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	Marine Corps Base Quantico
		It's called the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps," and during its 80 year tenure on the approximately 100 square miles of land located along the western bank of the Potomac River, Marine Corps Base Quantico has been a training site for Marines and a birthing place of Marine Corps concepts.
		While the Town of Quantico was rapidly growing as a fishing village, excursion center and a shipbuilding center in early 1917, the town was not large or significant, and was suffering many financial difficulties.
		The Town of Quantico is unique; it is bordered on three sides by the Marine base and on the fourth by the Potomac River.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/mcb-quantico.htm (1499 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Quantico Marine Corps Base
		QUANTICO MARINE CORPS BASE, the national hub of professional education for Marine officers and career enlisted personnel, spans 60,000 acres in Stafford, Fauquier and Prince William counties.
		To accomplish these missions, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command’s commanding general has under his command a deputy commanding general, the commanding officer of the base, the commanding general of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, and the director of Expeditionary Force Development Center, under which are 10 additional divisions.
		The Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs Division is housed in the John Wesley Marsh Center on Russell Road between the Combat Development Center and Lejeune Hall.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/Web/2005/052005/base/quantico (498 words)

	MARINE CORPS USMC The United States Marine Corps
		The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002.
		The Marine Corps has a widely-held reputation as a fierce and effective fighting force and the Marines take pride in their gung-ho attitude, are indoctrinated with a strong belief in their chain of command and the importance of esprit de corps, a spirit of enthusiasm and pride in themselves and the Corps.
		The Marine Corps is popularly see as possessing a degree of fame and infamy among the enemies they fight, and examples of this effect are readily seized upon and publicized by the Corps and its supporters.
	www.marinecorps.ws (2755 words)

	Marine Corps News - QUANTICO TO RECEIVE CORPS' NEWEST SUV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (June 16) - Though the Marine Corps procured the Interim Fast Attack Vehicle as a replacement for the M-151 Jeep in the Fleet Marine Force, Quantico Marines are now getting their hands on one to evaluate it in a base support role.
		The vehicle is one of 62 the Marine Corps contracted for last year from Advanced Vehicle Systems, of Washington, D.C., who partnered with Daimler/Chrysler for rapid manufacture of the Mercedes-Benz 290 GDT long wheel-base vehicle.
		Of the IFAVs produced by the Corps, 24 were given to II Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Lejeune, NC., 24 to I MEF in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and 12 were given to III MEF in Okinawa, Japan.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/row/man-r-wolf-000616.htm (429 words)

	Famed Marines buried at Quantico cemetery - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		Across Interstate 95 from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. — called “The Crossroads of the Marine Corps” — is Quantico National Cemetery, the resting place of several famous leathernecks.
		In 1977, the Corps transferred 725 acres of land to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the federal agency that oversees national cemeteries.
		While assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 1968 to 1971, he was promoted to general, becoming the first four-star to hold that position.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?t=38713 (537 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Profile - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joel Holmes
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — As a youth growing up in a rural Northern California community, it was one country boy's dream to experience more of what the world had to offer.
		Marine Cpl. Joel Holmes, of Chico, Calif., works as an electronic-switching-equipment technician at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va. Holmes joined the Marine Corps in 1996 and attributes some of his successes in life from experiences gained as a former member of the Future Farmers of America.
		Holmes has more experiences waiting for him as Marine and as a family man. He plans to make the Marine Corps a career and his overall goal is to retire with a college degree.
	www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/feb2004/pr022604a.html (590 words)

	Water Carnival is a winning event - Marine Corps Base Quantico - Military Recreation and Special Events Parks & ...
		One of Quantico's most beautiful settings, the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Marina on the picturesque Potomac River, is a unique blend of local recreation and Marine Corps history.
		When the area was purchased along with the small fishing village of Potomac, (soon to be known as Quantico), the QLDC promoted the area as a tourist and excursion center with beaches, dressing rooms, and refreshment stands.
		The Marina area was the original doorway to the base, as Quantico was landed by boat and eventually developed out towards what now is the U.S. Route 1 corridor.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1145/is_n12_v30/ai_17987456 (1004 words)

	Quantico Shooting Club
		Quantico Shooting Club is located aboard Marine Corps Base, Quantico just off of Interstate 95 in Virginia, 36 miles south of Washington D.C. and 20 miles north of Fredericksburg.
		Marine sentries will assist visitors arriving at the base; visitors are issued vehicle passes and given directions to their destination.
		The two airports closest to MCB Quantico are Dulles International, located in Centerville, Va., and Ronald Reagan Washington National, in Washington, D.C. Marine Corps Base Quantico: Located approx.
	www.quanticoshootingclub.com /qsc.php?view=directions (205 words)

	The Woman Marine Home Page - Molly Marine!
		Quantico's Molly Marine statue is a bronze replica of the original which stands on the corner of Elk and Canal streets in NewOrleans.
		The original Molly Marine, standing 20 feet tall from the ground to the top of her cover, became the first monument in the United States of a woman in military uniform and was dedicated in New Orleans on the Marine Corps' 168th birthday, Nov. 10, 1943.
		The Marine Support Group, the Marine Corps Coordinating Council, the Women Marines Association and the Marine Corps League were responsible for raising more than $40,000 for the monument project which began nearly one-and-a-half years ago.
	www.geocities.com /wmarinering/MollyMarine.htm (1057 words)

	The Marine Corps Way
		Huang and her unit is a physically and mentally challenging part of the Marines Corps' Leadership Reaction Course, a regime designed to develop decisiveness and teamwork to enlisted men and women.
		Quickly, the students are thrown off-guard as a marine in fatigues and a park-ranger hat boards the bus and barks out orders.
		Transferring the esprit de corps of the Marines to the corporate world can be difficult, some students say.
	www.themarinecorpsway.com /News/wsj.htm (1070 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Accommodating ...
		These studies have lead to the identification of two specific areas within the western area of the base that could be used to accommodate new requirements without conflicting with installation's primary mission of military education and training.
		The Marine Corps will initiate a scoping process for the purpose of determining the extent of issues to be addressed, and identifying the significant issues related to this action.
		Marine Corps representatives will be available at the meeting to receive comments from the public regarding issues of concern to the public.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/May/Day-29/i13284.htm (683 words)

	Marine Corps Times - Quantico opens Islamic Prayer Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Tuesday, the Islamic Prayer Center was dedicated at the northern Virginia base.
		The center will offer Muslim Americans serving in the Marine Corps a space to express their beliefs and for others to gain education about Islam.
		Abuhena Saifulislam, a U.S. Navy chaplain and religious adviser to the Marines, came up with the idea last July at the behest of Muslim enlistees who had headed to Woodbridge and Stafford to find a place to pray.
	www.marinecorpstimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1853939.php (372 words)

	Marine Corps News Room: Round demolishes from inside out
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Dec. 1, 2005) -- The Marine Corps’ newest addition to the Shoulder Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon family of munitions, designed to root out al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the caves of Afghanistan, is proving its worth on the streets of Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq.
		Michael Woodson, Marine Corps Systems Command’s SMAW project officer, said the SMAW-NE gives Marines a stand-off capability when clearing buildings in urban settings, avoiding the hazardous practice of engaging the enemy in close quarters combat.
		Thermobarics were originally looked at as a technology to meet the requirement, however, based on engineering analysis, the use of a conventional type of solid explosive met the need, vice the quasi-liquid mixtures used in thermobarics.
	www.marine-corps-news.com /2005/12/round_demolishes_from_inside_o.htm (852 words)

	Commandant gets personal, outlines new goals at Quantico - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.(Nov. 30, 2006) -- General James T. Conway, the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, addressed all the officers aboard Quantico at Marine Corps University’s Ellis Hall Monday concerning his new vision for the Corps over the next four years.
		Several other key points he elaborated on included right-sizing the Corps to achieve a 1:2 deployment-to-dwell ration to cut down on deployment stress and improving the quality of life for Marines and their families.
		Following Conway’s address the officers were given the opportunity to ask their new commandant a myriad of questions ranging from individual augmentee billets, the combat action ribbon and the possible effects that the recent election might have on the course of the war in Iraq.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?t=37818 (629 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Marine Corps' First Islamic Prayer Center Dedicated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		England offered his congratulations to the Corps and the leadership of Quantico and the chaplain corps for seeing the need for the center, and working to establish it.
		Quantico is considered the crossroads of the Marine Corps.
		Quantico is host to a mixture of U.S. and foreign servicemembers, as well as civilians, Gen. Michael Hagee, commandant of the Marine Corps, said.
	www.pentagon.gov /news/Jun2006/20060607_5358.html (966 words)

	MarineCorpsPost.com - Home Page
		Richard Jahelka, of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, aims at possible insurgents from the roof of a U.S. outpost in central Ramadi, a dangerous city choked with insurgents and the capital of the volatile province of al-Anbar, west of Baghdad, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006.
		Jahelka is part of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, temporarily deployed from its ships in the Persian Gulf to provide reinforcements in Anbar.
		Holleman is a member of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), which is responsible for transporting personnel and cargo across the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.
	www.marinecorpspost.com (909 words)

	Marine Corps to dowse uniforms with insecticide
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va(Sept. 29, 2004) -- The Marine Corps is considering a new plan to treat the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform at the factory level with permethrin prior to them hitting the shelves for sale or issue.
		The cost of treating five sets of uniforms for 80 Marines at $8 per set using a private company is $6,400.
		Treating uniforms with permethrin is one of the preventive measures to protect Marines from insect-born diseases.
	www.infowars.com /print/us/dowse_insecticide.htm (993 words)

	DCMilitary.com
		It is here, at the Crossroads of the Marine Corps, that vital concepts, training, and equipment of the future are developed.
		Headquartered in the General Raymond G. Davis Center at 3300 Russell Road, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command was created on Nov. 10, 1987 by the 28th commandant of the Marine Corps, General P.X. Kelly.
		Marine Corps Base Quantico is home to the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and numerous tenant organizations.
	www.dcmilitary.com /special_sections/sw/081506c.shtml (245 words)

	DefenseLINK News: U.S. Mint Strikes Marine Corps Commemorative Silver Dollar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar represents the first time the United States has honored a branch of the military with a commemorative coin.
		Surcharges from the sale of 2005 Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollars will be paid to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation to help construct the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico.
		The Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar is the second and final commemorative coin that the United States Mint will produce in 2005.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/May2005/20050526_1362.html (380 words)

	Marine Corps Times 3rd Annual Best Base Top Scorers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The 2004 Military Times Best Base awards are based on a combination of readers’ votes and quality-of-life statistics on climate, crime, commuting, attracting new residents, housing affordability and health-care availability.
		This grassroots program is based on input from the readers of Marine Corps Times…those who live, work and use base facilities, now or in the past.
		Nominations are based on living conditions, community spirit and the military's support of service members, their families and retirees.
	www.marinecorpstimes.com /bestbase/3rdannualtopscores.html (245 words)

	Amazon.com: Quantico (VA) (Images of America): Books: Mark Blumenthal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Located in the northern Virginia hills just south of our nationís capital, Marine Corps Base Quantico is known throughout the world as the Crossroads of the United States Marine Corps.
		Images of America: Quantico takes the reader on a visual tour of Quanticoís evolutionóthrough World War I, interwar service as an expeditionary base, and the development of the amphibious capabilities made famous by the Marines in World War II.
		The impact of famous Marines, including Generals John A. Lejeune and Smedley D. Butler, is explored, as is the unique relationship between the base and the Town of Quantico, the only United States city surrounded by a military base.
	www.amazon.com /Quantico-Images-America-Mark-Blumenthal/dp/0738515027 (867 words)

	Marine Military Expos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Marine Corps Base, Quantico is located off of Interstate 95 in Virginia, 36 miles south of Washington D.C. and 20 miles north of Fredericksburg.
		The two airports closest to MCB Quantico are Dulles International Airport (IAD), located in Dulles, VA and Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), located in Arlington, VA. Shuttle services are available from both airports.
		Please note: Visitors arriving at the Base should be prepared to present proper identification, such as a valid driver's license.
	www.marinemilitaryexpos.com /marinecorps/modern_day/directions.jsp (244 words)

	Marine Corps News Room: Supplemental funding advances MarCorSysCom mission, aids Marines in fight
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Oct. 13, 2005) -- Officials at Marine Corps Systems Command, the service’s internal organization responsible for acquisition and sustainment of systems and equipment used by Marines worldwide, said the Corps has benefited from a $3.7 billion windfall in fiscal year 2005.
		William Randolph, MarCorSysCom assistant commander for contracts, said the unprecedented, mid-year infusion of funding nearly tripled the budget for acquisition and allowed the Marine Corps to quickly address the most urgent needs of the operating forces.
		The Marine sniper community will also see its first optics upgrade beginning in November as the aging Unertl scope is replaced with the more capable Schmidt & Bender 3x12 variable scope.
	www.marine-corps-news.com /2005/10/supplemental_funding_advances.htm (948 words)

	Quantico hooks up to NMCI
		Marine Corps Base Quantico has become the first Corps base to begin the transition to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
		Teams also are assessing the base area network, LAN, and desktop PC and server environments.
		The base will cut over completely to NMCI on May 5 in the third and final phase.
	www.gcn.com /online/vol1_no1/21212-1.html (223 words)

	History for Marine Corps Base: Quantico, Va. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Marines, troops that serve on board ships of war or in conjunction with naval operation.
		A British marine corps was established in 1664, and the need for skilled riflemen aboard military vessels brought about intermittent renewal of this organization.
		Educate newly commissioned or appointed officers in the high standards of Professional Knowledge, Esprit-de-Corps, and Leadership required to prepare them for duty as a company grade officer in the Operating Forces, with particular emphasis on the duties, responsibilities and Warfighting Skills...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,500388,00.html (161 words)

	Marine Corps' First Islamic Prayer Center Dedicated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., June 7, 2006 – Calling freedom of religion a principal right in "a nation of people from all races and creeds who believe in liberty and freedom," Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England helped the Marine Corps dedicated its first Islamic prayer center here yesterday.
		I actually knew two Marines that claimed to be members of the Church of Satan and it said so on their dog tags.
		The Marine Corps is insane to build and dedicate an 'islamic prayer center' and no branch of the U.S. armed forces should enlist muslims.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1645288/posts (2935 words)

	Marine Security Guard Battalion of MCCDC (MSGBn) on MarineParents.com
		The primary mission of the Marine Security Guard is to provide internal security at designated U.S. diplomatic and consular facilities to prevent the compromise of classified material and equipment vital to U.S. national security.
		The Marine Security Guard Battalion, headquartered in Quantico, Virginia, is responsible for the training, assignments, administration, logistical support and discipline of the Marines assigned to Marine Security Guard duty.
		This web site is NOT endorsed by the United States Marine Corps, the Department of Defense, The United States Government or any other federal, state, or military governing body or agency.
	www.marineparents.com /units/Print.asp?ID=336 (821 words)

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