Meri Walker, a volunteer organizer and quilter with the Quilts of Valor, gives Master Sgt. Frank Omarah, base inspector on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., a hug during MCLB Barstow's Welcome Home Heroes ceremony, Sept. 10. The Quilts of Valor helped sponsor the event and made quilts for Marines who have recently returned home from a tour overseas. - Meri Walker, a volunteer organizer and quilter with the Quilts of Valor, gives Master Sgt. Frank Omarah, base inspector on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., a hug during MCLB Barstow's Welcome Home Heroes ceremony, Sept. 10. The Quilts of Valor helped sponsor the event and made quilts for Marines who have recently returned home from a tour overseas.
Chuck Mawhinney posing with a M40 rifle replica, the same typeof rifle he used in Vietnam. - Chuck Mawhinney posing with a M40 rifle replica, the same type of rifle he used in Vietnam.
Sergeant Julio Acevedo, (left) the noncommissioned officer in charge of the administration office on Marine Corp Logistics Base Barstow and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Norita, a supply clerk on base practice knee strikes during a MCMAP class, July 22. - Sergeant Julio Acevedo, (left) the noncommissioned officer in charge of the administration office on Marine Corp Logistics Base Barstow and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Norita, a supply clerk on base practice knee strikes during a MCMAP class, July 22.
Former Marine Sgt. Gary Brown (left) receives the official Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard belt buckle from Sgt. Edgar Torrealba, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the MCG, July 5. - Former Marine Sgt. Gary Brown (left) receives the official Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard belt buckle from Sgt. Edgar Torrealba, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the MCG, July 5.