Photo by Keith Hayes | Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | 02.14.2017
Charles Allen is a heavy mobile equipment mechanic working on the LVSR AMKR line at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command. Allen checks the operability of the lifting boom of the cargo model of the AMKR18, Feb. 14. The truck can haul up to a 20-foot cargo container, a troop carrier or a flatbed for transporting vehicles. It can also pull stuck vehicles out of situations....
Photo by Keith Hayes | Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | 02.14.2017
A damaged AMKR vehicle sits awaiting repairs at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, Feb. 14. Despite the massive engine and all tires but one being blown off and the exterior of the cab mangled by the blast of an improvised explosive device, the up-armored crew capsule of the vehicle did its job and all of the Marines inside survived the ordeal....
Photo by Keith Hayes | Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | 02.14.2017
A heavily armored crew capsule of an LVSR AMKR vehicle on the floor of Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command, Feb. 14. The wrap around armor of the cab weighs in at 5,500 pounds and dramatically increases the survivability of the occupants from the blast of an improvised explosive device....
Photo by Keith Hayes | Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow | 02.14.2017
Teodoro Huerta, a former Army staff sergeant who has been deployed to the Middle East, is a heavy mobile equipment mechanic on the LVSR AMKR line at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command. He is installing hydraulic lines on the AMKR at the plant, Feb. 14....
