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{{Short description|American military installation}}
{{About|the United States Marine Corps installation|the town of the same name|Quantico, Virginia}}
{{Redirect|Quantico Station|the train station|Quantico station}}
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| current_commander = [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Michael L. Brooks
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* [[Charles C. Krulak]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Krulak_CC.htm |title=Who's Who in Marine Corps History-Gen Charles C. Krulak |website=tecom.usmc.mil |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312100148/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Krulak_CC.htm |archive-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* [[Marine Corps University|USMC University]]
* [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command|US Army CIDC]]
* [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA Training Academy]]
* [[FBI Academy]]
* [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]]
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'''Marine Corps Base Quantico''' (commonly abbreviated '''MCB Quantico''') is a [[United States Marine Corps]] [[List of United States Marine Corps installations|installation]] located near [[Triangle, Virginia]], covering nearly {{convert|55148|acres|sqmi ha sqkm}} of southern [[Prince William County, Virginia]], northern [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], and southeastern [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier County]]. Used primarily for training purposes, MCB Quantico is known as the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps".<ref name="oea.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.oea.gov/project-highlights/compatible-use/marine-corps-base-quantico,-virginia |title=Quantico MCB JLUS |publisher=Office of Economic Adjustment |access-date=5 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219190916/http://www.oea.gov/project-highlights/compatible-use/marine-corps-base-quantico,-virginia|archive-date=19 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/PDF_Files/Pubs/Quantico-%20Crossroads%20Of%20The%20Marine%20Corps.pdf |title=Quantico: Crossroads of the Marine Corps |first=LtCol Charles A. |last=Fleming |author2=Capt Robin L. Austin |author3=Capt Charles A. Braley III |year=1978 |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division|History & Museums Division]] |location=Washington, D.C. }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

'''Quantico Station''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William]] and [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]] counties in the U.S. state of [[Virginia]], used by the Census Bureau to describe base housing. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census.

The U.S. 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&nbsp;million and is the home of the [[Officer Candidates School (U.S. Marine Corps)|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, Quantico|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]], the principal training facility for the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA), and the [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division]] (CID) are also located on the base.

In 2001, the base was designated as part of the Quantico Marine Corps Base [[Historic district (United States)|Historic District]] by the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="National Park Service">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000260}}|title=Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=21 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="pdfhost.focus.nps.gov">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000260|photos=y}}|title=Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=21 March 2011}}</ref> This district includes 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture, and a water tower located within the Mainside area of the base.<ref name="United States Marine Corps">{{cite web|url=http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/activities/display.aspx?PID=1695&Section=NREA|title=MCB Quantico – NREA – Cultural Resources|publisher=[[United States Marine Corps]]|access-date=6 August 2008}}</ref> The [[contributing property|contributing properties]] with separate entries include Tennessee Camp, Camp French, Commanding General's Quarters, and Rising Hill Camp.

==History==

===Before the establishment of the Marine base===
The Quantico base is close to the [[Potomac River]]. The area was originally inhabited by the Patowomacks ([[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]]) in the 16th century. The name "Quantico" is presumed to come from a Native American term, and has been translated to mean "by the large stream". Accounts show that the area was first visited by European explorers in the summer of 1608 with settlement beginning later that year.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

After the start of the 18th century, the area became popular because of tobacco trade in Aquia Harbor. Because traveling on muddy roads in those days was slow, many villages sprang up along the river and its inlets. Additionally, the area was a bustling stopping point on the north–south routes between New York and Florida.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

Early settlements and [[Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantation]]s rooted along the flatlands bordering the Potomac. The hills west of the river remained essentially uninhabited until the early 18th century. Prince William County was organized in 1731, when the "Quantico Road" was also opened. This road gave vital access from the western part of the county to this area. By 1759, the road stretched across the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] into the [[Shenandoah Valley]].{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The first military presence at Quantico came during the [[American Revolutionary War]], when the Quantico Creek village became a main naval base for the Commonwealth of Virginia's 72-vessel fleet on which many [[Virginia militia|state militia]] served.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The land was first visited by the Marine Corps in 1816, when a group of Marines traveling by ship to Washington were stopped when their vessel was halted by ice in the Potomac, forcing them to debark and march to the town of [[Dumfries, Virginia]]. Here they met a young Captain [[Archibald Henderson]] who lived close by. A generous-natured man, Henderson hired a wagon for them and sent them on their way.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

During the [[American Civil War]], control of the Potomac River became very important to the armies of both sides. The [[Confederate States Army|Confederates]] picked the Quantico Creek area on the Potomac to set up gun batteries. This enabled them to make full use of several points where their [[artillery]] could reach anything on the water, thus deterring [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] use of the water highway. One of these sites included Shipping Point, the present day site of the [[Marine Corps Systems Command]].{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Another site is [[Tennessee Camp]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris" />

While battles took place in [[Manassas, Virginia]] and [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]], the gun positions around Quantico were used until the end of the war. After a 12-day battle at the [[Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia|Spotsylvania Courthouse]] where the Union lost about 25,000 soldiers, the war moved out of the Quantico area.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

Following the war, railroads became an integral part of transportation in Virginia. In 1872, the [[Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad]] was formed when several railroads north and south met at Quantico Creek. This railroad still runs through the base and is used daily.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The village came to be called "Quantico" and was built by the Quantico Company. This was the start of a thriving tourist and fishing town that would later be encompassed by Marine Corps Base Quantico.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

===Establishing the base===
[[File:Logo of Marine Corps Base Quantico.png|thumb|left|The former logo of MCB Quantico]]
Prior to the base's establishment, the land was owned by the [[Quantico, Virginia|Town of Quantico]]. Around the start of the 20th century, the Quantico Company was formed on Quantico Creek. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Quantico was being advertised as a recreational day trip. The Quantico Company promoted the town as a tourist and excursion center, and brought in tourists from Washington and Richmond by the steamer St. Johns and trains using the RF&P railroad lines and depot developed at Quantico in 1872. A beach was developed with dressing rooms and refreshment stands. In one week in 1916, Quantico was visited by 2,600 visitors who came by steamer or train.<ref name="Karnes">{{cite book|last=Karnes|first=Debrarae|url=http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/planning/Documents/000586.pdf|title=The History of the Prince William County Waterfront|publisher=Prince William County Planning Office|year=1998|location=[[Prince William, Virginia]]}}</ref>

By 1916, the Quantico Company began advertising Quantico as "The New Industrial City," and pushed for industry to come to the area. At the same time, the Quantico [[Shipyard]]s were established on Hospital Point (the land that formerly held the Naval Medical Clinic but is now home to Marine Corps Systems Command) to build ocean [[Cargo ship|freighters]] and [[oil tanker]]s. With growing tensions of war in Europe, the construction of U.S. Navy ships was a major money-maker for the Quantico Shipyards. While the Town of Quantico was rapidly growing as a fishing village, excursion center and a shipbuilding center in early 1917, the town was not large or significant, and was suffering many financial difficulties.<ref name="Karnes" />

Around the same time, [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] [[George Barnett]], then [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]], sent a board to find possible sites for a new Marine Corps base in the [[Washington Metropolitan Area|Washington, D.C., vicinity]].<ref name="IAQ">{{cite book|last=Blumenthal|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZXqIIEzbYoC&q=quantico+expansion+1942&pg=PA93|title=Images of America – Quantico|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2003|isbn=9780738515021|location=Great Britain}}</ref>

In 1917, '''Marine Barracks, Quantico''' was established on the land currently occupied by today's base. Marine Barracks personnel consisted of 91 [[Enlisted rank|enlisted men]] and four [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]]. Thousands of Marines were trained here during [[World War I]]. The [[Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base|Commanding General's Quarters]] was built in 1920 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2009.<ref name="nris" /> By 1920, the Marine Corps schools were founded, as [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Smedley Butler]] put it, "to make this post and the whole Marine Corps a great university".<ref name="MCBQ">{{cite web|title=History of Marine Corps Base Quantico|url=http://www.quantico.marines.mil/About/History.aspx}}</ref> These schools eventually developed into today's [[Marine Corps University]]. Virtually all Marine officers receive their basic training here, as well as enlisted technicians from many different disciplines.<ref name="MCU">{{cite web|title=History of MCU|url=https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/SitePages/aboutus/MCU%20History.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224114049/http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/SitePages/aboutus/MCU%20History.aspx|archive-date=24 February 2015|access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> Around the same time, as a part of these schools, a [[Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football|football team]] was established at the base, playing as a [[college football]] team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Helmets of Discontinued College Teams|url=http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/past.htm}}</ref> Until its disbanding in 1972, the team played against various [[NCAA Division I]] college teams, as well as teams from other military installations.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124852/http://jarheadjocks.com/doc/Football%201964-72-2013.pdf Article title]}} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

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 [[President of the United States|Presidents of the United States]] ("[[Marine One]]").<ref name="MCBQ" /> It continues that mission today.

In 1934, Amphibious Warfare Doctrine, along with special amphibious landing crafts for [[World War II]] were developed here.<ref name="IAQ" /> 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.<ref name="MCBQ" />

In 1942, over {{convert|50000|acres}} were purchased by the federal government and added to Quantico, making up what is now the base west of Interstate 95. The expansion was needed for additional range and maneuver training areas during [[World War II]].<ref name="IAQ" />

In 1987, the Marine Corps Development and Education Command here was changed to the [[Marine Corps Combat Development Command]].<ref name="MCBQ" />

On the night of 21 March 2013, a Marine opened fire killing two other Marines before killing himself.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Marines Killed in Shooting at Base in Virginia|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/22/175021578/three-marines-killed-in-shooting-at-base-in-virginia?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw|access-date=22 March 2013|publisher=NPR|date = 22 March 2013|last1 = Peralta|first1 = Eyder}}</ref>

In 2015, the base held first Department of Defense organized [[Warrior Games]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Warrior Games – Warrior Games 101|url=http://www.cvent.com/events/2015-dod-warrior-games/custom-20-25808016420f4770ac6315286ba3e1cc.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707031716/http://www.cvent.com/events/2015-dod-warrior-games/custom-20-25808016420f4770ac6315286ba3e1cc.aspx|archive-date=7 July 2015|access-date=10 February 2016|website=[[Cvent]]|publisher=2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2015 DoD Warrior Games|url=http://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0615_warriorgames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316004354/http://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0615_warriorgames|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2016|access-date=10 February 2016|website=[[U.S. Department of Defense]]}}</ref>

==Units and commands==
The Corps' Combat Development Command, which develops strategies for 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&nbsp;million and is the home of the [[Officer Candidates School (U.S. Marine Corps)|Marine Corps Officer Candidates School]]. The Marine Corps Research Center at Quantico pursues equipment [[research and development]], especially telecommunications, for the Marine Corps. [[Marine Corps Brig, Quantico|The Marine Corps Brig]], a military prison, was formerly located at Quantico.

The base was designated as part of the '''Quantico Marine Corps Base [[Historic district (United States)|Historic District]]''' by the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name="nris" /><ref name="National Park Service" /><ref name="pdfhost.focus.nps.gov" /> This district includes 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture, and a water tower located within the Mainside area of the base.<ref name="United States Marine Corps" /> The [[contributing property|contributing properties]] with separate entries include Tennessee Camp, Camp French, Commanding General's Quarters, and Rising Hill Camp.

It is the site of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Marine Helicopter 1 [[HMX-1]]. HMX-1 was the first helicopter [[Squadron (aviation)|squadron]] to provide rapid transportation of U.S. Presidents, a mission they have continued to carry out to the present day.
* [[Marine Corps Security Guard|Marine Corps Embassy Security Group]]
* [[Marine Corps Marathon]]
* [[Marine Corps Combat Development Command]]
** [[United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory|Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory]]
* [[Marine Corps Recruiting Command]]
* Manpower and Reserve Affairs Division, Headquarters Marine Corps
* [[Marine Corps Systems Command]]
* [[United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command|Marine Corps Training and Education Command]]
** [[The Basic School]]
** [[Marine Air-Ground Task Force]] (MAGTF) Staff Training Program
** [[Marine Corps University]]
** [[Officer Candidates School (U.S. Marine Corps)|Officer Candidates School]]
* [[Marine Corps Cyber Operations Group]]
* [[United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment|Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment]]
* The Quantico Marine Band

==Tenant activities==
[[File:MarinesMemorial2Cropped.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marine Corps Memorial at the front gate of MCB Quantico]]

The base is the home of major training institutions for both the Marine Corps and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including:
*[[Defense Intelligence Agency]]
*[[Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency]] (Headquarters)
*[[Drug Enforcement Administration]] training academy
*[[FBI Academy]], the principal research and training facility of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].
*[[FBI Hostage Rescue Team]] (HRT)
*[[FBI Laboratory]]
*[[Marine Raider Museum]]
*[[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] Headquarters, [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division]] Headquarters, [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] Headquarters
*[[United States Naval Community College]]

A replica of the [[United States Marine Corps War Memorial]], depicting the 2nd U.S. flag-raising on [[Iwo Jima]], stands at the entrance to the base. (The original memorial stands at the north end of [[Arlington National Cemetery]].)

Larson Gym opened in December 1953 in a former aircraft hangar built in the 1930s. It had a seating capacity of 2,000 and was named for Colonel [[Swede Larson]], a former United States Naval Academy football player and coach.<ref>"Marine Corps Schools" basketball program, Quantico, Virginia, 1955-56.</ref> In later years, the [[Marine Corps Museum]] used the facility for restoring aircraft and the Quantico Marine Corps Band used it for practicing. It was demolished about 2018 after the Barber Fitness Center was opened.

Marine Corps Base Quantico and the [[Potomac River]] surround the town of [[Quantico, Virginia|Quantico]]. Access to the town is possible only through the base, the [[Quantico (Amtrak station)|Amtrak]] train station, or from the river.

==Geography==
Quantico Station is located at {{coord|38.501951|-77.305962|type:city_region:US-VA|format=dms}} (38.501951, −77.305962).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=23 April 2011|date=12 February 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 8.1&nbsp;square miles (21.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 7.2&nbsp;square miles (18.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 1.0&nbsp;square miles (2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (12.27%) is water.

The name "Quantico Station" is most often used to designate the train [[Quantico (Amtrak station)|station]] in [[Quantico, Virginia]] where commuters use the [[Virginia Railway Express#Fredericksburg Line|Virginia Railway Express]].<ref>[http://www.vre.org/service/stations/QAN.htm Quantico Station Information]. Vre.org. Retrieved 23 July 2013.</ref>

=== Climate ===

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|location = Quantico
|single line = Yes
|Jan high F = 44.5
|Feb high F = 45.8
|Mar high F = 55.6
|Apr high F = 66.4
|May high F = 76.2
|Jun high F = 83.3
|Jul high F = 87.3
|Aug high F =85.1
|Sep high F = 79.1
|Oct high F = 68.6
|Nov high F =57.3
|Dec high F = 46
|year high F = 66.3
|Jan low F = 26.3
|Feb low F = 26.6
|Mar low F = 34.5
|Apr low F = 43.1
|May low F = 53
|Jun low F = 62.5
|Jul low F = 67.4
|Aug low F = 65.3
|Sep low F = 59
|Oct low F = 47.2
|Nov low F = 36.5
|Dec low F = 27.7
|year low F = 45.7
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.9
|Feb precipitation inch =2.6
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.2
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.9
|May precipitation inch = 3.1
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.5
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.8
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.3
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.1
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.8
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.5
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.8
|year precipitation inch = 37.5
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|year=2011
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Retrieved on 24 November 2011.
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==Demographics==
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As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,571 people, 1,389 households, and 1,351 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 918.9 people per square mile (354.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,645 housing units at an average density of 230.0/sq&nbsp;mi (88.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.25% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 16.01% [[African American (U.S. census)|African American]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 2.15% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.15% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.91% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4.08% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.37% of the population.

There were 1,389 households, out of which 77.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 91.3% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2.7% were non-families. 2.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.57 and the average family size was 3.57.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.3% under the age of 18, 29.9% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 2.2% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 158.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 196.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,429, and the median income for a family was $41,288. Males had a median income of $24,478 versus $20,676 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,563. About 5.5% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA), which serves as the school district for the installation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51153_prince_william/DC20SD_C51153.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Prince William County, VA|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-05}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51153_prince_william/DC20SD_C51153_SD2MS.txt Text list] – "Quantico Marine Corps Center School District" refers to DoDEA schools.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51179_stafford/DC20SD_C51179.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Stafford County, VA|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-05}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51179_stafford/DC20SD_C51179_SD2MS.txt Text list] – "Quantico Marine Corps Center School District" refers to DoDEA schools.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51061_fauquier/DC20SD_C51061.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fauquier County, VA|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2025-03-08}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st51_va/schooldistrict_maps/c51061_fauquier/DC20SD_C51061_SD2MS.txt Text list] – "Quantico Marine Corps Center School District" refers to DoDEA schools.</ref> operates two schools on the base.

The {{convert|129577|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} Crossroads Elementary School facility was scheduled to open in Spring 2016. It had a cost of $47 million. It has a two-story media center and a rooftop environmental science center, patio, and garden. The facility uses natural light and heating from geothermal sources. In 2015 the ''Star-Tribune'' described it as "state-of-the-art school design".<ref name=Milprosp>{{cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com:443/part-4-while-tribal-schools-suffer-military-schools-prosper/285642951/|title=While tribal schools suffer, military schools prosper|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|date=2015-04-02|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref> It replaced Ashurst, Burrows, and Russell elementary schools.<ref name=Hester>{{cite web|last=Hester|first=Wesley P.|url=https://richmond.com/news/military-schools-make-do/article_4cc279b5-4065-58f8-9dd3-b6d1cbca9607.html|title=Military schools 'make do' |newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]|date=2011-10-02|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref>

[[Quantico Middle High School]] is the other facility.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dodea.edu/quanticomhs/index.cfm | title=Homepage &#124; Quantico Middle High School }}</ref>

In 1919 a 1-8 school opened, though high school students had to attend school in the [[District of Columbia]] or in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and [[Occoquan, Virginia|Occoquan]] in Virginia. In the 1930s the high school program opened, and enrollment was over 300 in 1940. The school was renamed Quantico Post School the following year, with groundbreaking and dedication of a new building on 22 July of that year and the subsequent year's 6 January.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dodea.edu/QuanticoMHS/about.cfm|title=Quantico M/HS: About Our School |publisher=[[Quantico Middle High School]]|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref> Russell Elementary opened in 1953.<ref name=Hester/>

[[University of Maryland Global Campus]] has a facility at MCB Quantico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umgc.edu/locations/marine-corps-base-quantico.cfm|title=MCB Quantico|publisher=[[University of Maryland Global Campus]]|access-date=2021-08-13}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of United States Marine Corps installations]]
* [[Chopawamsic]] Island
* [[Breckenridge Reservoir]]
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== References ==
* {{Marine Corps}}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.quantico.marines.mil/ MCB Quantico website]
* [http://www.usmcmuseum.org/ The National Museum of the Marine Corps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502131727/http://www.usmcmuseum.org/ |date=2 May 2006 }}
* [http://quantico.va.marinecorpsusa.org/ USMC Base Quantico Overview & PCS Information] (MarineCorpsUSA.org)

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