— MCB Quantico (@MCB_Quantico) June 26, 2017
Military
From the National Museum of the Marine Corps:
“The National Museum of the Marine Corps recently welcomed its 5 millionth visitor when Carol Ellison of Stafford, Va. crossed the threshold. The Museum, considered one of the top museums in the state, hosts an average of 1,500 visitors a day.
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Northern Virginia veterans will soon have a new place to recover and retire.
A new Puller Veterans Care Center will be built on a 30-acre site at Vint Hill Road and Vint Hill Parkway in Fauquier County, just across the Prince William County line.
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A Stafford County spokeswoman emailed Potomac Local today:
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QUANTICO, Va. — It starts by applying layers of pink goop to the feet, knees, and legs.
QUANTICO, Va. — Workers spent the better part of Thursday morning cleaning the spire.
It was the first time the silver belfry, representing a flag pole from the iconic Iwo Jima raising of the flag photo captured during WWII, had been cleaned since the National Museum of the Marine Corps opened in 2006.
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Submitted:
The challenge is simple: make the tastiest meal (or at least the most palatable) out of two MRE packs “blindly” pulled from a box and whatever ingredients each chef can fit into his or her “cargo pocket” (the big pocket on the trousers of field uniforms, about the equivalent of a quart-size plastic bag). With a cooktop fueled by a Sterno can, contestants will work their magic, hoping to be awarded the coveted Golden Canteen Cup. Contestants can cook alone or in two-person teams.
The Chairman of the Potomac Region Veterans Council (PRVC), and Commander of VFW Post 7916, Chuck Wilson, Colonel, USAF (Ret), was the Master of Ceremonies at a Veterans Day ceremony at Quantico on Friday.
General Robert Neller, 37th Commandant of the US Marine Corps Was a keynote speaker. “