LO. You seem surprised at the USMC requiring a ground based cab rank capability with their aircraft. They certainly used it from the time they had Harriers and I believe before then. After all it only means landing during a sortie, shutting down to save fuel and starting up again if a shout comes or you reach the end of your shift. With a conventional aircraft this requires a suitable airfield runway closer to the target than your operating base, plus of course having an internal start capability. With the Harrier they expected to find a secure site within 50nm of the battle because they considered a response time from the shout to being on target needed to be 15 mins or less. The cab rank operating site flexibility of the Harrier was one of the key capabilities that made them want the aircraft.
As an aside the RAF required a loudspeaker in the nose wheel bay of the GR1 so that the lad (it was lads only then) could get out and doze off against the nose leg until the shout came.
Hey ho.