Great stories

[airwinger]

I've been following this gent's blog for a while. He's a Navy Captain, ex hornet squadron CO, and Top Gun IP.
http://homepage.mac.com/lexl/iblog/C744401703/E317348427/index.html

Link is to a fictional tale he's been weaving.

 

[AllAmerican75]

I've been a long time reader of his too. That's his old site. His new site is http://www.neptunuslex.com

 

[Physicx]

Sorry to hijack the thread but what is a department tour?

 

[Punk]

Sorry to hijack the thread but what is a department tour?

usually LCDR's or senior LT's going back for a 2nd sea tour

they'll head a department, which is what a squadron is comprised of

squadron -> departments -> divisions -> shops

 

[Brett327]

usually LCDR's or senior LT's going back for a 2nd sea tour

they'll head a department, which is what a squadron is comprised of

squadron -> departments -> divisions -> shops

To be precise, it's a 3rd sea tour and you wont see a senior LT as a DH, at least not in aviation.

Brett

 

[Physicx]

And its non flying correct?

 

[Cougar_62]

I'll also chime in that Captain Lex has an excellent site. This is probably my favorite of his posts

http://homepage.mac.com/lexl/iblog/C744401703/E515334278/index.html

besides his "Rhythms," which is his on going tale of life on a carrier. Besides Naval Aviation he posts on Politics, life in Southern California and the War on Terror. I'd highly recommend his site.

 

[bunk22]

And its non flying correct?

The department head tour is a flying tour. It's normally the most important of all tour's with relation to earning a #1 or #2 competitive EP and gain command or other desired billets.

 

[Physicx]

What is the first non flying tour is that just called a disassociated sea tour?

 

[MIDNJAC]

just read the entry about the mid-air he witnessed during his Adversary tour....sad story

 

[bunk22]

What is the first non flying tour is that just called a disassociated sea tour?

Yes.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

usually LCDR's or senior LT's going back for a 2nd sea tour

they'll head a department, which is what a squadron is comprised of

squadron -> departments -> divisions -> shops

In the surface community, senior LT's are the DH's and it is normally their 3rd and 4th sea tour (we do two DH tours).

ship --> departments --> divisions --> workcenters --> individual

 

[Fly Navy]

squadron -> departments -> divisions -> shops

Is that correct? I was under the impression that shop is synonymous with division in the aviation world.

 

[gaijin6423]

Nope, shop (technically 'workcenter') is a further breakdown of a division. For example, the avionics (600) division consists of several shops, such as 620 (general avionics), 690 (miniature component repair or minicomp), etc. OPNAVINST 4790.2G (or whatever version they're up to now) provides the full breakdown and description/responsibilities of everything, to include both line squadron and MALS (AIMD for you Navy folks) maintenance and supply, if you're intersted.

 

[Fly Navy]

Learn something new everyday. They haven't covered this kind of thing in flight training. Cool, thanks.