Photo by Frances Seybold | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.07.2018
"Little Wizz" in his current natural setting. It will take up to five years for the tiny 10-inch tree to reach a size big enough where it can be replanted at the site of the Wisdom Tree. (Photo by Jeremy Beale)...
Photo by Valerie OBerry | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.07.2018
A Marine kneels in front of the fallen Wisdom Tree, which is symbolic of its beloved nature. In the background one can see the pavilion built near the tree which people aboard base used for special events such as picnics, or just to have a peaceful place to reflect or eat lunch....
Photo by Valerie OBerry | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.07.2018
This is what the base of the Wisdom Tree looks like after the storm brought it down. Before, the base had a large hole in the middle of it where people would often step inside of the tree and have pictures taken of them....
Photo by Valerie OBerry | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.07.2018
The Wisdom Tree (in the foreground) fell March 2 due to the strong storm that battered Quantico and the east coast. However, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs suspects that the tree standing right behind it is an ancestor of the Wisdom Tree due to its proximity to the old tree and the fact that it is also a willow oak....
Photo by Valerie OBerry | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.07.2018
Gunnery Sgt. Eric Still and Ron Moyer, NREA forester, stand in front of what is left of the Wisdom Tree to illustrate just how big it was. Still actually witnessed the tree falling....
Photo by Maj. Andrew Bormann | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 03.05.2018
This is what remains of the 157-year-old Wisdom Tree located on the campus of Marine Corps University. The iconic tree, which was old, frail and had root fungus, could not withstand the winds of the "bomb cyclone" which hit the area on March 2. (Photo by Maj. A.J. Bormann)...
Photo by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 01.08.2018
U.S. Army boats docked at Third Port sit in the icy waters of the James River after Winter Storm Grayson at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 8, 2018. With temperatures 20 degrees below zero after the storm, ice formed on bodies of water throughout the Hampton Roads area, including the James River and the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)...
Photo by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 01.08.2018
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 222nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Aviation Battalion, 128th Aviation Brigade, shovel snow from the sidewalks after Winter Storm Grayson at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 8, 2018. Winter Storm Grayson brought 10 inches of snow to the Hampton Roads area after several hours of heavy snow and winds gusting up to 55 mph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior......
