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Marines

Marine Corps Logistics CommandSubordinate Commands & CentersSubordinate Commands Marine Force Storage Command (MFSC)1st FSB

Marine Force Storage Command

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1st Force Storage Battalion
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mission

1st Force Storage Battalion (1st FSB), Marine Force Storage Command is based at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow in California and was formally activated in June of 2019. 1st FSB provides inventory control, oversight, and execution of care if supplies in storage. 

   

1st FSB Tasks

>>  Receipt, inspect, account for, issue, store and manage the Care-in-Storage Program for Stores Account Code 3  (SAC3) Principle End Items (PEI) and small arms components.
>>  Execute Supply Support Program.
>>  Assemble and disassemble Collateral Material (CM), Supply System.
>>  Responsibility Items (SSRI), Sets, Kits, and Chests in support of Marine Corps requirements
>>  Provide retail, intermediate and consumer supply support to Base and tenant organizations.
>>  Provide technical assistance to Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORs) West.
>>  Develop and monitor quality control programs.
 

For more information, please contact (760) 577-7048.

   

1st Force Storage Battalion Leaders

Commanding Officer, 1st Force Storage Battalion

LtCol. Matthew M. DiStefano

Lieutenant Colonel DiStefano assumed duties as commanding officer, 1st Force Storage Battalion, Marine Force Storage Command in June 2025.He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 2008 upon completion of Officer Candidate School. Following graduation from The Basic School in 2009, he reported to...

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Deputy Commander, 1st Force Storage Battalion

James M. Maxwell

James Maxwell is originally from the Chicago area and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1996 at the age of 17. After obtaining the Military Occupational Specialty of 3043 (Supply Admin and Operations Specialist), he was first stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Over the course of his 21-year career, he...

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