MCB Quantico

There were eight military installations housing Afghan evacuees during the fall of 2021 and into the winter of 2022. Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia was one of them. Task Force Quantico began operations in support of Afghan evacuees in late August 2021. The TF provided support for the relocation and resettlement effort of the Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan during the Kabul airport non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO). This support included transportation, housing, security, medical care, and sustainment.

Operations began on August 24th when a 14-man team conducted a site survey of the location for the housing of the Afghan evacuees. TF Quantico was established on August 27th and by August 29th the first Afghan evacuees arrived. MCB Quantico would house and support almost 4,000 Afghan evacuees. The last Afghans left MCB Quantico on December 22nd.

Photo: Afghan evacuees are escorted into living spaces at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia (photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Jenkins, August 29, 2021.

Photo: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rachael Scott interacts with an Afghan child during Operation Allies Welcome at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 1, 2021. Photo by Tia Dufour, Marine Corps.

Photo: Marine Corps Maj. Carla McGirr interacts with an Afghan girl at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Oct. 8, 2021. Photo by Marine Corps Cpl. Scott Jenkins.

Photo: Marines wave goodbye to Afghans as they depart Quantico and continue along the resettlement process. (U.S. Army North, Twitter, Oct 14, 2021)

News about Afghan Camp at Quantico

January 19, 2022, "DoD IG Report on Support to Afghan Evacuees at Quantico", Afghan Report.

January 18, 2022, "Marines didn't properly track Afghan evacuees at Quantico, Virginia", byTodd South, Marine Corps Times.

December 24, 2021. "Last Afghan refugees leave Virginia's Qauntico Marine base", Marine Corps Times.