From Michael Yon:
The U.S. Marines are flooding in, and you might think that every Marine helicopter in our arsenal is here. I’ll not give numbers and types other than to say the line of aircraft is long and formidable.
The U.S. Marines are a spectacle for the U.S. Army and also the British Army. The Marines will come in and live like pure animals, and build a base around themselves, whereas the British and American Armies will tend to build at least part of the base before coming in. One Marine commander told me that during the early part of this war, his men didn’t even shower for three months. We talked for a couple of hours and he was proud that his Marines didn’t need a shower for three months, and that his Marines killed a lot of Taliban and managed to lose only one good man. That’s the Marines.
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My Comment: 3 months without a shower .... that is nothing. My father remarked that during the Second World War he and his fellow soldiers did not shower from October 1941 to April 1942 .... they were too busy running away from the German advance.
Personally .... I cannot see the U.S. Marines running away from anyone.