Story by Lance Cpl. David Brandes | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 10.06.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Volunteers gathered at the strip of land between Biddle Avenue and Nicholas Road near the main side recreation center to work on maintaining and expanding a pollinator garden for Monarch butterflies to celebrate National Public Lands Day on Sept. 23....
Story by Lt. Col. Eric Flanagan | Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration | 09.08.2025
In August, the Marine Corps began hosting drone task force summits to chart a way forward for operational units across the Marine Corps to effectively employ small drones. The drone task force leverages work done over the last several years by various units, including Marine Corps Special Operations Command, the infantry battalion experiment (IBX), and the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team......
Story by Shaehmus Sawyer | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 09.05.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. —The main side chow hall, Bruce Hall, is closing after dinner on Sept. 8 until mid-2027 for extensive renovations....
Story by Cpl. William Tucker | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 08.29.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — One wrong turn, one second too late, one rider down, and one motorcycle crash report. Two years ago, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dustin Kosar flipped through the pages of the crash report where a Marine sustained life-altering injuries that rendered him incapable to continue serving....
Story by Lance Cpl. David Brandes | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 08.14.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- In the dim light of the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, dozens of Marines and family members reunited to honor the memory of those who had fallen. Some wore suits, many had the traditional close-cropped Marine haircuts, there were long gray beards and symbols of their service, units, and loved ones. Regardless of......
Story by Lance Cpl. David Brandes | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 07.24.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- Michael Lewis, a hazardous waste disposer with the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs office on MCB Quantico, received the Junior Civilian of the Quarter Award for his work that generated over half a million dollars in revenue over the course of a year from the base’s Recycling Facility Program on July 24....
Story by Lance Cpl. Yamely Saeteros | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 06.26.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gerard W. VanderWaal relinquished command of Security Battalion to Lt. Col. Denver M. Edick during a change of command ceremony at Lejeune Hall, June 26....
Story by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 06.11.2025
MCB Quantico hosted a full-scale active shooter response exercise involving fire and emergency services and security personnel from on base and neighboring communities, June 11....
