May 30, 2012 — Marines and Department of Defense employees aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow stand together with awards they received during the Quarterly Awards Breakfast at the Maj. Gen. James L. Day Conference Center, May 9. The Quarterly Awards Breakfast is held to recognize MCLB Barstow employees their outstanding accomplishments and proficiency in MORE
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May 25, 2012 — Mud flying, people sliding and scrambling for the finish line can only mean one thing; a well organized, chaotic mud run.Seven Marines from Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow participated in the First Veteran Home of California - Barstow 5k mud run, at the retirement complex, held on May 12.The mud run was held at the Veteran’s Home to show MORE
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May 25, 2012 — The Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow fire department is cross-training a Criminal Investigation Division agent in arson investigation in a program unique to Marine Corps Installations West.“Marine Corps Order (P11000.11) requires that any arson investigation be turned over to the CID,” said Gabriel Hammett, the fire prevention officer and fire MORE
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May 17, 2012 — City and base officials marked the groundbreaking of a solar farm, here, May 15, that is expected to provide nearly 25 percent of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow’s electrical needs as well as save the base nearly $3.9 million in the next 20 years.The project also marked the first power purchase agreement in the Marine Corps, which will help MORE
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May 10, 2012 — Mal Wessel (center), his wife Connie (center right), and granddaughter Miranda Wessel-Allmon (second to the left), stand with the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard underneath the newly unveiled street sign in Barstow, Calif., May 5. Wessel, co-chairman of High Desert Charities, former FBI agent, and former mayor of Barstow, also supported the Toys MORE
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May 10, 2012 — "On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, we have an opportunity to not only honor the husbands and wives of our service members, but also thank them by actively expressing our gratitude in both word and deed," said First Lady Michelle Obama, May 5, 2011 from the Presidential Proclamation.Military spouses are recognized each year for their hard work MORE
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May 10, 2012 — On May 12, the city of Barstow is renaming a street in memory of a U.S. Navy Sailor killed 25 years ago in an Iraqi missile attack.Seaman Apprentice Brian Michael Clinefelter was 19 years old when he died May 17, 1987, along with 36 other sailors, in a missile attack on his ship the USS Stark, a guided missile frigate.Clinefelter’s sister Jennifer MORE
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May 09, 2012 — On the average day, the loudest noises Marines and civilians aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow experience are from howling High Desert winds or the railway traffic of multiple trains running through the Mojave Desert; but on May 2, the installation was filled with the thunderous roar of more than 100 motorcycles.MCLB Barstow recently held MORE
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May 04, 2012 — Searching for a career after honorably serving in the military can be stressful and tedious. To ease the transition, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow hosted its annual Career and Education expo at McCarver Hall, April 26.Bringing companies and colleges together enables people to network resources and figure out what they want to do and what the MORE
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May 04, 2012 — In the future, mankind may have technological advances so intelligent, many ordinary chores such as recycling could be done by robots. Until that day is at hand, the children at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Child Development Center will stick to creating their own robot and, instead of utilizing it to recycle everyday household items, MORE
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