Brigade

And it creates a lot of coordination issues for the force because a lot of times I've talked to units, you know, I do field work with Ukraine pretty regularly.

And they show the strikes they're doing within their, let's say, lane, in support of their Brigade.

The Brigade's doing strikes at 70 km plus, and then there's high rational drone formation supporting the core in that sector, and they're going all the way upwards to 300.

Some of the strikes you're doing, you're like, why are you doing these strikes against their targets? Like, well, you know, we have the means.

We're doing it for the plot.

It doesn't feel like you can express yourself or that you can have personality or character or...

What is the, you talk about in a kitchen, there's a, like a brigade.

Is that the word you use? Brigade, yeah.

Which obviously comes from the military.

Is that why we use the term uniform? Probably.

They, the British, have placed at our disposal all of their equipment and have rationed us for ten days to cover the period of disembarkation.

The Marine Brigade would wear the 79th Division's polar bear shoulder patch with considerable pride.

The 79th Division's commander, General Curtis, became popular with the Marines of all ranks by a display of simple leadership and genuine interest in Marine activities, including trying his hand in their softball games.

a special board of officers established by the brigade shortly after its arrival estimated the germans had varied capabilities to threaten the security of iceland they could attempt an amphibious or airborne attack they could bomb allied forces and installations or they could conduct some limited raids from the sea however the planning board judged that as long as the british home fleet maintained superiority in the seas north of scotland and areas east of iceland the germans would be unable to support any sizable or prolonged offensive against the iceland base the marine brigade's mission was twofold the british division commander designated the sixth marines reinforced as a mobile force for use at any point along the winding coastal road leading from reykjavik to the naval base at the fifth defense battalion served as an air defense unit with the mission of protecting the city the harbor and the airfield from german attack Brigade headquarters was established in the same camp where the 6th Marines headquarters was located, Camp Lumley near Reykjavik.

Further up the road, the 1st Battalion occupied two adjacent camps, Victoria Park and Camp MacArthur, about 10 miles from Reykjavik.

the camps were near the varma river which was unique because its waters were hot with a temperature of about ninety degrees it was fed from hot springs near by and afforded the marines a warm swimming hole the second battalion was located at camp balder shaggy near the regimental headquarters this was an attractive camp in a rocky valley with a stream feeding into a nearby river stocked with salmon the icelanders maintained strict fishing rights but the marines were constantly tempted to cast a line In late September, the 3rd Battalion was moved to Camp Broderholt, which was on a wet, rugged, rocky peninsula located near the entrance of Kvealfjörður, the long, deep naval base fjord.

Churchill asked him if he would shake hands with another old soldier.

Mr. Churchill went over that Marine and all others he spoke to that day.