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Wow, The guy who wrote this article has a real chip on his shoulder. Bottom line, a sailor could write the same type of stuff about the embarked Marines. It cuts both ways. Bottom line is the MEU Commander, PHIBRON Commodore, troop COs and Ship CAPTs set the attitude. It's a warship not a holiday cruise, cramp quarters and long periods at sea. Often the Marines are mad that they are missing out on some operation ashore and sailors are mad that when they get a little time off watch/duty to get to the ship store it has a line of Marines or the gym green hours are the only time they have in a work day to work out. No real solution other than promoting an understanding it is a Blue / Green team.
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I'd add pump n dump after extended time close to shore. The waste piles up aft or wherever and it's all hands to form a line to get rid of it. The Skipper would come on 1MC and say he wanted to see a lot of khaki out there, meaning rank has no privilege. He'd be in the line too. It was a pain but also a blessing because some of the stuff from the mess decks gets pretty ripe after a few days or so.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Gamble
I'd sent this in before, somehow, It just see!ed apropos here, you know?
I'd sent this in before, somehow, It just see!ed apropos here, you know?
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John Marshall Gamble (1791 – 11 September 1836) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the early 19th century. He was the first, and remains the only known, U.S. Marine to command a U.S. Navy ship, commanding the prize ships Greenwich and the Sir Andrew Hammond during the War of 1812.[1][2]
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