May 19, 2005 — Maintenance Center Barstow began assembling armor kits for the P-19 fire truck April 29. These are the first kits to be prototyped at the maintenance center since it was established, according to Rick Gilmore, armor project program manager. "We have assembled armor kits for other vehicles in the past, but those kits were all prototyped in Albany MORE
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May 19, 2005 — The finance office at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is preparing to pick up and relocate its Marines to units throughout the Corps this summer in an effort to better support the Corps' overall mission. It is estimated that by June 30 financeial services provided by the finance office will be turned over to MCRD San Diego. The move will put MORE
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May 12, 2005 — Sometimes they’re at the front gate, sometimes they’re in the barracks, sometimes they’re deployed overseas, but they’re always on the alert and on the job. Comprised of seven dogs and eight Marines, the K9 unit aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow are a force to be reckoned with. Whether a task involves explosives, narcotics or a fleeing MORE
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May 12, 2005 — Marines, Sailors, soldiers and airmen are often portrayed aboard ships, in bars or dance clubs and bases across the world. Girls and guys love them, sometimes civilians loathe them, but always the government supports them. It is said that a true service member usually bears identification cards, tattoos, a deck of cards, a camera, a portable radio MORE
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May 12, 2005 — It is a fact that military working dogs do just that, work. Little time, if any, is available for a working dog to catch Frisbees or play fetch. But one such dog aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is hopefully about to have his day. Renzo, an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, is nearing his final days of service and will soon retire, said Cpl. MORE
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May 05, 2005 — The first phase of the new National Security Personnel System, called Spiral 1.1, is scheduled for implementation in July. To give Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow civilian employees an idea of how the new system will work, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Civilian Human Resources) Patricia Adams, visited the base to give a brief MORE
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May 05, 2005 — For years, Maintenance Center Barstow has consistently delivered quality products. Much credit is placed upon the mechanics and supervisors who work on the vehicles, but another, lesser-known department is also a vital cog in the maintenance machine. The quality assurance department, as small as it is, is largely responsible for every piece of MORE
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May 05, 2005 — After a nearly three-year absence, the Assault Amphibious Vehicle has returned to take its place along the Maintenance Center's crane way, with the MK-48s, Light Armored Vehicles and M198 155mm Howitzers, for needed repairs. The last of the nearly 30-ton, much modified beasts, dubbed AAV RAM/RS, rolled off MCB's line in late summer 2002, according MORE
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