Harrier Dude
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I've been away from the HMM for awhile. I don't speak retard much anymore. Please translate.
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Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)
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What?
I've been away from the HMM for awhile. I don't speak retard much anymore. Please translate.
What?
I've been away from the HMM for awhile. I don't speak retard much anymore. Please translate.
Smart-ass remark referring to your community's sabbatical from the boat at the turn of the century. I got to spend quality time with Beak and his boys when you started boat ops again, so I feel qualified to throw poo in this matter....
EDIT - no, I don't remember exactly how long the AV-8 boys were gone from the boat, but I'm o.k. with that.
you want to throw this guy??
or this guy??
Damn it! Nobody would ever guess I have a two year old....
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
It was 6 months, but I get what you were going for now. If we're talking about the same Beak, he was my CO.
Beak was great - he actually managed to maintain somewhat of a "reasonable man" philosophy working with the rest of the ACE (though I'm sure being an O-6 helped a lot with that).
It was longer than 6 months for the 31st MEU - but since it was only meant as a random cheap shot from the peanut gallery it is all good. It was always interesting watching the green-on-green violence as the ACE tried to share the flight deck among themselves, but at least in Okinawa the helos got too used to not having to play with fixed wing and they seemed to have real trouble learning to play nice in the sandbox again.
Harrier Dude
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Actually, the 31st MEU never technically lost their Harriers. The East/West coast MEUs were gapped, but the 31st had them available, they just were not attached. This was during the 99/00 redstripe.
Why??
'Cause you gotta put 'em somewhere ... especially when we have @ 10 times the number of FLAG/GENERAL officers today that we had in WW2 ... at a time when we had @ 14 million men under arms ....
The higher up you get, the less of a specialist you're expected to be, and be more of a general-purpose leader. I don't know enough about the Navy's higher-echelon career path to know about that command, but in the Marines, you see the distinct lines between officer MOSs blur, especially in smaller communities. For example, the support commands in the Marines all are eligible to command units like MSSGs. Gen Krulak, a grunt, commanded the 2nd (pretty sure it was that one and not the 1st) FSSG during the Gulf War. Obviously, at the highest levels, one may have all different forces under one's command.
BTW, in regards to that picture of RAdm Tyson, I thought the JCS badge was supposed to go on the breast pocket. It's so big that someone with a lot of ribbons, it would go over the shoulder, anyway.
BTW, in regards to that picture of RAdm Tyson, I thought the JCS badge was supposed to go on the breast pocket. It's so big that someone with a lot of ribbons, it would go over the shoulder, anyway.
Women wear badges over their ribbons - Joint Staff, MAAs, etc. I guess to prevent them from "hanging" on the more-endowed sailors. I think it looks pretty damn silly, but nobody asked me.
Some billets are "reserved" for certain designators, either by Code or tradition. Big Supply commands for Suppos, etc. When you get to the Flag level, though, there's fewer of those and more "interchangability". And I'm not sure, but CLFWP might technically be considered a "command at sea," which would mean it'd have to be a Line officer in command.
LOGGRU WESTPAC is a great deal, incidentally. Only USN permanent command in Singapore.
Some billets are "reserved" for certain designators, either by Code or tradition. Big Supply commands for Suppos, etc. When you get to the Flag level, though, there's fewer of those and more "interchangability". And I'm not sure, but CLFWP might technically be considered a "command at sea," which would mean it'd have to be a Line officer in command.
LOGGRU WESTPAC is a great deal, incidentally. Only USN permanent command in Singapore.
Is that not the same bunch -- mebbe a different name -- that USED to run/operate the China Fleet Club "NEX" in Hong Kong???
It seems we had a semi-permanent-major Supply presence there prior to the handover in 1997 ... ?? I'm gonna guess "yes" .. ??
Oh what a can of worms you just opened.
Good question though for this forum. I'll be looking forward to the responses.- Status