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7th Jun 2011, 08:55

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November4

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Reminds me of the incident in 2002 when Marines landed on the Spanish beach instead of the one in Gib. One of the Marines said something along the lines of "I know we are good but it would take a little more than 20 to capture Spain".

80 Marines on an RFA that is due to be scrapped...HMS Cumberland on it's way to be scrapped, rescuing British nationals from Libya.....you couldn't make this up

Edited to add - Misread the BBC report - added the 0 to 8 to make correct number of Marines.

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