Marine Corps Moms: First class travel

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May 21, 2004

First class travel

Think back to your last cross-country or international flight. Now, compare your experience with this group of Devil Dogs.

They are the proud Rhinos of Marine Wing Support Squadron-374 en route to the sandbox. Nineteen hours in the air. No smiling flight attendants. No reclining chairs. No in-flight movie. Some of them might bring a CD player with headphones or a portable DVD player - they'll watch as long as the batteries hold out. Others play cards or talk about home and family - everything they're leaving behind for the next seven months.

I'm flying to California to spend Memorial Day weekend visiting my son and his wife at Twentynine Palms. Coach seating will seem like an absolute luxury in comparison.

Posted by Deb at May 21, 2004 01:44 PM

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Comments

Whoa! That brings back memories. I sat facing backwards though, staring at tied down cargo. With that M16 between my legs it was hard to get a wink. Head droops down to rest but finds a steel barrel poking one in the forehead. I still have knots...

Posted by: DevilDogDad at May 21, 2004 05:56 PM

I'm an Army veteran, but you've got an outstanding blog here, and I read it every day.

Thanks.

Posted by: Fred Schoeneman at May 22, 2004 08:54 AM

as an army brat with a travel-bugged mom, I 'enjoyed' several such flights, Space-A of course.

"Ear plugs lad?"

Posted by: bains at May 22, 2004 08:49 PM

And as a lad, I did not fully appreciate my... opportunity. Big difference between vacation and combat.
God speed lads and lassies...

Posted by: bains at May 22, 2004 09:02 PM

Excellent reality check for a lot of us. We are so spoiled and don't even realize it. Thanks to these guys for doing what must be done...may they all return to their families safe and sound.

Posted by: Jim at May 22, 2004 10:05 PM

Two of the longest hours of my life were in the back of a RAF Hercules (C-130) going from Bergen, Norway to Mildenhall back in 1985. We were jammed in there like sardines.

I don't even want to think about crossing the pond in one.

Posted by: yak at May 22, 2004 10:36 PM

Look at all that delicious legroom!

Posted by: Fred at May 25, 2004 09:22 AM