Photo By Sgt. Jack Adamyk | (Left) As Col. Sekou Karega, commanding officer, MCLB Barstow, looks on, NCO of the...... read more read more
A stableman is the Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter for Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., for the first quarter of 2018.
Sergeant Emily C. Rowe, a member of the Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard, was picked as NCO of the Quarter even though she had been at MCLB Barstow only since January.
“I’d like to think I was chosen for the recognition because I have good command presence and I try to be a role model for the younger Marines,” Rowe said. “I was loud and proud standing before the board and I answered all of their questions confidently.”
Staff Sgt. Esteban Jauregui, MCG, said Rowe has leadership qualities that make her a good choice for Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter.
“Sergeant Rowe has only been here a short time but has amply demonstrated the ability to step in and take charge when needed,” Jauregui said.
“She has assumed duties and responsibilities above her rank and title and has presented herself as someone the younger Marines can aspire to be like.”
As with all women enlisting in the Marine Corps, Rowe went through recruit training at Parris Island, S.C.
“I chose to join the Marines because they’re the best,” Rowe said. “My father and uncles had been in the Army and Air Force, but I wanted the Marine Corps.”
Rowe said she was born in the heart of horse country, also known as “Big Sky Country,” Billings, Mont., and later moved to Great Falls.
That makes her an exception to the usual Marine assigned to the MCG, whom typically has no prior horse experience.
During her first posting at Joint Base McGuire—Dix—Lakehurst, N.J., where she worked as a flight equipment technician, Rowe heard about the MCG and MCLB Barstow.
Being the horseperson that she is, she immediately applied to be assigned to MCLBB, and didn’t stop until she got the orders.
“I love being on MCLB Barstow because at the joint base where I spent my first full enlistment, it didn’t really have facilities that catered to Marines. Even at the dining facility, I had to pay cash instead of swiping my card because if you weren’t Air Force, Navy or Army you weren’t supposed to be eating there.” Despite its small size, Rowe said MCLB Barstow is the real deal as far as she is concerned.
“I like being on a real Marine Corps base,” Rowe said. “It’s a nice change.”
| Date Taken: | 04.26.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.27.2018 15:35 |
| Story ID: | 274844 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, CA, US |
| Hometown: | BILLINGS, MT, US |
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