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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Barstow, California

Archive: August, 2002

Special weapons Cost Work Center seizes Army TOW project

Of the weapons used on today's battlefield, the TOW missile launcher is one of the most utilized, versatile and technologically advanced. This tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided missile has night sights that read infrared heat signals capable of seeing objects through clouds, dust or complete darkness. These sight systems are so

MCB receives on-site X1100 training

Training is continuous and required when dealing with the ever-changing technology in military hardware. Such is the case with the employees at Maintenance Center Barstow, who recently received training on the M1A1's X-1100-3B transmission. Members from Allison Transmission, a subsidiary of General Motors Corp. out of Indianapolis, and the company

MCLB receives award

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow was named this year's winner of the Department of the Navy's prestigious Nathaniel Stinson Equal Employment Opportunity Achievement Award for Large Activity. MCLB received the award in part because of its achievements in the affirmative employment program and a reduction of EEO complaints by 43 percent, according

Diaper gel protects homes

Disposal diapers are designed to provide a protective barrier for a baby's behind. Now the same substance used in those diapers can be used to provide a protective barrier around a home against a raging fire. The substance, called Barricade, is baby diaper gel and was discovered by John Bartlett, a firefighter from Palm Beach County, Fla., who

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