[dp0622]

How come Marines don’t get stationed in Germany?

You must be a tough ####!!!

[BBell]

I have been to Norway. The Marines are tasked with protecting the "Northern Flank" as in Norway. The Norwegian constitution does not allow foreign troops to be stationed, in mass, for more than 30 or so days.

Apparently the Army at the end of WWII said they could not defend Norway because of this. The Marines jumped up and said they would have no problem with it.

Harry S. Truman did not care for the Marines and wanted to reduce their numbers to where they would be just a small force. Basically just a small number just on Navy ships and ports for protection of the Navy.

Hence every year the Marines send a large group of Marines to participate in an exercise designed to bolster Norway during a Soviet, or Russian now ,invasion.

And yes the Norwegians are tall and the women are beautiful. Why they would allow a bunch of third world muzzies in is a mystery to me.

[Mark17]

How come Marines don’t get stationed in Germany?

As far as I know, there weren't any Marine Corps bases in Germany, but I knew 5 or 6, who were semi attached to the Air Force in Wiesbaden, when I was working in Mainz-Kastel. So, there were a few Marines, here and there, in Germany, but I don't think there were a lot of them.