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To: cva66snipe

Not trying to take anything away from Sailors, my Dad was a Sailor WWII, my Son Was a Sailor, Desert Storm....but are there no longer Marines aboard U.S. Navy Ships ?


72 posted on 03/27/2014 3:28:01 PM PDT by Einherjar
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To: Einherjar
Not trying to take anything away from Sailors, my Dad was a Sailor WWII, my Son Was a Sailor, Desert Storm....but are there no longer Marines aboard U.S. Navy Ships ?

On the larger ones yea likely so. This ship? Likely not. It had a crew of about 350 if fully manned. On the other hand I do know that Subs probably a substantially higher number of qualified shooters. Likely the highest ratio per crew member in the Navy. A friend of mine did sub duty and was a snipe IC1 meaning interior communications tech. He was also a marksman.

73 posted on 03/27/2014 3:46:03 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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