Photo By Keith Hayes | (Top row right) Peggy Moitoso and the entire crew of the Pass and ID section at Marine...... read more read more
Peggy A. Moitoso retired from the position of Pass and ID clerk at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow April 1.
Anyone who has applied to get aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow in the past 24 years has more than likely come into contact with Moitoso.
She said that she started working in the Pass and ID section before building 101 was established at the front gate. “When they were going to build 101 I gave my input and told them what I thought would be effective,” Moitoso said.
She said it can get very hectic at Pass and ID not just because of the many passes they issue but because a lot of the arrests made by the Marine Corps Police Department take place at building 101.
“We have to run a customer’s driver license to check for wants and warrants,” Moitoso explained, “so we do make arrests every now and then.
“It can get stressful sometimes,” she continued, “because we know police are coming and the customer doesn’t.”
While she has worked at MCLBB for 24 years, Moitoso started her career with the federal government at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino in 1978. “I met my husband at Norton,” Moitoso said. “He was a chief master sergeant in the Air Force.”
As with most military families, they moved frequently until he retired she said. “From Norton we moved to Alconbury, England, (a U.S. Air Base dating from World War II) then Spokane, Washington, (Fairchild Air Force Base) then George Air Force Base (Victorville, Calif.) then I began working in Barstow in November of 1992,” Moitoso concluded.
She said even though it can get very busy at Pass and ID she is going to miss the people she has worked with and the people who come through building 101 for base passes. “I’ll miss my job,” she said, “I love my job actually. I love people. I’ll miss the customers. I like helping people.
“But it’s time to retire,” Moitoso said, “take care of some medical issues and then travel. We want to go to the Atlantic Resort in the Bahamas.”
You can take the woman out of the federal government, but after 37 years and nine months, it’s going to be hard.
“The federal government has been good to me,” Moitoso said. “I will miss each and every person tremendously. They’ve been very kind to me. I’ve gotten along with everyone I’ve worked with.
“I am going to miss (the job). I’ve been doing it for so long and I enjoy it. Everyone who works here has very good work ethics. They work very hard. The Pass and ID office is working very well. They care about the job and care about the people. Customer service is number one,” Moitoso said.
She does plan to come back to MCLBB. “I’ll be back to visit the people every now and then,”
But, Moitoso said, when she does come back she won’t have to go through pass and ID to do it. “I don’t need a retired civilian ID card because I’m a military dependent so I have base privileges already.”
| Date Taken: | 03.29.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2016 17:20 |
| Story ID: | 195318 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CA, US |
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