The First Marine Division had been hastily organized in mid-1941 as part of the pre-war military expansion, moving to brand-new Camp Lejeune in North Carolina after Pearl Harbor, where the “old salts,” veterans of duty in the Central American “banana wars” and China, were put in charge of turning newly-trained recruits like aspiring author Private Robert Leckie, freshly-graduated from nearby Parris Island, into combat-ready Marines as rapidly as possible.
You have a gift for exposing the warts on our military command body TC. The limits they operated under, and the reasons for those limits make the eventual outcome of the mission even more impressive.
You have a gift for exposing the warts on our military command body TC. The limits they operated under, and the reasons for those limits make the eventual outcome of the mission even more impressive.
"Going Downtown" - Jeepers creepers! What a definitive
exploration of the limits between lessons learned
militarily and the political
ignorance that cost so many
lives.
Wow, seems a recipe for disaster! No mosquito repellent or netting? Who who’ve thought...
Malaria was a nearly-constant problem on the island.
These excellent reports, essays and novels by TC are why I feel all these
ignorant, political hacks like Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan,
MTG, Boebart and ANY others who
have NEVER stood their watch, need
to go to the "front lines" in Ukraine.
Get a close up and personal look
at the men and women up against
Putin's regime. The destruction of
their country and every time these
hacks want to withhold funding for
Ukraine. Withhold NATO membership,
play pat-a-cake with Putin, put them
right up close, very close and get
a good look at what they foster in
their black hearts.
Amazing they decided to go ahead with only 3/5 of the needed supplies. Kinda leaves one pissed off. (Never knew this!)
The Marines have not forgotten this. It's why their Expeditionary Units are completely self-contained.
As well as different units in the Army.