I met one of my former VT-86 Marine NFO Students in San Diego, and he was on loan to the the Air Force augmenting the EC-130 in Tucson post VMAQ shutdown. So Marine EA-6B EMCOs are doing all sorts of interesting things including cross service support and flying UAS platforms. But like CFAM said, not flying Growlers.No, there are no Marine Growler crews. There is one Marine officer who instructs at VAQ-129, but he’s an outlier, as the Marines have transitioned all of their former VMAQ NFOs to other career specialities or platforms.
No, there are no Marine Growler crews. There is one Marine officer who instructs at VAQ-129, but he’s an outlier, as the Marines have transitioned all of their former VMAQ NFOs to other career specialities or platforms.
It's been 5 years since my last staff EWO gig. But even then, my impression of the Marine Corps' post-VMAQ EW plan was basically "look at these great PPTs we have on MAGTF EW! They're the best PPTs anyone has ever made! Look at the quality of these slides!"I should probably know the answer to this question due to knowing said (newly former) person, but what is the long term USMC plan for EW/VQ? I presume it gets wrapped up in the F-35, so does that leave this billet open still? I've never heard a mention of them buying G's, but is that a thought?
Yeah, that’s essentially my understanding. Their solution was supposedly a combination of F-35 effects and EW pods strapped to other Marine air platforms along with ground based EW effects and cyber. I’m struggling to find anything more recent than 2016 open source on MAGTF EW though.It's been 5 years since my last staff EWO gig. But even then, my impression of the Marine Corps' post-VMAQ EW plan was basically "look at these great PPTs we have on MAGTF EW! They're the best PPTs anyone has ever made! Look at the quality of these slides!"
Gs? Yeah, right. They already dissolved the community.
Long term Marine EW plan? There isn’t one…???… no on F-35 and no on Gs.I should probably know the answer to this question due to knowing said (newly former) person, but what is the long term USMC plan for EW/VQ? I presume it gets wrapped up in the F-35, so does that leave this billet open still? I've never heard a mention of them buying G's, but is that a thought?
Zombie E/V-8 Harriers?I should probably know the answer to this question due to knowing said (newly former) person, but what is the long term USMC plan for EW/VQ? I presume it gets wrapped up in the F-35, so does that leave this billet open still? I've never heard a mention of them buying G's, but is that a thought?
Got tipper from some fairly credible sources yesterday that the Expeditionary Growler divestment is officially canceled.
After SOCOM and every geographic COCOM were simultaneously heard to go "you're going to do WHAT?"Got tipper from some fairly credible sources yesterday that the Expeditionary Growler divestment is officially canceled.
To be fair, they weren't supposed to stand down until the end of FY24.Can confirm. I have a friend who is soon headed to his command tour in an VAQ exped squadron.