26TH MEU TRAINS VEHICLE CONVOY COMMANDERS AT SEA
September 18, 2008
September 18, 2008
ABOARD USS SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following news release:
The engines are silent, the wheels are not turning. The trucks are, in fact, chained to the deck in the bowels of a warship. But that hasn't stopped Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from training for convoy operations.
During the 26th MEU's trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the ships of the USS Iwo Jima Expedition . . .
The engines are silent, the wheels are not turning. The trucks are, in fact, chained to the deck in the bowels of a warship. But that hasn't stopped Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from training for convoy operations.
During the 26th MEU's trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the ships of the USS Iwo Jima Expedition . . .