, an independent film production and distribution company, is making a movie about the Montford Point Marines. Because the military was still segregated at the time, the first African-American Marines were forced to endure their boot camp training at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, rather than alongside their white counterparts at Marine Corps Recruiting Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego.

Movie about Montford Point Marines in production

The story of the Montford Point Marines and their fight to be Marines will soon be coming to the big screen. Raj Amit Kumar, a filmmaker and the founder of Dark Frames, is producing “Black Boots,” a film that follows three African-Americans from their introduction to boot camp at segregated Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in 1942 to their receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 2012.

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Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London,executive chairman and chairmanof the board of CACIInternational, Inc., speaks to anaudience of Expeditionary WarfareSchool and Command andStaff College students aboutthe importance of character onMarch 31 at Little Hall. - Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London, executive chairman and chairman of the board of CACI International, Inc., speaks to an audience of Expeditionary Warfare School and Command and Staff College students about the importance of character on March 31 at Little Hall.

Erskine Lecture centers on character

“Nothing is more important than good character,” said Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London, executive chairman and chairman of the board of CACI International, Inc. On March 31, London spoke to Marine Corps War College, School of Advanced Warfighting, Command and Staff College, Expeditionary Warfare School, and Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy students, faculty and staff as part of the Gen. Graves B. Erskine Distinguished Lecture Series.

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