QUANTICO, Va. — Quantico’s top official is calling it quits after 30 years in the Marine Corps.
Col. Daniel J. Choike next month will retire as the commander of Quantico Marine Corps Base, a position he’s held for the past three years, reports WTOP.com.
Choike said he plans to remain in the area with his wife, telling the radio station that Quantico is their home.
Choike was influential on a recent BRAC panel that oversaw the relocation of 6,500 federal workers to Quantico. So far, the relocation of workers from office buildings in Arlington –with access to Metro – has not produced any significant traffic delays in the area.
The top commander also urged Stafford County officials in 2010 to consider the munitions ranges on base and the noise they produce when planning for future development in the North Stafford and Boswells Corner areas. Boswell’s Corner is the home to the Quantico Corporate Center, a thriving business park that could be home to a new technology and research center.
