Darrell Kemp presents a certificate to U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Fernando Blancas during the quarterly military recognition awards as part of the Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce monthly membership breakfast at the Ramada Inn on Tuesday morning.
Darrell Kemp presents Lance Cpl. Burke L. Braun with several certificates and gifts during the quarterly military recognition awards as part of the Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce's monthly membership breakfast at the Ramada Inn on Tuesday morning.
The Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce gave out its quarterly military recognition awards as part of its monthly membership breakfast at the Ramada Inn on Tuesday morning.
The honorees were Marine Sgt. Fernando Blancas and Lance Cpl. Burke L. Braun.
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is a United States Marine Corps supply and maintenance installation located east of Barstow, California. Its mission is to rebuild and repair ground-combat and combat-support equipment and to support installations on the West Coast of the United States. Today, one of MCLB Barstow’s most important facilities is the Marine Corps Logistics Bases’ Maintenance Center. The only other facility of this kind is located at MCLB Barstow’s sister installation, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.
Fort Irwin National Training Center is a major training area for the United States Military and is a census-designated place located in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of 2,454 feet (748 m).[2] It is located 37 miles (60 km) northeast of Barstow, in the Calico Mountains.
The base is part of the Installation Management Command (IMCOM). The opposing force at the National Training Center (NTC) is the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse Cavalry, who are stationed at the base to provide an enemy force to units on a training rotation at Fort Irwin.
Fort Irwin works within the R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex.
The 2010 United States census reported Fort Irwin's population was 8,845.