Aviation Communitys: Navy Vs. Marines

[jbright44]

I've searched a bit on this board and haven't really seen this topic discussed directly so I figured I'd ask.

What are the big differences in the two communities? I've heard lots of things but I'm trying to sort out fact from fiction. While the quality of training is the same (from an avaiation standpoint) what are the biggest mission, lifestyle, and long term career path differences. I've heard the stories that say the Marines are underfunded and get "leftovers" so to speak. Is that true? What is the difference between Marine and Navy missions as far as aviators are concerned? What is the quality of life like for each branch? How do they compare? What type of career path do you take in the Navy after you've reached a point where you are in the upper ranks and you aren't flying as much anymore? What about the Marines? How is "non flight time" spent in the Navy? Marines? Obviously you are not flying all the time. Who gets to fly more?

These are the questions I'm trying to get answered. Any and all help is appreciated

 

[Lawman]

My God! Look at all these worms!

 

[scotty008]

Better haircuts...

 

[ZoomByU]

start here http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/cmps_index.php?page=best_threads

 

[Fly Navy]

Better haircuts...

Please tell me you mean Navy has better haircuts...

 

[scotty008]

Yes... The brainwashing only goes so far.

 

[gregsivers]

Who gets to fly more?

The Air Force.

 

[phrogdriver]

The Air Force.

...and they have the best haircuts of all!

 

[brd2881]

Please tell me you mean Navy has better haircuts...

Some of you Navy guys have hair so long its hard to tell you are military....ha....or is that the idea?

 

[bunk22]

Hair, WTF is hair?

 

[KBayDog]

Please tell me you mean Navy has better haircuts...

If by "better" you mean "better for your wallet" (i.e., once a year, vice once a week), then (than? thin? thane?) yes, the Navy has better haircuts. :icon_brav :moptop_12

 

[Fly Navy]

If by "better" you mean "better for your wallet" (i.e., once a year, vice once a week), then (than? thin? thane?) yes, the Navy has better haircuts. :icon_brav :moptop_12

Sorry bro, but the high and tight is hardly good looking. One of our sim IPs here LOVES to make fun of Marines or Navy with sharp high and tights. "So, what's it like to never get laid?". Funny guy.

 

[KBayDog]

Sorry bro, but the high and tight is hardly good looking.

No, but it is functional, though not as functional as the Carville Cueball. (However, since I am not a lance corporal anymore, those days are over for me.) I will concede that the "horseshoe" cut, popular in the Camp Geiger region, is about the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

One of our sim IPs here LOVES to make fun of Marines or Navy with sharp high and tights. "So, what's it like to never get laid?". Funny guy.

Maybe if I make the conscious decision to retire in Meridian Mississippi, I'll be qualified to come up with a witty reply to that one. And since that'll never happen, I'll just consider it a missed opportunity. Oh, well.

 

[Fly Navy]

No, but it is functional, though not as functional as the Carville Cueball. (However, since I am not a lance corporal anymore, those days are over for me.) I will concede that the "horseshoe" cut, popular in the Camp Geiger region, is about the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

True, very functional. I won't lie, I don't have awesome hair or anything, I have a close cut. No high and tight, but close enough that I don't have to comb my hair in the morning, which is really what it's all about

What's the deal with the "horseshoe" anyway? Looks like they stole it from Army Airborne units. I agree, ugliest, stupidest thing you can do.

Now the Carville Cueball, that's a cut!

Maybe if I make the conscious decision to retire in Meridian Mississippi, I'll be qualified to come up with a witty reply to that one. And since that'll never happen, I'll just consider it a missed opportunity. Oh, well.

Just for saying that, you will end up in Meridian in some way or another. They DO train enlisted Marines here.

 

[KBayDog]

Just for saying that, you will end up in Meridian in some way or another. They DO train enlisted Marines here.

Yeah...no.

Marines are trained in Every Clime and Place (Ooh Rah, Motivate, KILL KILL KILL!); Meridian is no exception. However, KBayDog will leave the Meridian training to some other motivated Devil Dogs, good to go?

Haha - Here I am, talking smack about a place I have never been before. (I did see a sign for it on my way to Jackson once, but that's the extent of my experience.) Perhaps, just for grins and giggles, I'll drop by for fuel sometime in my mighty Sea Ranger, enroute to someplace actually worth going. (Maybe I'll even request to buzz the tower...inverted. )