MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif.
Combining civilian police officers and Military Police personnel to staff the Marine Corps Police Department provides an enhanced law enforcement presence aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California.
Capt. Mark Machado, MCLB Barstow’s police chief and provost marshal, has been overseeing the influx of Marine Corps Military Police personnel coming in from divested MP battalions as well as MPs coming right from the United States Army Military Police School.
“Right now we have 12 MPs on hand, of which 10 are on the patrol force and we have two Military Working Dog handlers,” he said. “With the exception of two MPs coming from Okinawa, Japan, the rest are from USAMPS at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and this is their first duty billet.”
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By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Marine Corps Times Daily News Roundup. Roughly 4,000 urinalysis tests were conducted by the division between the summer, when the new policy was implemented, and early December, the release said. The Marine Corps said fewer than a percent of those tested were found to be positive for the hallucinogenic drug. The Marine Corps did not say if these courts-martial were related to any positive LSD tests, citing concern for any other potential investigations.
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By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Marine Corps Times Daily News Roundup. Roughly 4,000 urinalysis tests were conducted by the division between the summer, when the new policy was implemented, and early December, the release said. The Marine Corps said fewer than a percent of those tested were found to be positive for the hallucinogenic drug. The Marine Corps did not say if these courts-martial were related to any positive LSD tests, citing concern for any other potential investigations.
5 Combining civilian police officers and Military Police personnel to staff the Marine Corps Police Department provides an enhanced law enforcement presence aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif.
Captain Mark Machado, MCLB Barstow’s police chief and provost marshal, has been overseeing the influx of Marine Corps Military Police personnel coming in from divested MP battalions as well as MPs coming right from the United States Army Military Police School.
“Right now we have 12 MPs on hand, of which 10 are on the patrol force and we have two Military Working Dog handlers,” he said. “With the exception of two MPs coming from Okinawa, Japan, the rest are from USAMPS at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and this is their first duty billet.”
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Mass vaccination center bolsters Camp Lejeune’s COVID-19 inoculation capabilities
New vaccination site gives the base the ability to vaccinate up to 20,000 people per week, depending on supply.
The Daily News
A building on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune known for hosting special ceremonies and basketball games is now the installation’s largest vaccination site.
On Jan. 25, COVID-19 vaccination operations began at Goettge Memorial Field House on Camp Lejeune, according to a news release from Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST).
The facility has been designed for uniformed-personnel only and is primarily focused on vaccinating members of II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), personnel supporting critical national capabilities and those preparing to deploy outside the U.S.