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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Barstow, California

Archive: December, 2002

MCLB Barstow's Nebo railhead reactivated

During fiscal year 2002 MCLB has gone through quite a few changes: Installations and Logistics Division designated a Most Efficient Organization, Pass and Identification relocated to the front gate in Bldg. T-117, the relocation of the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society and Training and Audiovisual to a new facility in Bldg. 204. The list of changes

Senior Sailor of the Quarter takes care of Marines

Throughout the year, sailors are selected from the MCLB Branch Medical Clinic to represent the Navy here as the Junior or Senior Sailor of the Quarter, and possibly continue on to compete for the title of Sailor of the Year for the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital. In the fourth quarter of 2002, a panel of senior enlisted sailors selected Hospital

Toys for Tots Telethon a big success

The 23rd Annual Barstow Toys for Tots Telethon, telecast Dec. 7, turned out to be the best one in recent memory, according to local community organizers. By the end of the 6-hour broadcast the community had donated approximately $45,000 in toys and money, said Mal Wessel, Toys for Tots co-chairperson and former Barstow mayor. "I had me scared for a

Maintenance Center Barstow sends welding team to Okinawa

Two Maintenance Center Barstow employees recently went to Okinawa to repair an immobile Assault Amphibious Vehicle that was damaged during a training exercise. Frank Alvarez, welder, and Richard Jaramillo, metals inspector, took the trip across the Pacific Ocean with their tools to fix a dent on an AAV P-7. "I was sent there to repair a P-7 that

Environmental tests alternate energy source

New ideas and innovations for gathering and efficiently producing electricity have been a key focus for large energy corporations and their consumers for years. One of their largest consumers, the United States military, has recently become a platform for pilot programs designed to test the viability of new alternatives to line-fed sources.

Pearl Harbor survivors look back

Living in America, one might gain an expectation of freedom and security from attack by another nation or military force. The longer this expectation lasts, the more surprising and devastating such an attack could be. As the nation experienced Dec. 7, 1941, as well as Sept. 11, 2001, the attacks left permanent scars and memories on all, especially

Local girl donates birthday gifts to Toys for Tots

The annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Program got a much-needed shot in the arm recently when it received a donation from a very unique source. Olivia Davis turned 6 years old Nov. 16, and what makes her different than the average girl her age is that every toy she received as a birthday gift she donated to Toys For Tots. "How did that

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