To: Recon Dad
An LHA carries 2,200 Marines and 900 Sailors.
Of course, with hot-racking they COULD pump that up some...but sheesh, talk about LOUSY living conditions.
When I was on LHA-1 (Tarawa) the Marines were spending all their waking time in the chow line:)
14 posted on
06/28/2010 4:45:59 PM PDT by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, Uss Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: Mariner
My son's been on two MEU's and they cram them in tight. He was lucky both times, once he was Force Recon and the last time he was Marsoc. They bunk by themselves, not great but better.
17 posted on
06/28/2010 5:07:43 PM PDT by
Recon Dad
( Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things)
To: Mariner
From the sign behind them this was from the Kearsarge. What a crew.
21 posted on
06/28/2010 5:16:31 PM PDT by
Recon Dad
( Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things)
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