Quantico

[ kwon-ti-koh ]

/ ˈkwɒn tɪˌkoʊ /

a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.

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The town of Quantico is located inside the Marine Corps Base Quantico, which is the site of Marine Corps headquarters.
ISIS Fliers on a Marine Corps Base?|Tim Mak|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Semper,  Nate On 30 October 2006, Nate wrote to his brother Austin, who was attending Officer Candidate School in Quantico.
Marine First Lieutenant Nathan Krissoff’s Last Letters Home From Iraq|Matt Pottinger|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quantico, VA Sept. 24, 2009 Daniel Patrick Boyd A group of men are charged in plot to attack the Marine Corps base in Quantico.
Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11|John Avlon|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They then sent off the butts to the bureau lab in Quantico for testing.
The Hunt for D.B. Cooper|Geoffrey Gray|August 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST

He was held for several weeks in Kuwait before his transfer late last month to Quantico.
Accused Leaker to Fight Charges|Philip Shenon|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
No. 4, with an improved blast, was tried at Quantico, Mr. Goode being present.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
On November 14, when the aerodrome was prepared to be shipped to Quantico for trial, its condition was about as follows.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
Dumfries, a town on Quantico Creek, had been settled by a group of Scotch merchants, who traded in the colony.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
This target and the other targets were fired on March 16, 1964 at Quantico, Va.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
We fired additional targets at 100 yards on the range at Quantico, Va., firing groups of three shots.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy