A question for you USMC folks.....
The 22nd MEU and USS Bataan embarked ten MV-22's for their deployment before Haiti occurred. Later, The MEU embarked CH-53's when deployed to Haiti.
The 24th MEU was originally scheduled to deploy to the Middle East with eight Ospreys and four CH-53's.
Now that the 24th is headed to Haiti and due to arrive today....they deployed with eight Ospreys.
The question.....why did the Bataan go with CH-53's and no Ospreys?
Followup question....did the 24th take CH-53's onboard when headed to Haiti?
Begged question....out of a hundred or so Ospreys in the Inventory....does the USMC only have eight to ten Ospreys that can be deployed at any one time?