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Quantico

Town in Prince William County, northeastern Virginia, USA, on the Potomac River, 48 km/30 mi southwest of Washington DC; population (1990) 700. Adjacent is a Marine Corps station established as a naval base during the American Revolution and made a permanent base in 1916. Long known as the Quantico Marine Corps Air Station, it is now the headquarters of the Combat Development Command, the Marines' educational centre. Quantico Station had a population of 7,400 in 1990. Quantico is also an FBI training centre.
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