USMC Deploys 1/5 Marines to Oz

[tomahawk6]

Six months of training with the ADF should be a memorable deployment. :camo:

http://www.stripes.com/news/pendleton-marines-leaving-for-australia-deployment-1.276124

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — About 300 Marines gathered on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo on Tuesday, lining up their sea bags on the tarmac and holding loved ones close as a gray, rainy morning turned into a bright, blustery day.

The group was the first of three waves from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment — which uses the Camp San Mateo area of Pendleton — to leave for the unit’s six-month deployment to Australia’s Northern Territory. The 1,000-man battalion will be joined by about 100 Marines and four helicopters from a Hawaii-based unit to form the largest rotational deployment of Marines in Australia to date.

 

[Towards_the_gap]

And in 11 years and 2 armies, the 'jammiest' go I ever got was 2 weeks in Cyprus, in January, doing a 1:1200 survey of a sewage plant....

Yep, if I could do it all over again, green card and Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.

 

[dimsum]

Snakes, spiders, box jellyfish and crocs.  At least it's dry season at the Top End.  Darwin, I hear, is always fun that time of year with the European backpackers.

Remember, we OUTCAN folk are doing this so you don't have to.   

 

[GAP]

Snakes, spiders, box jellyfish and crocs.  At least it's dry season at the Top End.  Darwin, I hear, is always fun that time of year with the European backpackers.

Remember, we OUTCAN folk are doing this so you don't have to.   

My god!!

The sacrifice!!