OtherUS Marine Base Quantico

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HISTORICAL NOTE
        In 1917, Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCB Quantico) was established and is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly 55,148 acres of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeastern Fauquier County. Used primarily for training purposes, MCB Quantico is known as the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps".
        Quantico Station is a census-designated place in Prince William and Stafford counties in Virginia, used by the Census Bureau to describe base housing. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. The US Marine Corps' Combat Development Command, which develops strategies for U.S. Marine combat and makes up most of the community of over 12,000 military and civilian personnel (including families), is based here. It has a budget of around $300 million and is the home of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School. The Marine Corps Research Center at Quantico pursues equipment research and development, especially telecommunications, for the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Brig, a military prison, was also located at Quantico, until its closure on 31 December 2011 and its subsequent demolition.
        The FBI Academy, the principal research and training facility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the principal training facility for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are also located on the base. In 2001, the base was designated as part of the Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places.[1][5][6] This district includes 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture, and a water tower located within the Mainside area of the base.[7] The contributing properties with separate entries include Tennessee Camp, Camp French, Commanding General's Quarters, and Rising Hill Camp.
        The first Marine Aircraft Wing was developed at Quantico, as well as the Corps' first helicopter squadron, Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), the first helicopter squadron to provide rapid transportation for Presidents of the United States ("Marine One"). It continues that mission today. In 1934, Amphibious Warfare Doctrine, along with special amphibious landing crafts for World War II were developed here. These Amphibious Warfare techniques, developed in the years before World War II, made victory possible in the Pacific theater. Quantico trained over 15,000 USMC and other service officers in these techniques.

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			Est 1917
			Former Crest of the Base Marine Corps Memorial at the front gate of MCB Quantico Current Crest of the Base

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			1938-06-08 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" First Marine Brigade / Fleet Marine Force
			The lineal forebear of the 1st Marine Division is the 1st Advance Base Brigade, which was activated on 23 December 1913 at Philadelphia, PA. The brigade was redesignated on 1 April 1914, as the 1st Brigade, and on 16 September 1935, as the 1st Marine Brigade.

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1941-08-22 Locy Type 3 (BTT) "QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" 5th Mar. 1st Mar. Div. / Fleet Mar. Force
			Re-activated in September 1934 in Quantico, VA - Disbanded April 1946

5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1941-04-26 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" First Marine Div. / Fleet Marine Force
			Re-activated in September 1934 in Quantico, VA - Disbanded April 1946

1st Marine Division. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1941-10-20 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" Mar. Air Gr. 11 / F.M.A.W.F.M.F.
			F.M.A.W.F.M.F. - (F)Fixed Wing, (M)Marine, (AW)All Weather, (FMF)Fleet Marine Force Commissioned at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on 1 August 1941, as the Marine Corps' first aircraft group

Marine Air Group (MAG) 11. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-10-28 Locy Type 3 "MB QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" Atlantic Amphibious / Force
			First Day Cancellation HQ, Atlantic Amphibious Force, MB Quantico VA.

Cacheted. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-12-10 Locy Type 3 "MB QUANTICO / VIRGINIA" Amphibious Force / Atlantic Fleet
			First Day Cancellation Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet MB Quantico VA.

Signed by PlSgt Paul Thompson, USMC, Navy Mail Clerk. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1942-06-30 Locy Type 3 (BBT) Quantico, VA. / Marine Corps Air Sta. Br.
			First Day of Postal Service Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico (MCAF Quantico) is a USMC airfield located within MCB Quantico, VA. It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1. The airfield is also known as Turner Field, after Colonel Thomas C. Turner, a veteran Marine aviator and the second director of Marine Corps Aviation, who lost his life in Haiti in 1931. Formerly a USMC Air Station, it was redesignated in 15 November 1976 to the current MCAF.

Chester Knowlson annotated the cover with "FDPS". From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

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