[QUOTE RaceBannon]”Some things about this story dont sound right, though
He called the deployed 11th Marines from a MEB. Back then, it was a MAB, and why on Earth would it come from the Pacific when Camp Lejuene was right up the road?
Bad memories? I trust the magazine it was writte in but if I heard this on the street said this way, I’d call a poser alert!”[UN-QUOTE]
REPLY: FYI it was MEB (google), but I actually didn’t know or cared what we were called back then, MEB or MAB, I was a naive 19 y/o corporal.
As Camp LeJeune being right up the road, in hindsight I wish they would of sent them instead of us, but it wasn’t mine to question, just do and die.
The only memory inaccuracy in my sea story was the Nike missiles, they were Hawks.
“... In modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” — Ernest Hemingway
In order to soundly defeat your statement, I searched diligently...and found out they used BOTH terms back then, and I owe you an apology!!
When I was in, the term MEB was not used at all, MAB was, MAU, MAB, MAF. That was changed to MEU, MEB, and MEF just before Deset One
I owe you a beer! :)
I was deployed on a MAB and 2 MAU’s. :)