How many countries do you travel to while in infantry Marine Corps?

How long do you stay at each port? How far can you travel away from the ship? Experiences.|||You can be stationed at places like Japan for a year or more. Your unit can go TDY there for a few months. If you go to someplace like Afghanistan it is usually a 7 month tour. Some places you will go for a few weeks. The Marine Corps does training with several countries. They have trained with PLA Marines in China, Indonesia, and other countries. They train with South Korea and in Norway annually. Whether you go to these places depends on what unit they send.





Most port calls range from a couple of days to several days or longer. In most places there is no limit as to how far you can go as long as you report back at the proper time. Sometimes you go for longer periods for peace keeping or humanitarian aid.





Here is an example: "After six months, six countries, six languages and six cultures, Landing Force Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, is set to head home.





The LF spent almost four months on USS Tortuga (LSD-46) in the Southeast Pacific region, stopping in Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2010. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness." http://www.usmc.mil/unit/3rdmardiv/comba鈥?/a>





Another example: "MAHE, SEYCHELLES 鈥?Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit along with Sailors assigned to USS Nassau participated in a liberty port stop here June 25-28 to take some time off and visit the east-African island after being deployed at sea for approximately five months without a port call." http://www.usmc.mil/unit/24thmeu/Pages/2鈥?/a>





BTW, the MOS isn't really important in many cases. All the MEU's have support from many MOS's.|||In my tour in 1968 was 13 months in Nam, then few months at Qutomono Bay Cuba. Was in the states in between those missions. I was a supply clerk.|||your infantry damn i gotta hurry up so i dont have to wait so long