Cayuga (LST 1186) - Naval Cruise Book

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jC Rainy BIVOUAC site. MG shoot Green Beach. Seven Steps hump. 1 more day, then Olongapo Green Beach BIVOUAC Hey boss, Buy something! ' Scenic Green Beach Leader ' s recon the objective. m- ' em 1

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' f, PHILIPPINES Team Bravo s first stop on deployment In July 1990 to train was in the Phi- lippines. Numerous training exercises were conducted on Green Beach where the Marines quickly found out how friendly and willing the Filipino natives were to sell their cold Coke and hot rice and lumpla. Live fire at Green Beach was the best training the Marines had gotten since the training cycle had ended before deploying. Fire teams found themselves engaging moving targets that surprised them as they moved down a jungle trail and stream. A life fire night ambush called for the patience and vigilance of every patrol member and squads dismounted AAV ' s to attack enemy hill top bunkers with SMAW and machine gun support. Green Beach was enjoyed by all. Where else can you shoot all day and get a cold Coke during a break? } TAIWAHJ I 5 After a hot day of training it ' s time for a refreshing plunge in a local waterfall. Green Beach river enthusiasts. LI 64

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OMAN In early October 1 990 Team Bravo participated with the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in the country of Oman. The exercise Included an amphibious landing of over 5,000 Marines, the largest landing in over 20 years. Ashore Team Bravo Marines got their first taste of the Arabian desert, quite a change from the weeks of training in the Philip- pine Jungles they had just experienced. The training was a welcome change to the monotonous weeks at sea they had spent waiting to go ashore. Numerous mechanized patrols were conducted, and company mechanized attacks took up the majority of the training. The rifle pla- toons found out quickly that 1000 yards of rushes In the desert only appears to be 400 until you do It. Dismounted In the desert, awaiting orders. Local security air sentries keep watch as their AAV moves inland Below: ON CALL 60mm mortar support Mechanized Infantry ATTACKI RT? ......:-..K. m ««m» l