Presha Ann Merritt, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society regional director, and Carey Schott, chair of volunteers, prepare for the annual active duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. Both Merritt and Schott are passionate members of the Quantico branch: Merritt serving for 21 years and Schott serving nearly 5,000 volunteer hours. - Presha Ann Merritt, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society regional director, and Carey Schott, chair of volunteers, prepare for the annual active duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. Both Merritt and Schott are passionate members of the Quantico branch: Merritt serving for 21 years and Schott serving nearly 5,000 volunteer hours.
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Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to participants at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s Force Development 25 Innovation Symposium at Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Speakers at the symposium discussed future warfare capabilities and ideas. - Gen. Robert Neller, the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to participants at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s Force Development 25 Innovation Symposium at Marine Corps Base Quantico recently. Speakers at the symposium discussed future warfare capabilities and ideas.
First Sgt. Victor Melendez, of the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, gives a purple ribbon to an attendee before the memorial service hosted March 15 in honor of Crystal Hamilton, 29, which was held at the Quantico Marine Memorial Chapel. Hamilton was killed Feb. 27 during a domestic dispute in Prince William County. The vigil was officiated by base Chaplain Commander Jeff Etheridge. Hamilton, a native of Charleston, South Carolina is survived by her 11-year-old son. Family, friends and leadership of the Wounded Warrior Battalion where she worked as a recovery care coordinator, were among the hundreds in attendance. - First Sgt. Victor Melendez, of the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, gives a purple ribbon to an attendee before the memorial service hosted March 15 in honor of Crystal Hamilton, 29, which was held at the Quantico Marine Memorial Chapel. Hamilton was killed Feb. 27 during a domestic dispute in Prince William County. The vigil was officiated by base Chaplain Commander Jeff Etheridge. Hamilton, a native of Charleston, South Carolina is survived by her 11-year-old son. Family, friends and leadership of the Wounded Warrior Battalion where she worked as a recovery care coordinator, were among the hundreds in attendance.
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Pvt. Opha May Johnson, first enlisted female Marine sometime after joining the Marine Corps. Johnson enlisted into the reserve in August of 1918, as a 40-year-old. (Courtesy of the Marine Corps History Division, Historical Reference Branch) - Pvt. Opha May Johnson, first enlisted female Marine sometime after joining the Marine Corps. Johnson enlisted into the reserve in August of 1918, as a 40-year-old. (Courtesy of the Marine Corps History Division, Historical Reference Branch)
William Jordan, barber at the Marine Mart aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, gives Capt. Travis Perkins a haircut Feb. 29. Jordan will retire March 24 after 55 years on the job. - William Jordan, barber at the Marine Mart aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, gives Capt. Travis Perkins a haircut Feb. 29. Jordan will retire March 24 after 55 years on the job.