CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit have confirmed that they will be conducting a deployment to Facebook to stop a flame war.
MEU commander Col. James Christmas told reporters he had received a warning order from U.S. Cyber Command yesterday evening and that Marines should be prepared to deploy immediately to Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Christmas also said that the 22nd MEU will be evacuating thousands of Internet Displaced Persons or IDPs, fleeing Facebook for other social media sites. Both MySpace and Google+ have offered to take the refugees, claiming they have "plenty of space available."
Although Christmas reiterated that the mission would be “strictly a peacekeeping operation,” deploying Marines to Facebook is unprecedented and will come with numerous challenges. The first task will be creating a defensible base of operations, tentatively dubbed “Firebase Zuckerberg,” followed by establishing reliable supply lines for necessities like vehicles, ammunition, and baby wipes.
