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Fifty years ago today ...

blackbart22

blackbart22

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Back in 1960, NAVCADs were discharged the day we completed flight training. We were commisioned the next day and wings bestowed only on Friday. There were a surpising number of former Kadets that had their wings put on (and the official picture taken) by their very pregnant "sister-in-law" , Mrs Smith.
 
BusyBee604

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blackbart22 said:
Back in 1960, NAVCADs were discharged the day we completed flight training. We were commisioned the next day and wings bestowed only on Friday.
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Right, my group was winged/commissioned on Thursday, 3 July because of the Friday the 4th holiday in '58.:cool:
There were a surpising number of former Kadets that had their wings put on (and the official picture taken) by their very pregnant "sister-in-law" , Mrs Smith.
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NAVCADs were prohibited from being married, but there were a few who would divorce, then remarry upon commissioning. Always a few who 'couldn't wait'! My API class had two that married in basic, 1 DOR'd the other made it through no problem. Two more married in advanced at Beeville, winged with no problems. There were no "witch hunts" to root out married N/Cs, seems if you kept your nose clean/mouth shut, and performed in class & in the air... nobody seemed to notice (or be concerned) in that era.:)
BzB
 
Fog

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BusyBee604 said:
Right, my group was winged/commissioned on Thursday, 3 July because of the Friday the 4th holiday in '58.:cool:


NAVCADs were prohibited from being married, but there were a few who would divorce, then remarry upon commissioning. Always a few who 'couldn't wait'! My API class had two that married in basic, 1 DOR'd the other made it through no problem. Two more married in advanced at Beeville, winged with no problems. There were no "witch hunts" to root out married N/Cs, seems if you kept your nose clean/mouth shut, and performed in class & in the air... nobody seemed to notice (or be concerned) in that era.:)
BzB
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(1) We lost a lot more SNAs in those days than we do now. What did the Navy do if a NAVCAD bought the farm in a training accident and then a widow claims death benefits?

(2) Does anyone remember the name for an NFO equivalent of a NAVCAD?
 
BusyBee604

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Fog said:
We lost a lot more SNAs in those days than we do now. What did the Navy do if a NAVCAD bought the farm in a training accident and then a widow claims death benefits?
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It didn't seem that way during my time from primary through advanced (1957-'58). Lost an ENS at Whiting in a T-28... spun in on approach on his night fam solo, crashed damn close to main gate. The only other fatal while I was in basic, was when the noted WWII Ace CAPT Bill "Killer" Kane NC, DFCx2 (then CO of the Pensacola based USS SAIPAN (CVL-48)), was killed in a crash of his TV-2 (T-33) on a cross country.:eek:
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No fatals in advanced at Chase while I was there.:)
BzB
 
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That's only because TRA hasn't been fully embraced in Kingsville or Meridian. Give it time.

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TRA will never be fully implemented until HarrierDude is CMC.

Sent from an oil rig surrounded by smelly Mohammedians.
 
blackbart22

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There were several fatalities while I was going through primary and basic, but during the six months I was in advanced we didn't lose anyone in ATU-301 (later VT-30). However, five of us did ride an AD-6 in. One was a ring knocker whose father and grandfather were admirals who said he had an engine failure in the traffic pattern and landed in the bay.
 
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