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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, 2008

Marines Visit Belleau Wood

The Battle of Belleau Wood was a turning point in "The Great War," as well as a defining moment in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1918, Marines halted and pushed back what many thought was an unstoppable German offensive in Belleau Wood, France. In a last ditch effort to halt a German offensive in early June 1918, the Allied high command

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Gunnery Sgt. Henry L. Baul was the guest of honor at the Marine Barracks Washington Evening Parade, May 16. Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman, deputy commandant of Manpower and Reserve Affairs and the evening's hosting official, salutes during the pass-in-review with Col. W. Blake Crowe, Barracks commanding officer. In 1942, Baul was the ninth African American to join the Marine Corps, enlisting out of the Washington Navy Yard. - Gunnery Sgt. Henry L. Baul was the guest of honor at the Marine Barracks Washington Evening Parade, May 16. Lt. Gen. Ronald Coleman, deputy commandant of Manpower and Reserve Affairs and the evening's hosting official, salutes during the pass-in-review with Col. W. Blake Crowe, Barracks commanding officer. In 1942, Baul was the ninth African American to join the Marine Corps, enlisting out of the Washington Navy Yard.

Marine Barracks Washington honors Montford Point hero

The Marines of Marine Barracks Washington honored Gunnery Sgt. Henry L. Baul, one of the original Montford Point Marines, during a Friday Evening Parade, May 16. The Montford Marines were the first Black Marines, who entered the Corps from 1942 to 1949 at Montford Point Camp, N.C., following President Roosevelt’s 1941 executive order giving blacks

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