Dude, totally badass trip, and I take back most the bad things I ever said about USMC. Dudes were awesome. My one thing I’ve always had against the Marines was the rigidity to their rank structure, refering to someone by the full “Staff Sergeant Joblo” and such. Well, that doesn’t happen in a Recon unit. You got a task that takes 3 people, it’s the first three guys to jump up. No shirkers, no figuring out who the low three men were etc. The Major in chanrge of this unit was straight up badass all around. Incredibly smart (WAY smarter than me) and about as frenetic an individual as you will ever meet. A guy on the ride down referred to the Major (He has a team of 15 USMC and 4 USN guys) as a “True Believer.” He was that, in all the good ways. <\/p>\n
How I managed to do 2 embeds with two amazingly awesome units is beyond me. I did two deployments with knuckleheads in charge. If I’d deployed with this Major (will release his name later with my story) or Captain Stewart from my A-stan embed, I never would have gotten out.<\/p>\n
Anyway, our video guy made this up this morning. The song was his selection, and is incredibly tongue in cheek, since it wasn’t a “terrible land” in any way, shape or form. In fact, want to know how bad I slummed? Take a look at the pictures of the resort that I stayed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n Embed with high speed US personnel AND I get to stay in a private thatched roof cabana? Yes please.
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