The symbol, made up of a highway shield superimposed over the service’s emblem, is found on signs lining the shoulder of Joseph L. Boll Avenue, an original part of U.S. Highway 66 at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
Col. Gregory B. Pace now leads the second-largest employer in the city
Victorville Daily Press
A new leader is in charge at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base, which transitions from a commander whose three-year term saw the base’s reach and purpose expand while nearly $3 billion worth of equipment rolled in and out on Barstow’s rail lines.
During a ceremony Thursday morning, Col. Gregory B. Pace became commanding officer at a base that is Barstow s second-largest employer behind only the Army s Fort Irwin National Training Center, according to data the city provided the Daily Press.
The base’s strategic positioning in the High Desert is valuable to the military supply chain, too; it is a neighbor to BNSF Railway’s Intermodal Facility, and almost a midway point between Fort Irwin and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms.