Story by Lance Cpl. David Brandes | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 02.09.2024
Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant’s Combined Awards Ceremony at National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024....
Story by Cpl. AaRron Smith | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 12.23.2021
Each access point at Marine Corps Base Quantico, as well as The Marine Corps Museum, is overseen by military police and Marine Corps Civilian Law Enforcement Program officers with the Provost Marshal Office (PMO). These men and women serve as the first line of defense for the base and are vigilant day and night protecting Quantico’s gates....
Story by Cpl. AaRron Smith | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 11.15.2021
The National Museum of the Marine Corps held its third annual Combat Art Symposium to showcase the artwork and artists who have contributed to the museum’s Combat Art selection. The symposium, held from November 4-6, gave each artist an opportunity to share their stories and passion projects with the public....
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 08.06.2019
Charles “Bert” Mulligan, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Ridgeley West Virginia,spent his 99th birthday at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, August 6, 2019....
Story by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 04.22.2015
There are few places that can offer the sights, sounds … and even feel of history like the National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico, Virginia. Forty-Four Marine noncommissioned officers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron here discovered that fact during a visit to the museum April 22....
Story by Cpl. Grace L. Waladkewics | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 04.22.2015
Forty-Four Marine noncommissioned officers with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron here toured the once-bloody battlefield of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during a battlefield study field trip April 22 – 24....
Story by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.15.2014
The planting of cherry blossom trees originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the people of the United States from the people of Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry blossom tree, or "sakura," is a prized flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a potent symbol equated with the evanescence of human life and epitomizes the transformation of Japanese culture throughout the......
Story by Lance Cpl. Martin Egnash | Marine Corps Installations East | 09.21.2012
Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron from Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. visited the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., and national monuments in Washington, D.C., Sept. 21....
