Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Jeremy Zubiate, Heavy Equipment Mechanic, attaches cables to a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement’s engine at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., May 7.

Ryan Haverlock, Heavy Equipment Mechanic, reassembles components on a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement at the Motor Transportation Branch at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., May 7.

MCLB Barstow's Sgt Jesse Curtis, slides in to third base during an Armed Forces Day Softball Tournament held at the Robert A. Sessions Sportspark, in Barstow, May 18. Curtis eventually scored but MCLB lost to the NTC Ft. Irwin team, 15 - 6.

Members of the MCLB Barstow Marines, NTC Ft. Irwin Soldiers, and MCLB Fire Department teams, take time to pose for a photo together after the Armed Forces Softball Tournament held at the Robert A. Sessions Sportspark in Barstow, May 18.

(Left) Latisha Dixie McSwain-Zeman, S-6 Communications department, assists Isaac Padilla, S-7, Security and Emergency Services Department; and Rhea Andrews, S-4 Supply, with preparations for their presentation of their VPP Safety Star talk in Tucson, Arizona, April 17.

Gerald Miles, senior crane operator, has maneuvered the 75-ton crane overproduction Plant Barstow’s crane way for more than 35 years on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow’s Yermo Annex, California. Miles is a veteran of two combat tours overseas and retired from the Marine Corps with 20 years of honorable service as a master gunnery sergeant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

A Marine, with Headquarters Company, uses his rifle’s scope to view incoming enemies during a field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., May 9. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

A Sidewinder Snake gives a warning to passersby aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif. as contractors from The Verdano Group and employees from Environmental Division conduct an animal survey on base, April 18. (Photo courtesy Tim Brust).

Following her recounting of how her family fled Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War, Master Sgt. Tianna Tien shares a moment of levity with a Veterans Home of California- Barstow resident. Tien and her family had to flee her native Vietnam after the communist North Vietnamese seized power. The regime then began imprisoning and executing those who had opposed them during the war.

Colonel Craig Clemans, Base Commander, and Col. Larry O. France, Commander, Weed Army Medical Center, shake hands after signing a Memorandum of Agreement which states that the hospital agrees to provide medical services to the MCLB Marines The signing took place March 12 aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Lance Cpl. Jose Corpus, ammunition technician specialist, reviews the grading rubric while discussing a project with a student at the STEAM Fair aboard Barstow High School, Barstow, Calif., Feb. 21. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Lieutenant Commander Jamie Rivas, Public Works Officer, speaks with Drake Stewart, regarding his project on best practices of oil absorption, during the STEAM Fair at Barstow High School, Barstow, Calif., Feb. 21. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

(Left) Max Lujan, military recruiter for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and Jeremiah Thomas, general foreman for the Barstow locomotive shop,talk about conductor and engineer positions with Lance Cpl. Manuel Ruiz from Fleet Support Division aboard MCLB Barstow, Feb. 21. BNSF is one of the largest employers in the Barstow area with 20 percent of their workforce hired from the military.

Col. Craig C. Clemans, base commander, introduces Dawn Rowe, newly appointed 3rd District Supervisor, San Bernardino County, to the command staff during her visit to MCLB Barstow Feb. 19. To Supervisor Rowe's left is Elaine ViIlarreal, field representative for the Barstow area, Karen Gray, base strategic planner, and 1stSgt Enrique DeAnda, Headquarters Company first sergeant.

Brigadier General Jospeh Shrader, Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Command, is greeted by Colonel Craig Clemans, Commander, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, prior to the general's scheduled Town Hall meeting with Production Plant Barstow personnel, Feb. 6.

Mayor Julie Hackbarth-McIntyre and San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos pose with family members of the Barstow area Marines who served as Navajo Code Talkers, during an event dedicating the new Navajo Cold Talker Mural to them held in Barstow, Calif., Nov. 11. The families of the five United States Marines who served as Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, were able to speak to the crowd about their relatives' proud service to the Corps and to the United States of America. The ceremony included awards, certificates, and high praise from Mayor Julie Hackbarth-McIntyre, San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos, Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, as well as the commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. After their service during the war, the Marines came to the Barstow area, working for MCLB Barstow until their service ended. Some returned to work as civilians until they retired. The Marines honored on the mural, left to right: Jimmy L. Benally, 4th Marine Division, was awarded the Silver Medal; John Chee, 2nd Marine Division, was awarded the Gold Medal; Nelson Draper, Sr., 2nd Marine Division, was awarded the Silver Medal; Joe Morris, Sr., 6th Marine Division, was awarded the Silver Medal; Joseph H. Towne, 3rd Marine Division, was awarded the Silver Medal. Each entered into the Marine Corps as radiomen, unaware that their primary mission would be to use the secretive Navajo language as a code to help transmit top secret, mission-critical message to support the Marine Corps' war efforts. Their motto, "Our Weapon Was Our Language" is proudly displayed on the mural honoring these hometown heroes.

After being met in front of the Headquarters building, Lieutenant General Charles G. Chiarotti, Deputy Commandant/Installations and Logistics, Headquarters Marines Corps, is escorted in by Colonel Craig C. Clemans, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, for introduction of staff and officers.

Lieutenant General Charles G. Chiarotti, Deputy Commandant/Installation and Logistics watches as Billy Stacy, nondestructive testing technician, demonstrates various parameters of testing equipment aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Nov. 6. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J Adamyk)

Lieutenant General Charles G. Chiarotti, Deputy Commandant/Installation and Logistics, Headquarters Marines Corps, speaks with Chad Hildebrandt, Rail Operations Superintendent, aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Nov. 6. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J Adamyk)

Lietenant General Charels G. Chiarotti, Deputy Commandant/Installations and Logistics, Headquarters Marine Corps, meets with Tim and Kathy Hille, of the High Desert Marines, during an evening social at the Major General James. L. Day Conference Center aboard MCLB Barstow Nov. 6.

Delilah Sampson, director of Human Resources, gives a presentation on orders, policies and other regulations to a group of newly hired Department of Defense employees aboard MCLB Barstow, Calif., Oct. 29. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Col. Craig Clemans, Base Commander, low crawls with his wife, Ruth, during the Combat Fitness Test portion of Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Oct. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Marines instruct military and civilian spouses through a preliminary marksmanship instruction course of weapons handling, before competing in the Pistol Qualification/Shootout event of Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif,, Oct. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Jacob Lucero(second for left) and Nadeem Seirafi ((second from right) hold the leashes of Colli and Ricsi during the two Military Workings Dogs' retirement ceremony at the K-9 Training Field adjacent to the Adam Leigh Cann Canine Facility aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Sept. 12. The two handlers partnered with their K-9 companions on the beat and are now adopting the two dogs as they retire from active duty. Lieutenant Steven Goss, (far right) kennel master, Marine Corps Police Department, presented the two dogs with retirement certificates. The other officers in the photo also partnered with Colli and Ricsi at different times in their careers.

Cpl. Tilford Black, Organization Automotive Mechanic, is at the low-ready awaiting the command to engage his target during weapons qualification aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Sept. 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk)

Sgt. Michael Sanchez, Field Radio Operator, transitions from the standing position to the kneeling, where he takes a controlled pair shot at his target during weapons qualification aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Sept. 13. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk)