June 24, 2004 — Success. To some it means attaining considerable wealth, becoming famous or achieving a certain outcome. For a number of civilian workers in Maintenance Center Barstow's Cost Work Center 726, hydraulics shop, it means the firing of the 400th M198 155mm Howitzer recoil built here.The project began in 1992 when CWC 726 received a M198 155mm MORE
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June 23, 2004 — Although reserve service members join with a promise of “one weekend a month, two weeks a year,” support for these units is a full-time job. Key players at MCLB Barstow are constantly standing by. Most recently, the base opened itself to a freight train pulling 90 rail cars loaded with weapons, vehicles and tactical equipment for the 14th Marine MORE
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June 23, 2004 — Neil C. Morrison, a retired soldier and the museum director of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Museum at the National Training Center Fort Irwin, Calif., gave 19 Marines on a Single Marine Program sponsored event a tour of the Pisgah Volcano in Pisgah, Calif., May 26. The Pisgah Volcano last erupted about 4,000 years ago, and is now an inactive MORE
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June 18, 2004 — "Come on. Everyone does it; stop being such a baby." Children oftentimes face peer pressure when confronted with the decision to take drugs or not. Through the Drug Education for Youth resident camping and mentoring program, held this year in Big Bear, Calif. June 14-18, children ages 9 through 12 learned about using drugs and how to say no. The MORE
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June 10, 2004 — With Marine Corps forces deploying regularly to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, it's not surprising to know that not all the deploying units' equipment travel with them. Some equipment is left behind because it is in need of various levels of repair or is needed for training MORE
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June 04, 2004 — One MCLB Barstow civilian Marine's persistence paid big dividends for the Marine Corps. Alexander Guza, an electronics technician at the Metrology Lab, Maintenance Center Barstow, had been trying for years to get the Marine Corps to increase the calibration cycle on the AN/VDR2 Radiac Meter from one year to three years. After trying several MORE
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June 04, 2004 — On a windy cloudless morning the students of the Victor Valley College Fire Academy awaited the chance to test their fire resistant suits, and to practice their skills of handling fires May 20 at the fire training facility here.The exercise was intended for the students to practice skills, which they learned in an eight-week, state-certified MORE
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