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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Barstow, California

Archive: August, 2004

Refresh your mind before starting college with MASP

Onomatopoeia, matrices, ornery, quadratic formula, dirigible, factorization, Cro-Magnon, Deoxyribonucleic Acid and polygamy are all words that any literate adult should recognize. Unfortunately, a lot of adults, despite recognizing these words, do not have the slightest idea about what they mean. That is why the Navy and Marine Corps have

Base employee has Hollywood history;

Lights, camera, action! It's been a long time since James Hillis Gaines, a publicity specialist with Marine Corps Community Services here, has heard these words in practice, yet his career with TV, radio and newspaper media has spanned nearly six decades. Gaines was born in the sleepy industrial community of Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1935, near the

MCLB customer service heats up with ICE

As predicted, MCLB Barstow has gone into the ICE age. MCLB Barstow now has a system in place that allows its customers quick access to the various base organizations providing service and support, and allows managers an avenue to see how well they are meeting the mission. The Interactive Customer Evaluation system, commonly referred to as “ICE,”

MCLB golf instructor shares history with base

Standing with his feet shoulder width apart and his knees slightly bent, Oscar Valenzuela, the Tees and Trees Golf Instructor who just celebrated his 74th birthday, focuses on his golf ball, which he is ready to hit and send soaring into the wild, blue yonder. Even though he has played golf all of his life, being the base golf instructor has not

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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow