July 17, 2003 — MCLB Barstow sits between two major interstates, 15 and 40, and with the number of traffic accidents these highways experience annually there's always the possibility that a major accident involving a truck hauling chemicals exist. Aware of this possibility, emergency response teams such as MCLB's Fire and Emergency Services Division must be well MORE
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July 10, 2003 — Almost immediately after heaviest military operations in Iraqi wound down the Marine Corps Logistics Command dispatched an 18-member team of experts to Kuwait to begin assessing combat gear for reconstitution. Three members of that team were from Maintenance Center Barstow and deployed on May 16 to marry up with the main group and returned home MORE
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July 10, 2003 — Eleven corpsmen from MCLB Barstow were deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some of those who were attached to forward Marine units have started returning home. Their experiences over there are just some of the many shared by U.S. service members during the war. "I was deployed with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, Lima Company," said MORE
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July 03, 2003 — In 1994, a Marine Corps quality of life study found that 43 percent of all single, enlisted Marines were dissatisfied with their overall quality of life. Based on these findings, the commandant of the Marine Corps directed the establishment of the Single Marine Program. The SMP encourages and assists single Marines in identifying and planning MORE
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