fm6's Journal: Apricots and Amtracs

Following GW II taught me two interesting things. One is that many USMC units ride to battle in weird-looking "amphibious tractors", or AMTRACs. The other is that many Marines believe that apricots are evil -- eating them makes enemy snipers more accurate and causes your AMTRAC to break down.

I'm not going to make fun of any of this. (I try not to irritate people with guns.) I just want somebody to explain one little thing to me: Why were so many amphibious vehicles deployed in the desert?

That's what they've got

[PD]

The Marines have never fought so far from shore before. The Iraq war set a record. Good to see that their AMTRACs worked fine so far from the sea.

Re:That's what they've got

[fm6]

Which doesn't really answer my question. Maybe I should rephrase it: why did a desert campaign rely so heavily on troops that specialize in amphibious assault?

Re:That's what they've got

[PD]

OK, I understand now. My guess is that politics; no particular branch would want to be left out of the war.

PHONE BOOTH

[jasonrocks]

Man, I can't believe you can't get it. It took me a couple minutes. Let me give you a hint... Don't "Pull Booth"