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The various forces do different things in the air. I'm not super knowledgeable about this, so someone might have more details. Air Force is general flight miss
by aspaceman 7y ago
The various forces do different things in the air. I'm not super knowledgeable about this, so someone might have more details.
Air Force is general flight missions. They tend towards support and recon.
Navy is focused on carrier support and sea missions.
Marines are focused on CAS and both land and sea missions. Lot of helicopters as well.
So each branch takes different responsibilities. I don't think this is an issue of Marines not being good enough to fly, as there are very talented Marine pilots around the world. Instead, these Marines weren't being given the resources and training they needed, and were being ignored by the higher chain. The argument that Marines don't take things as seriously is a little ridiculous.
- andreareina 7y agoCAS = close air support?
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoCorrect.
- remedan 7y ago>Marines weren't being given the resources and training they needed, and were being ignored by the higher chain. To me this says that the Marines high enough to make decisions do indeed not take things seriously enough.
- eaandkw 7y agoYou should look up the MAGTF concept. Pilots are pilots and they are all very well trained. The Marines generally deploy in a fully functional unit that has a ground element, support element, and air element. There are different sizes of MAGTFs that can support various levels of operations anywhere in the world. One of the many advantages of the MAGTF is that everyone is speaking the same "language" and using the same playbook making communication a lot easier.
- aspaceman 7y agoThank you for reminding me of this weird word hah. Been a while since I’ve heard about MAGTF
- maxerickson 7y agoThe US Army also flies helicopters. Specialization is inevitable in an organization as large and complicated as the US military, and it's worth considering whether the service level split is the better way to manage it, especially at the top where it would be better for the decision makers to have diversified experience than to be in-fighting.