There was talk of combining the 24th and 31st MAUs into a MAB, and one of the obstacles was T/E compatability. We were lavished with all the newest toys that hadn't filtered through the rest of the fleet -- KY-57 crypto gear, larger caliber M198 artillery and CH-53E helos -- so the combined logistics was deemed impractical for a brigade. But it was great for us Lejeune Marines to see old classmates from Quantico who'd been marooned out in Hawaii, poor devils!
It's a small world, long-toothed devil dog! Semper Fidelis...
Semper Fi brother. I don’t even like to think of Beirut. I can remember when our captain came over the ships speaker and told us of the bombing. There were rumors that we were going back and we were ready to go back and kick some a$$. Alas, as you know that did not happen.
People now days like to romanticize Reagans Presidency and a lot of it is justifiable. However, he made some poor decisions also, just like every other President. I think us being there and then being in a psuedo peace keeping role was one of them. As far as I’m concerned, I wish that the IDF would have wiped out Arafat and the PLO back in 1982. How many future terrorists could have been wiped out? We’ll never know.