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November 18th, 2011 at 11:08 am
Imagine Deploying to Australia. That would be rough. Hell of a lot better than South Korea.
November 18th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Well, Rep. John Murtha (now deceased) did suggest early in the War on Terror that troops should not be occupying Iraq and Afghanistan, but should be kept somewhere like Okinawa and used only when needed to restore peace in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Not one of his better ideas, but now we can see if it works in practice.
November 18th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
strategic sheep purposes…
November 18th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
There is a crapload of oil in the south china sea. Every speck of dirt that stays dry during high tide happens to have a 200 mile exclusive economic zone around it. This explains “One China” doctrine, North Korea, the Spratlys, and pretty much a lot of future 21 century foreign policy.
250 troops is just the camel’s nose.
November 18th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Oh, like being sent to Australia is worse than patrolling the DMZ in Korea in January! 10 to 1 I bet you the Corps has already got a 1,000 Marines asking to be Deployed.
BTW, where’s OldNFO going? ; )
November 18th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Reminds me of a medical tale from the late Pacific Misunderstanding. Army medic sends a radiogram from a tropic isle: “Have a case of beri-beri. What should I do?”
Navy corpsman on next atoll replies: “Send it to the Marines. They’ll drink anything.”
The Antipodes is, they tell me, a beautiful and exciting place. But if they can find a square mile of it that fits the definition of “hellhole” — and they can! — that spot is where we’ll quarter Our Boys. You may depend upon it.
November 18th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Comatus, your instincts are correct. Darwin is stinking hot, boring and is surrounded by wildlife that wants you dead, urgently. Australian soldiers hate it. I suspect it will become a place Marines are sent as punishment.