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Quantico National Cemetery. / 38.54639°N 77.36278°W / 38.54639; -77.36278. Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. Adjacent to and originally part of Marine Corps Base Quantico, it was established as a national cemetery in 1983 with an area of ...
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial ( Iwo Jima Memorial) is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. [1] It is located in Arlington Ridge Park within the George Washington Memorial Parkway, [2] near ...
The Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum was located at Brown Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico, Virginia.It housed a wide variety of historic Marine Corps vehicles/tanks (both wheeled and tracked), equipment, artillery pieces and aircraft (both fixed wing (airplanes) and rotary wing (helicopters)) to trace the evolution and significance of the Marine Air-Ground Team.
The United States Marine Corps Aviation ( USMCA) is the aircraft arm of the United States Marine Corps. Aviation units within the Marine Corps are assigned to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, as the aviation combat element, by providing six functions: assault support, antiair warfare, close air support, electronic warfare, control of ...
0–9. 1st Armored Car Squadron (United States Marines) 1st Battalion, 9th Marines. 1st Battalion, 26th Marines. 1st Battalion, 28th Marines. 1st Machine Gun Battalion (United States Marine Corps) 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. 1st Searchlight Battery (United States) 1st Tank Battalion.
General Walter Eugene Boomer (born September 22, 1938) is a retired four-star general and assistant commandant of the United States Marine Corps and business executive. Boomer led all Marines in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the Gulf War. [2] He was later the chairman and CEO of Rogers Corporation and retired in 2004.
Staff Sergeant. Unit. Company G, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Battles/wars. Korean War †. Awards. Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. William Edward Shuck Jr. (August 16, 1926 – July 3, 1952) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Korean War on July 3, 1952.
Marine Corps Brig, Quantico. Coordinates: 38°29′24″N 77°18′58″W. Marine Corps Brig, Quantico was a Level I facility military prison operated at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia from 1972 until December 31, 2011. The building was located in eastern Stafford County, south of the base headquarters.