Margaret Carter(front left), Executive Officer, Marine Corps Logistic Base Barstow, Calif., leads House Armed Service Committee Professional Staff members; Vickie Plunkett (right), Cathy Garmen, Jack Shuler, Lynn Williams, Marine Corps Congressional Liaison Officer Maj. Jonathan Schnieder, Army Liaison Officer Maj. Dave Evans and Base Commanding Officer Col. Daniel Ermer to a vehicle for a windshield tour of Nebo and then to Maintenance Center Barstow for a command brief and tour of that facility, Aug. 6. the delegation visited the installation to learn more about MCLB Barstow's joint operations and how the base is strategically and uniquely poised to conduct multiple integrated missions. The staff members requested a "walk and talk" tour for a ground-level understanding of Marine Corps reconstitution/reset/recapitalization efforts and how the base missions relate to Marine Corps and Department of Defense readiness and civilian work force planning.

Photo by Robert Jackson

MCLB Barstow hosts HASC professional staff

10 Aug 2010 | Robert Jackson Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. -- Professional staff members of the House Armed Service Committee were aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Aug. 6, where they were escorted during a daylong tour of the Nebo and Yermo portions of the installation, including Maintenance Center Barstow, by Base Executive Officer Margaret Carter.

The delegation visited the installation to learn more about MCLB Barstow's joint operations and how the base is strategically and uniquely poised to conduct multiple integrated missions. The staff members requested a "walk and talk" tour for a ground-level understanding of Marine Corps reconstitution/reset/recapitalization efforts and how the base missions relate to Marine Corps and Department of Defense readiness and civilian work force planning.