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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

Barstow, California

Archive: June, 2003

MCB to possibly hire 250-plus workers

In anticipation of an influx of equipment used during the Iraqi war, now in need of repair, Maintenance Center Barstow here is preparing to possibly hire more than 250 people. All positions will be full-time term (40 hours per week), with health, life and retirement benefits, according to an MCLB Barstow Human Resources Office anticipated workload

Marines assist National Guard in training

Marines from MCLB Barstow and National Guard components from across the country combined training efforts recently at the National Training Center and MCLB Barstow's Yermo Annex when Marines assisted the units in the most recent Theater Opening Force Module (TOFM) exercise. A proposition for joint training came to MCLB Barstow earlier this year

Hazing not tradition

In the past, it may not have been uncommon to see a group of Marines engage in a ritual or right of passage that could have been perceived as cruel, abusive or humiliating. But as today's Marines are learning, an uncorrected pattern of misconduct does not qualify as a tradition. "Hazing has never been a tradition of the Marine Corps," said 1st Sgt

MCLB Barstow Marines place at mud run

The hills of Camp Pendleton were stomped Saturday and Sunday as runners climbed, swam, crawled and trudged their way through the World Famous 10K (6.2 mi.) Mud Run course at Camp Pendleton's Lake O'Neill. The race was part of Camp Pendleton's Hard Corps Competition 2003 race series, hosting a total of 7,000 participants over the weekend. Racers

MCB realignment sets up for future

Maintenance Center Barstow is experiencing a transformation. But unlike the Bruce Banner/Incredible Hulk change, this one is expected to improve and benefit the organization in the months and years ahead. The changes were put into motion from October to January beginning with Col. Rob Gerlaugh, MCB commander, meeting with every employee from each

Marines help at school field day

Sixteen Marines here volunteered June 3 to work with students, grades K-5, at Crestline Elementary School's annual "field day." Marines assisted in making sure the day's events ran smoothly by instructing the children's activities, recording event data and providing support for faculty and staff during the seemingly chaotic day. Most importantly,

NCO Symposium collects ideas

The base Marine of the Year represented MCLB Barstow at the annual NCO Symposium held May 18 through May 23 at Liversedge Hall in Quantico, Va. Cpl. Gabriel A. Lopez, internal controls for the Finance Office, brought to the symposium a list of ideas that were collaborated by local noncommissioned officers in a brief conducted by the base sergeant

MCLB Fire Inspector inducted into hall of fame

MCLB Barstow fire inspector Michelle S. Bledsoe was inducted into the University of Redlands Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony May 3. The induction came as no surprise to Bledsoe's longtime friend and confidant Loretta M. Becknall, a management assistant in the Office of the Comptroller here. "She's very athletic, dedicated and hard-working,"

Man vs. fish: The one that did't get away

Everyone knows the story when a buddy returns from a long fishing trip, battered and bruised, there is always the interesting story about the "one that got away." But when a coworker returns with a black eye, and claims he and the "big one" got into a fight, people may begin to roll their eyes.Fortunately for LeRoy Fearon, maintenance work leader

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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow