The Marine Corps Marathon Organization announced that registration for the Turkey Trot 10K and Mile is open to the public starting today.
The event will run at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Saturday, November 19, five days before Thanksgiving.
The Marine Corps Marathon Organization announced that registration for the Turkey Trot 10K and Mile is open to the public starting today.
The event will run at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Saturday, November 19, five days before Thanksgiving.
The U.S. Navy Band Cruisers will perform at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
The band will perform on Thursday, June 30, as part of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s annual summer concert series, composed of eight of the Navy’s most dynamic performers. The Cruisers, formed in 1999, take their name and inspiration from the Navy’s most adaptable and multipurpose ship, the cruiser. The band lives up to its versatile namesake, playing musical genres from jazz to rhythm & blues, classic rock to pop, and their original material as well.
The event drew dozens of friends, family, and Marines to honor both Pasagian and Walsh for their years of service. Lieutenant General Karsten S. Heckl, commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and the Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, provided opening remarks.
“The accomplishments at Marine Corps Systems Command during your tenure are a direct reflection of your outstanding leadership,” said Lt. Gen. Heckl. “I know firsthand how much effort you put into ensuring our command is on track with our Marines. You had the intelligence and communication capabilities needed to make an expeditionary force. You were undoubtedly the right Marine at the right time to lead this demand.”
Quantico Marine Corps Base honored the fallen on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2022.
Base Commander Col. Michael L. Brooks attended a ceremony at Quantico National Cemetery. Later in the afternoon, the Quantico Marine Corps Band played a concert at the entrance to the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
Initially, first responders thought a pedestrian had been struck, but it wasn’t long before they learned a man had been ejected from a car. The unidentified man was taken to Mary Washington Hospital, where he was expected to survive, said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
There were no other cars involved, and it’s unclear what led to the crash. The incident remains under investigation, police said.
Units were dispatched Saturday, April 16, at 1:08 p.m. for a reported brush fire off Aden Road on the border of Quantico Marine Corps Base. Crews arrived to find a significant brush fire burning.
According to Prince William County Fire Marshal Matt Smolsky, the fire was a continuation of a fire that started on a firing range on base that erupted near the exact location on Friday, April 15,
The capacity at a new fire station at Quantico Marine Corps Base will increase 900 percent.
A new 22,500-square-foot fire station, located at 27414 Route MCB-1, in Stafford, will open later this summer, by July or August. It sits n the west side of the base, down the street from the current Fire Station 533.
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation announced the recipients of the Foundation’s 2022 Annual Awards. The recipients will be honored at the Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner on April 30 at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
The family of the late R. Lee Ermey, the Marine-turned actor known for his role as a drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket, donated more than $10,000 to the Young Marines in Dumfries.
The donation comes from the auction of Ermey’s private collection of guns, scripts, and memorabilia. Ermey, who died April 15, 2018, was the celebrity spokesperson for the Young Marines, lending his name and his staunch support to the youth program.