ABOARD THE USS OGDEN AND USS PELELIU -- Marines and sailors expect the days to be filled with work and play at sea during a deployment.
Most would agree the two equal parts rarely happen on the same day. On ship, there are some days in which training needs to get done and free time takes a back seat. On the flip side, there are days in which Marines and sailors struggle to find activities to fill their day.
The Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, (Special Operations Capable) Camp Pendleton, Calif., have already seen both sides of the coin, just one week into their six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.