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robengineer
01-05-13, 07:15 PM
My son is finishing up training at Camp Geiger for 0341. He just told me his duty station is MCC V19. Can anyone help me try to find out what that actually means? I have no luck searching for this on the internet. Thank you.

m14ed
01-06-13, 05:30 AM
if they tell you...

they may have to kill you.

are you sure you can't wait to find out ???

robengineer
01-06-13, 09:20 AM
Yes, I really want to find out. Other things are on hold until we figure out where he will be such as what are we doing with his vehicle. From some amount of research I have determined (hopefully correctly) that V19 means 1st Battalion, 9th Marines. This is a unit currently out of Camp Lejeune. They are known as the Walking Dead, which is not too encouraging. They have the record for the highest casualty rate in the history of the Marines.

m14ed
01-07-13, 03:15 AM
1 - 9 ?

Good People...
as Most Grunt Bn.s are...

there's lots of tears behind memories of/and with 9th Marines on this site.

FaDeD
01-07-13, 08:20 AM
They are getting ready to deploy in the next 12 months.

robengineer
01-08-13, 04:02 PM
My son confirmed that his orders are for 1 - 9. He has heard they will be going to afghanistan around August. Can anyone let me know what to expect. One question I have is do the units simply leave Camp Lejeune to head over there, or will they go somewhere else first to get additional training, such as out is a desert somewhere?

Kegler300
01-08-13, 05:10 PM
CAX (Combat Arms Exercise) or Mojave Viper (now called Enhanced Mojave Desert) at 29 Palms used to be the first stop...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Defense.gov_News_Photo_080306-M-8774P-051.jpg