thompsonx: If the marines were part of the "ships company" (ie: seagoing marines) you are wrong...never gonna happen.
If you were a veteran, you would've called them the Fleet Marine Force, not the "seagoing marines." Also, they've done firewatches for welders in their AO. If you were talking about the Marine security detachment on the ships, they discontinued that.
They never were called "sea going Marines." They were referred to as "embarked Marines" or "attached Marines." They had other labels, but not "seagoing Marines."
thompsonx: If the marines were being transported, the only firewatch that they would ever stand would be in those areas of their billets or where their gear was stored.
Hence what I said:
"You could have marines doing the firewatch." -- herfacechair.
Thanks for proving my point. Also, these Marines are the Fleet Marine Force. What you described is that they do firewatches in their AO.
AO doesn't just describe areas of operation in the theater. We also use "AO" to describe the areas, or spaces, that we're personally responsible for. Hence, "Where their gear was stored," is their AO. By logical extension, what I said, they'll do firewatch in their AOs.
thompsonx: This conversation was about a civilian welder that your dad was suppose to be the firewatch for. Which could only happen in port. (Red Herring Statement)
The point I made with the welder is that what you said didn't match reality. Hence, you didn't serve. You tried to act like you "knew" what you were talking about by referencing something that you read on the Internet.
Where the firewatch took place at is beside the point. Also, my dad was still the firewatch, despite his doing the welding for the welder.
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