Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: draft Message-ID: <1990Nov29.003444.20034@cbnews.att.com> Date: 29 Nov 90 00:34:44 GMT References: <1990Nov21.221810.20549@cbnews.att.com>, Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Allan Bourdius >From P.V. Kauffold: >are a bunch of Marines dug in in the sand - not really their mission >specialty. Absolutely incorrect!!! Marine units are trained to fight in whatever climate a crisis occurs in. For example, I have a friend who's MEU (Battalion Landing Team, Composite Aircraft Squadron, and Support Group) left Moorehead City, NC and went to Panama for four weeks of jungle training. After that, they went to Norway for six weeks above the Artic Circle and after that they went to Egypt for Bright Star '88 (I think). In one 5 1/2 month deployment, this Marine Expeditionary Unit trained in jungle, artic, and desert environments. How many Army units do that? BTW, his MEU "won" all the excercises they participated in. Sounds pretty good to me considering that the Norwegians are dedicated cold-weather forces and the Egyptians are dedicated desert fighters. Allan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIDN 3/C (PLC-JR) Allan Bourdius, Carnegie Mellon University NROTC "Come on you sons o'bitches, do you want to live forever?" ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu The opinons expressed in this letter/posting do not, nor are they intended to, reflect the official policies/positions of DOD, DON, USMC, USN, NROTC, or CMU. Any information in this posting was obtained using unclassified material and/or personal intuition, analysis, or extrapolation.