Marine Corps Base Quantico

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United States Marine Corps base military installation

Marine Corps Base Quantico is a major United States Marine Corps installation in Virginia known as a primary center for Marine training, education, and research.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico	5
Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia	4
John A. Lejeune Hall, Marine Corps Base Quantico	1
MCIEAST-Marine Corps Base Quantico	1
Marine Corps Base Quantico (part)	1
Marine Corps Base Quantico Historic District	1
Marine Security Guard School, Quantico, Virginia	1
United States Marine Corps Base Quantico	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps base ⓘ military installation ⓘ
controlledBy	Marine Corps University ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command
country	United States of America ⓘ
era	World War I ⓘ
established	1917 ⓘ
garrison	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 54,000 acres ⓘ approximately 88 square miles ⓘ
hasFacility	airfield ⓘ education centers ⓘ firing ranges ⓘ maneuver areas ⓘ research facilities ⓘ
hasNickname	Crossroads of the Marine Corps ⓘ
hasSubunit	Quantico, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Marine Corps Base Quantico Town
hasTransportation	Quantico (Amtrak station) ⓘ surface form: Amtrak station at Quantico, Virginia Quantico (Virginia Railway Express station) ⓘ surface form: Virginia Railway Express station at Quantico, Virginia
hasUnit	Marine Helicopter Squadron One ⓘ
hosts	DEA Training Academy ⓘ surface form: Drug Enforcement Administration Training Academy FBI Academy ⓘ FBI Laboratory ⓘ HMX-1 ⓘ Marine Corps Base Quantico self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico Marine Corps Combat Development Command ⓘ U.S. Marine Security Guards ⓘ surface form: Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Marine Corps University ⓘ Naval Criminal Investigative Service ⓘ surface form: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Headquarters Officer Candidates School ⓘ The Basic School ⓘ Training and Education Command ⓘ
locatedIn	Fauquier County, Virginia ⓘ Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ Stafford County, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn	Potomac River ⓘ
namedAfter	Quantico Creek ⓘ
nearTo	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operator	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
ownedBy	Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Navy
partOf	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: National Capital Region
primaryFunction	Marine Corps education ⓘ Marine Corps research ⓘ Marine Corps training ⓘ
usedFor	doctrine development ⓘ enlisted training ⓘ officer training ⓘ wargaming ⓘ weapons testing ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Marine Security Guards → trainingLocation → Marine Corps Base Quantico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marine Security Guard School, Quantico, Virginia