I stand corrected, of the 15 type aircraft of the Corps, 14 might get FAC tours, but all might get ANGLICO or MARSOC tours.
My bad.
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Pilot slot availability between USN vs USMC?
- Thread starter Pringle
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My bad.
Isn’t that pretty terrible advice for a college student with no prior flight time? Aren’t you competing against all the former active duty pilots?
Not necessarily. Plenty of units hire off the street college grads and prior enlisted from within without any prior flight experience at all. Being able to go straight to a unit in a location you love, while maintaining the flexibility of the guard/reserve on day 1 is a massive benefit for QoL.
All units are different, many simply look for people they could spend 20+ years with. Vastly different culture from Navy hardware units and SAUs.
No. We treat off the street candidates completely differently than already qualified military pilots.
We need both. They don't compete against each other, they complete against their peers.
Gotcha, was an honest question since I thought it was "spot opens up, free for all frenzy of applicants, and usually its the guys they don't have to invest in that they would pick 99% of the time."
But I'm a dirty NFO anyway and I've never heard of an NFO to CSO transition.
But I'm a dirty NFO anyway and I've never heard of an NFO to CSO transition.
I bet an F/A-18 NFO could swing a transition to F-15E CSO without too much trouble.