Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Barstow, California

Members of Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., gather around company commander Maj. Ernest Robinson as he displays the plaque detailing the Voluntary Protection Program's Installation Safety Achievement Award. The plaque was presented to all departments aboard base for their part in making possible the award for installation safety and the Individual Safety Achievement award for a Special Government Employee. The plaque was presented during the Quarterly Awards breakfast held at the Maj. Gen. James l. Day Conference Center aboard base Aug. 6.

DoD recognizes MCLB Barstow with clean sweep for VPP awards

Members of Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., gather around company commander Maj. Ernest Robinson as he displays the plaque detailing the Voluntary Protection Program's Installation Safety Achievement Award. The plaque was presented to all departments aboard base for their part in making possible the award for installation safety and the Individual Safety Achievement award for a Special Government Employee. The plaque was presented during the Quarterly Awards breakfast held at the Maj. Gen. James l. Day Conference Center aboard base Aug. 6.

Members of Headquarters Company, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., gather around company commander Maj. Ernest Robinson as he displays the plaque detailing the Voluntary Protection Program's Installation Safety Achievement Award. The plaque was presented to all departments aboard base for their part in making possible the award for installation safety and the Individual Safety Achievement award for a Special Government Employee. The plaque was presented during the Quarterly Awards breakfast held at the Maj. Gen. James l. Day Conference Center aboard base Aug. 6.

Machinist, Michael Buehler, wrenches on a massive, 8-foot tall Paxman engine in the Engine Shop, at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., July 30.

Machinist, Michael Buehler, wrenches on a massive, 8-foot tall Paxman engine in the Engine Shop, at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., July 30.

Machinist, Michael Buehler, wrenches on a massive, 8-foot tall Paxman engine in the Engine Shop, at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., July 30.

Jaidyn Wright, daughter of Staff Sgt. Steven Wright and his wife Leah, displays her belief in Unicorns and the Back To School Brigade’s school supply giveaway at the annual event held at the Maj. Gen. James L. Day Conference Center aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Aug. 1.

Back to School Brigade hands out school supplies

Jaidyn Wright, daughter of Staff Sgt. Steven Wright and his wife Leah, displays her belief in Unicorns and the Back To School Brigade’s school supply giveaway at the annual event held at the Maj. Gen. James L. Day Conference Center aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Aug. 1.

Jaidyn Wright, daughter of Staff Sgt. Steven Wright and his wife Leah, displays her belief in Unicorns and the Back To School Brigade’s school supply giveaway at the annual event held at the Maj. Gen. James L. Day Conference Center aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, Aug. 1.

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard presents the colors at center arena during the Cody, Wyo., Rodeo Stampede July 4.

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard presents the colors at center arena during the Cody, Wyo., Rodeo Stampede July 4.

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard presents the colors at center arena during the Cody, Wyo., Rodeo Stampede July 4.

Colonel Craig C. Clemans, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, and Sgt. Major Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, lead the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard during the Cody Rodeo Stampede Parade held in Cody Wyoming, July 3.

Cody Rodeo 2019

Colonel Craig C. Clemans, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, and Sgt. Major Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, lead the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard during the Cody Rodeo Stampede Parade held in Cody Wyoming, July 3.

Colonel Craig C. Clemans, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, and Sgt. Major Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, lead the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard during the Cody Rodeo Stampede Parade held in Cody Wyoming, July 3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Softball Tourney

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.

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.

Softball Tourney

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.

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.

High praise for MCLB Barstow safety talk

(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.

(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)

Just Doing My Job with Gerald Miles

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)

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)

Marines Take Semper Paratus to New Level

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 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).

Watch your step!

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).

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).

Gabriel Maynes, 17, displays the $2,000 scholarship he was awarded from the Scholarships for Military Children program administered by the Defense Commissary Agency. The ceremony was held August 13 at the MCLB Barstow, Commissary, hosted by Jodi Dawn Ballestracci, Commissary manager, and Sgt. Maj. Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, MCLBB. CWO3 Jose Maynes, USMC retired, and his wife Rozalyn, child care specialist, Child Development Center, MCLBB, proudly stand with their son.

Scholarships for Military Children awardee

Gabriel Maynes, 17, displays the $2,000 scholarship he was awarded from the Scholarships for Military Children program administered by the Defense Commissary Agency. The ceremony was held August 13 at the MCLB Barstow, Commissary, hosted by Jodi Dawn Ballestracci, Commissary manager, and Sgt. Maj. Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, MCLBB. CWO3 Jose Maynes, USMC retired, and his wife Rozalyn, child care specialist, Child Development Center, MCLBB, proudly stand with their son.

Gabriel Maynes, 17, displays the $2,000 scholarship he was awarded from the Scholarships for Military Children program administered by the Defense Commissary Agency. The ceremony was held August 13 at the MCLB Barstow, Commissary, hosted by Jodi Dawn Ballestracci, Commissary manager, and Sgt. Maj. Sergio MartinezRuiz, base sergeant major, MCLBB. CWO3 Jose Maynes, USMC retired, and his wife Rozalyn, child care specialist, Child Development Center, MCLBB, proudly stand with their son.

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.

Harrowing road to America for MCLB Barstow Marine

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.

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)

MCLB, Weed Army Medical Center sign agreement

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)

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)

(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.

Education and Career Expo

(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.

(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.

District Supervisor visits MCLB

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.

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.

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)

New Employee Brief

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)

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)

MCLB Barstow News

Back to School Brigade hands out school supplies By Keith Hayes | August 8, 2019 There are some sure-fire ways to identify the end of summer vacation aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California: The Oasis Pool open hours begin to shrink, sunscreen SPF 500 sales plummet, and the annual Back to School Brigade event heralds the beginning of the school year for the children of active-duty military personnel and reservists stationed aboard the base. MORE

Water Conservation Program continues to exceed standards By Laurie Pearson | August 8, 2019 Although initially implemented by the California Drought State of Emergency which went into effect in 2014, water conservation continues to be a key focus aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. MORE

Production Plant Barstow continues to tackle the massive PAXMAN engine By Laurie Pearson | August 8, 2019 Mechanics, operators and engineers continue to tackle the mammoth Paxman engines at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif. MORE

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