US Marines to based outside Darwin, Australia

Australia is on its own as far as I'm concerned. America's struggles are at home, not in the South Pacific.

 

Assume for the sake of argument that what you say is true. Then, Australians are very foolish people to make themselves a target.

 

Not disagreeing

 

It's not just Australia, but Vietnam, the Philippines and elsewhere. It's a recognition of the coming reality of where America's opportunities lie and that's the Pacific. China's growth notwithstanding.

 

Yeah, right................


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I won't go and find every article but a little research and you will see it is true.

We do not have the total numbers to make an impact like the US, but for our population we provide an extraordinarily strong force.

Take Long Tan, Vietnam. A patrol of around 180 Australian diggers came across a dug in force of around 3000.

The ensuring battles had the following casualties.

Enemy Casualties
* 245 KIA (Body Count)
* 3 Captured
* 150 KIA (Subsequent Intelligence estimate)
* 500 WIA (Subsequent Intelligence estimate)
* NOTE: During Operation MARSDEN in late 1969, Australian forces captured a Viet Cong dispensary that had a list of dead and wounded attributed to Long Tan. Those figures were 878 KIA/Missing/Died of wounds and approximately 1500 WIA

Friendly Casualties

6 RAR
* D Coy: 17 KIA , 23 WIA
* A Coy: 3 injured
* B Coy: 1 WIA

3 Tp 1 APC Sqn
* 1 DOW (Cpl Clements) 1 WIA (remained on duty)

http://www.6rarassociation.com/battlelongtan.htm

 

Not 180, 108.

 

You quite conveniently neglected to point out that the Aussies were assisted by US close air support and artillery. We were glad to assist otherwise you would have been overrun.

 

that's all the USMC needs.

 

ask any sailor about liberty in Oz.

the local males are such (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) bags, that it makes a sailor that they'll never see again a catch good enough to throw themselves at to the point it scares sailors.

 

Jaysus - I must have come in the wrong door. I thought this was a forum for grown-ups.

 

The Americans have superior dental hygiene. That makes them irresistible.

 

Its well known that US sailors are high spending when they come into port. That females of a certain type choose to capitalise on this is also well known. Most women I know wouldnt go anywhere near a US sailor, the potential for STD and AIDS contagion being only one of the reasons.

 

That type of woman is called Australian. Julia's been banging Barack. It's in the news over here.

 

Hey, Aussies are not Poms. We have our own mining industry which Im probably guessing has excess flourite also.

 

We appreciate that concern and that's why our sailors were condoms. So they don't catch any STDs from the locals.

 

so you're saying your countrymen are cheap bastards?

since the only women that will talk to you are in your immediate family, i don't doubt that.

 

that's unlikely. BO is ghey.

 

Very crude low class post which illustrates my point perfectly.

 

Aussie women are crude and low class?? i'm glad we all agree on that.

 

Most of us arent routinely at sea for months at a time with only fellow males for company on what we locals call "love boats" (AIRCRAFT CARRIERS)

Yes, hilarious.

 

Its no accident that sales of smaller size condoms go through the roof when the fleet is visiting.

 

Ian, I don't treat you as a serious person because you've given me no reason to do so. Thus, there's no reason to restrain my humor at your expense.

 

One could infer from my posts here that the ones who hang around american sailors indeed are. Quick on the uptake arent ya champ?

 

Of course they do. You lads get jealous and want to get in on the fun. Sloppy seconds after our sailors are done.