We were scheduled to go to Cambodia for a few days, then home to Japan in mid-December. I was getting off early, on November 19th, to do some heavy maintenance on a few aircraft in the rear.

Nature intervened, and Bangladesh is underwater. People are homeless and dying. We have a saying, that a Marine should be "No better friend, no worse enemy." So we're making some friends. Three separate MEUs, including mine, are sailing at full steam for Bangladesh. We'll be flying the hell out of our helos, dropping off water, MREs, bags of rice, and blankets for the Bangladeshis.

Some of the troops are unhappy, because it means we'll be missing Christmas and the the New Year. But the way I see it, for the last 18 months we've been doing "joint trainings" with regional powers that are all really just dog and pony shows. Here's a chance to do a real mission, and help some people that are in dire straits. Christmas can wait.

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