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MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. (March 16, 2006) -- As the platoons form on an early Tuesday morning, a Marine lieutenant colonel stands up and walks towards the first platoon, time on deck is 9:30 a.m. The Marine comes to attention in front of the first member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps; the student salutes and continues on to say his rank and name. Then the Marine starts to drill the student with questions about basic military knowledge. "Who is the Secretary of Defense? What is your fifth general order?" said the inspecting Marine, Lt. Col. Danny...

MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. (March 16, 2006) -- Service members and employees of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow judged some exceptional science projects for the Barstow Unified School District Science Fair March 9 at Barstow Community College's gymnasium. The fair is an annual event that is participated in by students who attend all schools within the Barstow area, said Danielle King, Barstow district science fair coordinator. Following the judging at the district fair, the students who received a gold ranking for their outstanding scientific intelligence are able to participate in the regional science fair, said King. Not all...

MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. (Oct. 6, 2005) -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina federal, state and local agencies dispatched teams of personnel to provide much needed assistance to the thousands of evacuees who were forced to leave the cities along the Gulf Coast to include New Orleans, which was nearly destroyed. Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29 as a high Category 4 hurricane and by all accounts, it has been considered the most destructive hurricane ever. Joining in to provide much-needed assistance to evacuees were MCLB Barstow civilian employees, Gary Heidorn, supervisor of the PAXMAN Shop at...

FSD Barstow 'gets some' NBC trainingSubmitted by: MCLB BarstowStory Identification Number: 2004227145518Story by Lance Cpl. Andy J. Hurt MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif.(Feb. 26, 2004) -- It may seem that without "operational" units, albeit infantry or artillery, MCLB Barstow doesn't see much action. Marines from MCLB's Fleet Support Division are changing that. At about 7 a.m. Feb. 13, 13 motivated leathernecks at the MCLB Barstow Yermo Annex gathered in the brisk morning breeze at Building 551 in little more than "green on green." Some Marines wore beanies. Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, maintenance chief with Fleet Support Division, began...