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Quantico (/ ˈ k w ɒ n t ɪ k oʊ /; formerly Potomac) [5] is a town in southeastern Prince William County, Virginia, United States.The population was 480 at the 2010 census.Quantico is approximately 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., bounded by the Potomac River to the east and the Quantico Creek to the north.
Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly 55,148 acres (86.169 sq mi; 22,318 ha; 223.18 km 2) of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeastern Fauquier County. Used primarily for training ...
Marine Corps Base Quantico: Triangle: 149.97: 241.35: 150: SR 619 – Triangle, Quantico, Prince William Forest Park: Signed as exits 150A (east) and 150B (west) southbound; commercial vehicles to Marine Corps Base Quantico must use exit 148 151.00: 243.01: I-95 Express north: Northbound exit and southbound entrance: Dumfries: 152.36: 245.20: 152
Commanding General's Quarters, Quantico Marine Base, also known as Building Number 1 and Quarters 1, is a historic home located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, [3] Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia. It was built in 1920, and is a large, two-story, concrete-block-and-frame, Dutch Colonial Revival style house.
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 725 acres (293 ha).
Aviation first arrived at Quantico on 6 May 1896 when Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), Astronomer and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, launched his successful Aerodrome #5, a steam engine powered, unpiloted aircraft from a houseboat in the shadow of Chopawamsic Island adjacent to the present-day approach end of Runway 20 at Quantico Marine Corps Air Facility.
In 1933, FBI agents were granted the power to possess a firearm and to arrest, and so the academy was opened to train agents. The Marine Corps granted them access to their firing ranges in Quantico, Virginia. After outgrowing the Marine Corps firing ranges, the FBI was granted permission to build their own firing range and classroom on the base.
Hogan's Alley is located on the grounds of the FBI Academy, roughly behind the FBI Laboratory.The facility is an open-air complex consisting of several buildings constructed to resemble establishments typically seen in an archetypical American small town, including a post office, a pharmacy, a motel, a fully-operational Subway, [2] a pawn shop, a pool hall, a laundromat, a barber, a jewelry ...