On behalf of the Marines, Sailors, civilian employees and our families, welcome to Headquarters Battalion, Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va. Since 1943, Henderson Hall has been providing quality administrative, operational, logistical, and quality of life services in support of over 2000 Marines and civilians of Headquarters Marine Corps.
Colonel (Brevet Brigadier General) Archibald Henderson, fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born inColchester, Virginia, on 21 January 1783. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 4 June 1806; promoted to first lieutenant 6 March 1807; to captain 1 April 1811; and was appointed a major, by brevet, in the year 1814.
Henderson Hall is located in Arlington, Virginia, directly across the Potomac River from our Nation's Capital. The 14-acre facility primarily provides barracks and support for Marines assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps.
Marine Corps Community Services invites you to see what we have to offer. Our reach at Henderson Hall and throughout the National Capital Region is comprehensive and touches Marines’ lives and those of their families by enhancing quality of life.
Established in 1801, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., is the ‘‘Oldest Post of the Corps” and has been theresidence of every Commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806.
