Corporal Jacob McDonald, the noncommissioned officer in-charge of the Fleet Support Division's weapons warehouse on the Yermo Annex, stands next to an M1A1 Abrams Tank in Al'Taqqadum, Iraq. McDonald deployed to Iraq in 2009 as an individual augmentee. - Corporal Jacob McDonald, the noncommissioned officer in-charge of the Fleet Support Division's weapons warehouse on the Yermo Annex, stands next to an M1A1 Abrams Tank in Al'Taqqadum, Iraq. McDonald deployed to Iraq in 2009 as an individual augmentee.
Marines and Sailors enjoy a game of Texas Hold 'Em at the Single Marine Program recreational center. Prizes for the game included tickets to the Improv comedy club in Ontario, Calif, and Dave and Buster's game cards. - Marines and Sailors enjoy a game of Texas Hold 'Em at the Single Marine Program recreational center. Prizes for the game included tickets to the Improv comedy club in Ontario, Calif, and Dave and Buster's game cards.
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow commanding officer Col. Daniel Ermer (far right) poses with the yearly Fire Award winners from the DOD award-winning MCLBB Fire and Emergency Services Division, who received recognition for going above and beyond their normal duties during 2009. - Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow commanding officer Col. Daniel Ermer (far right) poses with the yearly Fire Award winners from the DOD award-winning MCLBB Fire and Emergency Services Division, who received recognition for going above and beyond their normal duties during 2009.
Headquarters Battalion administrative chief Staff Sgt. Angel C. DeJesus proudly displays his Certificate of Naturalization, which he received after officially becoming an American citizen Dec. 18, 2009. Raised in Consuelo, Dominican Republic, the 29-year-old Atlanta denizen moved to the U.S. when he was 14. - Headquarters Battalion administrative chief Staff Sgt. Angel C. DeJesus proudly displays his Certificate of Naturalization, which he received after officially becoming an American citizen Dec. 18, 2009. Raised in Consuelo, Dominican Republic, the 29-year-old Atlanta denizen moved to the U.S. when he was 14.
Gunnery Sergreant Peter McConnell (center left), Marine Mounted Color Guard staff noncommisioned officer-in-charge (left) and Col. Daniel P. Ermer, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, are greeted by civilians at the 121st annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1. The Marine Mounted Color Guard represented the Marine Corps in the annual parade before hundreds of thousands of spectators and are the only such mounted color guard in the entire Corps. - Gunnery Sergreant Peter McConnell (center left), Marine Mounted Color Guard staff noncommisioned officer-in-charge (left) and Col. Daniel P. Ermer, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, are greeted by civilians at the 121st annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 1. The Marine Mounted Color Guard represented the Marine Corps in the annual parade before hundreds of thousands of spectators and are the only such mounted color guard in the entire Corps.
Colonel Daniel Ermer (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., and Base Sergeant Major, Sgt. Maj. Michael Berg, ride with the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard in the 121st annual Tournament of the Roses Parade, held in Pasadena, Calif. The Mounted Color Guard, based aboard MCLB Barstow, has been an official part of the Rose Parade since 1994. - Colonel Daniel Ermer (left), commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., and Base Sergeant Major, Sgt. Maj. Michael Berg, ride with the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard in the 121st annual Tournament of the Roses Parade, held in Pasadena, Calif. The Mounted Color Guard, based aboard MCLB Barstow, has been an official part of the Rose Parade since 1994.