The ones that are there now were already there on ships in the Med, just waiting for ‘the word’.
If he’s at Camp Lejeune now, that’s where he’ll stay.
We called them ‘Med Cruises’ when I was in, 73-77, and they probably still do...............
He is due to come home in a couple of weeks, and then go reserve. He wants to finish up his college, and then apply for OCS at Quantico VA.
He said he is fed up of making no money , and wants to be more of a leader.
My nephew took a Med cruise or two on the Tarawa off the coast of lebanon in the 80s.. We did one in 2013 on a Princess ship. ) much more comfortable.
I hope they use some big guns on Raqqa.. payback for leveling Palmyra..