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2004-10-22 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Dar 2004-10-22 2:25:04 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No military genius here, but why would the marines leave the coast to be 100 miles inland? Has the definition of "marine" changed that much?

Posted by Doolittle 2004-10-22 2:46:42 PM|| 2004-10-22 2:46:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This may be rational, but it sure ain't smart.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-22 3:10:39 PM|| 2004-10-22 3:10:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 No matter what the army has () available, it will not exactly suit what the marines need.

If they do move to Ft. Jackson, you can bet the DI's will order their sand fleas into the trucks to make the trip too. It just wouldn't be the same without them!!

Posted by Doc8404 2004-10-22 3:31:13 PM|| 2004-10-22 3:31:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 bad move - you can't get any new land for bases. Save what you have...

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-22 3:39:44 PM|| 2004-10-22 3:39:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I understand costs and such but this seems foolish to me. I live in San Diego, we've got two Marine bases. Camp Pendelton (the West Coast version of Parris Island) and Mirimar Marine Air Station (the old Navy Top Gun School). If they want to save money they should consolidate aviation bases with the Navy or Air Force.

They absolutely should not move the basic training locations.

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2004-10-22 4:25:21 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-10-22 4:25:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 RJ - ya forgot MCRD on Pac Highway.

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-22 4:28:27 PM|| 2004-10-22 4:28:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 No F'ing way. Marine Boot is the real deal compared to the candy-assed stuff going on at Ft Jackson these days. If anything, send the Army troops thru Marine boot at PI. They'd live longer in combat.

No way PI goes away - they'll have Devil Dogs from all the past wars sandbagged across the hiway to defend Iron Mike and the whole of PI.

This one is not going to happen - no Marine in Congress will let this one get by. If anything they will close MCRD San Diego and the "Hollywood Marines" before they let PI close.

And this from an Army veteran.

Also, I dont generally like Hackworth - he is a has-been still fighting the Vietnam war - but do search out his articles on "Porcelain soldiers" and the basic training crap at Ft Jackson. You'll know why units liek the QM unit wussed out - bad basic training and piss poor NCOs that never even knew there IS a hard way, much less learned anything the hard way.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-10-22 5:56:31 PM|| 2004-10-22 5:56:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It's nice to hear you speak bureaucratese, OS, but why don't you tell us what you really think?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-22 6:01:09 PM|| 2004-10-22 6:01:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 If this actually happens (which I doubt) the Army will benefit from it, but the Marines won't.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-10-22 7:55:59 PM|| 2004-10-22 7:55:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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