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.
Barstow owes an estimated $2.9 million in deferred pay related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which amounts to nearly 40% of they city s general fund, and the number is growing.