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| Senior US Marine Says 'Multiple Platoons' Are Headed To Egypt |
| 2011-02-06 |
| Looks to be for possible evacuations. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #4 "Figure anywhere from 700-1000 Marines." Then the Egyptians are definitely outnumbered, Pappy. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-06 19:20 |
| #3 "Multiple platoons" is a pretty good indicator that their 'senior marine' is probably at company-level or less. Officially, the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and USS Ponce (LPD-15) are in the Red Sea. The Enterprise carrier group is in the eastern Med. Figure anywhere from 700-1000 Marines. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-02-06 17:40 |
| #2 'Multiple platoons' is a curiously sized unit of troops to be moving around. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-02-06 14:44 |
| #1 Or to defend the embassy. Nawwww, not Zero. He wants a hostage crisis just like his mentor, Jimmuh. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-06 11:26 |