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Established in 1801, Marine Barracks Washington, is the "Oldest Post of the Corps" and has been the residence of every commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806. The selection of the site for the Barracks was a matter of personal interest to President Thomas Jefferson, who rode through Washington with Lt. Col. William Ward Burrows, the second commandant of the Marine Corps, in search of a suitable location. The site now occupied was approved due to its proximity to the Washington Navy Yard and because it was within easy marching distance of the Capitol.

Marine Barracks, 8th and I

Washington, D.C.

Archive: May, 2000

CMC HONORS 1999 MCI GRADUATE OF THE YEAR

The commandant of the Marine Corps presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Sgt. Lee S. Mahlstede Jr., Marine Corps Institute's 1999 Graduate of the Year, in a ceremony at the Pentagon May 9. General James L. Jones presented Mahlstede with the medal for successfully completing 15 MCI courses, two Period of Military Education