Saipan, Guam, Yap, Palau are not in the South Pacific

[Zeagle Eagle]

I am a Jarhead and a Zoomie, now just a citizen. Beats being an anchor planker.

[Desert_Diver]

Originally Posted by navyhmc

Not a swab jockey, not a shell back...hell, I never served on a ship!!!! Spent time in brick and mortar and USMC...

Am a blue nose though-28 days in feb '85 300 miles north of Point Barrow AK.

(sadly shaking head) Not a single Navy guy I've met served on a ship.

What happened. Did we outsource the Navy to India or something?

Art

[Desert_Diver]

Originally Posted by Zeagle Eagle

I am a Jarhead and a Zoomie, now just a citizen. Beats being an anchor planker.

My nephew, currently a groundpounder Jarhead, informs me that Airdales are not REAL Marines.

Art

[Zeagle Eagle]

Originally Posted by Desert_Diver

My nephew, currently a groundpounder Jarhead, informs me that Airdales are not REAL Marines.

Art

Once a Marine always a Marine. Is your nephew a California Marine or a Paris Island Marine? California Marines are not REAL Marines.

[Travelnsj]

OMG...Palau, Yap, Truk and Guam are not in the South Pacific???....Lets see I've been to Rangiora, Moorea, Tahiti and Farkarva please tell me that is the South Pacific?....now what about Kiritimati, Malaysia and Indonesia...is that the Western Pacific, South Pacific or Both?....Hmmmmm.....Ok I've spent to much time this afternoon in the Wine Country

[Zeagle Eagle]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

OMG...Palau, Yap, Truk and Guam are not in the South Pacific???....Lets see I've been to Rangiora, Moorea, Tahiti and Farkarva please tell me that is the South Pacific?....now what about Kiritimati, Malaysia and Indonesia...is that the Western Pacific, South Pacific or Both?....Hmmmmm.....Ok I've spent to much time this afternoon in the Wine Country

I don't know where half those places are;but, I think they are all in South Pac. Did you dive all those places? I am very jealous

[Desert_Diver]

Originally Posted by Zeagle Eagle

Once a Marine always a Marine. Is your nephew a California Marine or a Paris Island Marine? California Marines are not REAL Marines.

He prefers to be called a Hollywood Marine.

[Travelnsj]

Yep dove all those spots except for the Island of Tahiti....Don't be jealous about Malaysia!

But where is Indonesia and Malaysia....Western Pacific or Southern Pacific?

[Desert_Diver]

Originally Posted by Zeagle Eagle

I don't know where half those places are;but, I think they are all in South Pac. Did you dive all those places? I am very jealous

I think he gets seasick. So he walks down the beach with a mask and snorkel until he's deep enough to bend forward and put his face in the water. Then logs it as a dive.

That keeps him from blowing chunks into his regulator.

[Desert_Diver]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

Yep dove all those spots except for the Island of Tahiti....Don't be jealous about Malaysia!

But where is Indonesia and Malaysia....Western Pacific or Southern Pacific?

Don't you hav to cross the Coral Sea to get to Indonesia and Malaysia? So I don't think they are in the Pacific at all. They are probably in the Indian Ocean. Except that Maylasia is probably on the Malaccan (sp?) Straits.

My head hurts...

Art