Found this while doing some research online.It's an actual message from CO MAG-12 to CG 1st MAW.

ROUTINE
R 100201Z

FROM: MARAIRGRU ONE TWO
TO: CG FMAW

UNCLASS EFTO
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, REVISION OF
1. REQUEST PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED REQUIREMENT FOR PLATOON SENTRY DOGS BE MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS.
A. REDUCE NUMBER DOGS FROM 30 TO 15.

B. ENSURE DOGS ARE SPANIELS OR LABRADOR RETRIEVERS. OTHER BREEDS CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS (SUBMERGED) OF TERRAIN.

2. IN LIEU OF 15 DOGS DELETED FROM ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT REQUEST SUBSTITUTE CROCODILES. ENDLESS LAGOONS EXISTING BOTH SIDES AND UNDER TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY CONSIDERED IDEAL AREA FOR HUNGRY AMPHIBIANS. WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE DEFENCES AGAINST VC INFILTRATION. IF NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH SPIRIT OF "BUY AMERICA" CAMPAIGN FLORIDA ALLIGATORS CONSIDERED SUITABLE SUBSTITUTE CROCODILES.

3. NO ADDITIONAL LOGISTIC SUPPORT ENVISIONED NECESSARY FOR CROCODILES. CATFISH IN LAGOON PLUS TRANSIENT VC ADEQUATE CLASS I SUPPORT IN IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

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DIST: S-1; MABS-12;
GENERAL

/s/ L.E. Brown
L.E. BROWN
COLONEL, USMC
RELEASER


100210Z NOV 65

lmao.... how did you come across that?
pete

That's funny... would like to see the history behind it...

Les Brown was the CO of MAG-12 at the time...must've been one of those "fun" things he sent to Wing...

WE had the dogs at MAG-12...here is one of the puppies...


and the only water around MAG-12 AO was the South China Sea to the east...

I forwarded this to Lt.Col. Ed Rolita (ret'd)...MAG-12 S-2 at the time. His response verifies its authenticity..
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Bob - I remember this one well. It got quite a
chuckle at Wing and FMFPac.

Thanks,

Ed

You can find the original on Texas Tech's Virtual Vietnam Archive. Go to the search page and type in the item number 1201076231. It's the next to last page of a 101 pg pdf file. There's a lot of interesting stuff on that site.

Tom..

can you post the entire link?? Using the one you posted, I get an error page.
Thanks
Bob

Sorry about that Bob. Sometimes their site will not work. Try this link. Virtual Vietnam Archive It will take you to the Virtual Vietnam Archive page. Click on "Search the Virtual Vietnam Archive" and it should take you to the search engine.