Sea duty for combat hardened marines.Marine officers who joined the Corps during the past five years are unlikely to have set foot aboard a ship. That bothers the commandant, Gen. James Conway. "They've been to Iraq two or three times in most instances but, in some cases, now are leaving us never having stepped aboard a ship," he lamented. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To remedy the situation, the Corps is sending young officers to Basic School Landing Exercise, where they go aboard a ship or two, spend two or three days at sea, then return to Camp Lejeune Camp LeJeune (ləzh  n`), U.S. marine corps base, 82,969 acres (33,576 hectares), SE N.C., SE of Jacksonville; est. 1941. , N.C., where they
are taught how to conduct an amphibious landing Noun 1. amphibious landing - a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion; "MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines"landing - the act of coming to land after a voyage . But Conway acknowledged that until Marines are out of Iraq, it will be unrealistic for any unit to spend much time at sea. EMAIL See e-mail. COMMENTS TO SERWIN@NDIA NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NDIA New Doha International Airport (Qatar) .ORG |
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