FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia ~ 26 FEB 2013

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia

Marine Corps Base Quantico is located near Triangle, Virginia. Known as the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps", it is a major Marine Corps training base, covering nearly 100 square miles. The Corps's Combat Development Command is based here, which develops strategies for Marine combat, and makes up most of the community of over 12,000 military and civilian personnel, including families.

Spaniards visited Quantico 40 years before Jamestown was settled and Captain John Smith explored the Potomac banks in 1608. Tobacco was the main product of early Scottish settlers in the Quantico area, which was the home of many Revolutionary War heroes.

 American, British and French armies used nearby roads to move from one battlefield to another. During the Civil War, Confederates used the Potomac's banks as gun positions to halt Union traffic on the river. By the 1880s the land had been acquired by speculators, who sold it to the Corps in 1917.

 

Since its inception in 1917, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, has been the "frontline of innovation." Marine concepts, doctrine, training, and equipment of the future are initiated aboard the Base. The techniques of amphibious warfare, for which the Corps is renowned, were conceived and perfected here.

Quantico also serves as the focal point for professional military education. The Marine Corps University provides the academic platform the Corps uses to shape and hone leaders at every milestone of their professional lives.

Officers in the Marine Corps begin their careers at the Officer Candidates School and The Basic School. Enlisted marines receive additional leadership training at the University's Staff Non-Commissioned Officers Academy.

Read More About Marine Corps Base Quantico Here!

The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. Designed by Fentress Architects, the exterior design is meant to "evoke the image of the flag raisers of Iwo Jima," an image that is also preserved by the USMC War Memorial. The 100,000 square foot museum is a tribute to the U.S. Marines who have served their country since 1775.

 

The National Museum of the Marine Corps preserves and exhibits the material history of the U.S. Marine Corps; honors the commitment, accomplishments, and sacrifices of Marines; supports recruitment, training, education, and retention of Marines; and provides the public with a readily accessible platform for the exploration of Marine Corps history.

The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the centerpiece of a complex of facilities called the Marine Corps Heritage Center. This multi-use, 135-acre campus includes the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park and Chapel; a demonstration area with parade grounds; hiking trails and other outdoor recreational offerings; a conference center and hotel; and an archive facility to restore and preserve Marine artifacts.

Learn More About The National Museum Of The Marine Corps Here

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Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[beachn4fun]

But it's time for the

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

A W E S O M E

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
I think, since this is right down the road from me, I'll ride my bike.
Easier to navigate that treacherous 95, which is always a parking lot.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Cloudy and windy
with periods of rain this afternoon.
Some sleet may mix in. High 48F.
Winds ENE at 15 to 25 mph.
Rainfall possibly over one inch.

~ Tonight... Windy with rain,
heavy at times, early. Clouds lingering overnight. Low 44F.
SE winds at 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph.
Rainfall may reach one inch.

I'm running late; one of the co-workers stopped by.
Better post, then get in my morning hellos
before someone else shows up.

Please stay.

Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS
O P E N

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes,
conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BARNETT, ROBERT RUSSELL
4/7/1966
Laos

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 41º at our house this morning and still a bit windy.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))). Not as windy here today as it was yesterday.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning dear ((HUGS))

Did you get any rain?

I believe all the wind is on it’s way here. We’re in for a stormy day/night.

What are you doing today?

[MEG33]

Good Morning Everyone

Thank you for the Roadtrip to Quantico, lauren and Kathy.
Hope your day goes well
(((HUGS)))

[Arrowhead1952]

Just a sprinkle of rain. The wind broke a couple of dead limbs out of a tree that I needed to cut down. I’ll go outside and pick them up later.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Meg and (((HUGS))). At least the wind died down since yesterday.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning Meg ((HUGS))

WOW! Love that graphic.

Happy Tuesday.

[luvie]

Well...we survived the high winds, Early Birds!
It was pretty nasty here yesterday!
It even snowed a bit...didn't stick!
I think the wind blew it too hard...
...it was coming down sideways. LOL!
Lots of roofs off..trucks overturned on I-20.
Anyhooooo...hope this is a GREAT day for y'all!
Don't work too hard today!
((((hugs))))

[luvie]

That is so cool!! Thanks!

[MEG33]

Wow,,I saw your tumbleweed picture! I saw how the wind was blowing the snow in W Texas on the weather channel..Glad your roof is secure!!

[MEG33]

;o)
Thank you, beachy.

[MEG33]

All is calm..

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))). It was bad yesterday. News is reporting quite a number of people are still without power in Austin as of this morning.

[luvie]

Ours seems to have survived all right, but hubby said that quite a few shingles were off the church building roof. Ugh! That’ll be a pain to repair!...and he is probably the one that will have the “pleasure” of doing it.

They are out removing the carcasses of the turned over trucks this morning. Quite a strange day. Blizzard north of us dropped nearly 2 feet of snow...Amarillo. Hope you dodged this wind!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

The reason for being later to the Canteen this morning is because our ISP, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Kingfisher Oklahoma has had some issues related to the blizzard which impacted parts of the Central plains yesterday. A number of communities lost power due to the stress brought on by the heavy snow and strong winds combined.

Pioneer Telephone has numerous sites which run on generators however, due to the blizzard their techs were unable to reach those generators to refuel them. As a result, power was lost and some services were interrupted in some places, including Internet.

Here in Comanche OK, we never got below freezing. We had some light rain and that was about it. However, some place around our area did lose power due to winds.

In any event, things have calmed down, The storm has passed and our Internet is back on.

How's it going for everybody this morning?

[luvie]

Good morning! (((hugs))) It was quite a day! We had a short outage here, but I read of others that were worse...trees fallen on power lines, etc. Signs down, roofs blown off, a billboard sign torn nearly off the frame, blowing in the wind...the sand was NASTY! Ugh! I didn’t see that many tumbleweeds except piled up against fences along the highway.

[luvie]

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

Glad the weather wasn’t too bad for you...and that you got some rain! We got a bit of blowing snow, but nothing stuck and it wasn’t enough to even wet the sidewalks. I know that it was brutal north of us, from Lubbock to Amarillo.

Haven’t heard from my kids in OKC...whether they had lots of bad weather or not.

[Arrowhead1952]

I haven’t been away from the house, but have to go to the dentist later today. I will probably see some damage on the way.