I have always wondered but never been able to confirm this....

When the USN/USMC units are forward deployed they basically live the same way during peacetime or war time. Deployed time is roughly the same. A boat is a boat wherever it sails. Marines are used to doing more with way less and living in the dirt. They are crazy like that. OPTEMPO may change but the level of suck is about equivalent, IMO.

The forward deployed AF crew during peacetime pretty much has a standard FOB with all the typical AF type facilities. TAD/TDY length is short. During war time the FOB is wherever the conflict is located and is really substandard when compared to the peace time facilities/locations. TDY/TAD times are usually much longer. With these changes the level of suck increases dramatically.

Thoughts?