Navy JTACs?

[croakerfish]

…I wonder if there are opportunities for navy types to fly for them as some kind of a shore tour?

Or maybe he was just a guy wearing his dad’s old flight jacket?

That’s a well-kept secret if he was still AD. Contractor maybe?

 

[Griz882]

That’s a well-kept secret if he was still AD. Contractor maybe?

Very well could be - and probably correct. My thought at the time was maybe a tour with the 160th?

 

[Uncle Fester]

Very well could be - and probably correct. My thought at the time was maybe a tour with the 160th?

Or maybe a former Navy dude who did an IST. I've never met any Navy guys who went that route, but I did meet some CWO pilots once who were both former Marine Harrier O-5s.

 

[Gatordev]

Not JTAC exactly, but I know a couple of 13XX guys who did NSW tours and wound up working with the UAV Platoons.

At least as of 2021, one of them (a 1315) was still working with them, albeit in a leadership position. He was also on the last SELRES FS det (the one after yours, I think).