Such language, Wink.I categorically reject
Such language, Wink.I categorically reject
I am trying to set a good example for Congress.Such language, Wink.
One of my favorite things about Air Warriors is when any discussion about fast-mover tactical air is entered by any person who is not a pointy-nose driver we are told to STFU...because we don't know what we're talking about...BUT...that is not as good as when one is an expert at something else and they still tell us to STFU because we aren't one of them!
I might be a clown...even a fucking one...but I have seen more ground combat then you will ever see.
I absolutely, 100% agree that training is the issue. So tell me, because I don't know, once you've flown your 15 to 25 hours a month, added in the mission briefings and such, completed your squadron duty job, finished evaluating and counseling enlisted folk, finished your physical training, and are all caught up on your online "awareness training," how much time is left for the firing line?
Stupid? OK...
So, when was the last time you did land nav with a rifle?
When was the last time you ran 100 yards or more with a rifle and 120 rounds of ammunition? Oh...and then fired that rifle hitting a target?
When is the last time you tried to fire a rifle, with any success, with one hand?
How often have you fired an M4 with the stock collapsed?
This is all about training and you can also answer my other question to @Hotdogs if you'd like. They are all easy questions to answer.
As for the last point, I have said all along it MIGHT give a misplaced feeling of invincibility to a downed airman. If you are smarter than that then rock on. Look, I don't care if you carry chicklets and porn in your seat pan. I respect the skill you have as an aviator. I have been saved outright by good CAS and I love you guys for that. But please, give up the utter bullshit that you are going to eject from an attack aircraft, land in hostile territory, and suddenly be an effective rifleman when you maybe fire for qualification twice a year. Now that, my friend, is utter bullshit.
...Nobody is saying that you’re going to go full retard and make a last stand at the Allamo or take Omaha Beach, but you should be atleast have a professional mindset as a warfighting service (I.e. The Navy) if even the chance of it exists. That includes being aware of the capability of your weapon and providing yourself with the best chance for survival.
I was trusted to help operate a crew-served weapon . . . specifically, a $52 million combat aircraft. But if I so much as chambered a round in an $800 pistol, I'd have been sent home.Agreed, and that is why I find the policy of not "allowing" aircrew to load their pistols when flying into combat extremely disheartening, to say the least. I have railed against it for years, and will continue to do so unless the policy is updated to reflect the realities of combat. The solution to CAG shooting a RR chair was better training (e.g. proper firearms discipline), not the effective disarmament of combat aircrew.
Sling rifle, dude.Who has 6 primary tasks and 33 sub-tasks on their immediate actions list when downed in enemy territory...YOU DO, and most of those tasks require one or more hands.
You rock on you Infantry stud! Kill ‘em all!Sling rifle, dude.
I love a compromise.Compromise: Navy Acquisition procures several folding M4 kits from the USAF and conducts tests of them installed under the seats of MQ-8 pilots.
Your arguments are getting worse, if that’s actually possible.@Hotdogs Dude, I am fully aware of the people I am talking too and about. I’ve spent plenty of time with Marine FACs and other services Terminal Controllers. So what? I know one FAC who needed an E4 to point out shit on the map for him. Just like ground pounders, some are good and some suck.
As an attack helicopter driver I am sure you take good care of your weapons, or at least I hope you do, but how how many guys not on dirt-det get that kind of experience and time?
So in the end your argument is that none of this rifle shit is hard? Really? Look, you learned to fly a helicopter at Whiting, right? So why are you wasting tax player dollars flying 20 or 30 hours a month? I mean why not just fly two hours a year and call yourself an expert? We all know why, because flying is a skill you need to keep up...well so are the fundamentals of marksmanship and ground survival. Who fires a rifle with one hand...NO ONE except an idiot. That’s my point. Who has 6 primary tasks and 33 sub-tasks on their immediate actions list when downed in enemy territory...YOU DO, and most of those tasks require one or more hands.
Yeah baby! If I get shot down in my 1946 Luscombe 8A I will have legit Army issue 1911 .45 and M1 Garand, black Nikes, tan 5.11 cargo pants with tactical instructor belt and clip knife in the back pocket, skin tight performance T shirt, tan ball cap with subdued American flag and I swear first thing I will do is get out a sharpie and draw a bad ass "tattoo" on my arm. Unfortunately, my beard doesn't grow fast enough to get that awesome SOF beard the enemy fears so much, before I have to kill 'em all.You rock on you Infantry stud! Kill ‘em all!
Damn, you own the only aircraft in the US mine can catch up too! If I were you I’d skip the hat and go for the torn-tee shirt head tie. Far more cool.Yeah baby! If I get shot down in my 1946 Luscombe 8A I will have legit Army issue 1911 .45 and M1 Garand, black Nikes, tan 5.11 cargo pants with tactical instructor belt and clip knife in the back pocket, skin tight performance T shirt, tan ball cap with subdued American flag and I swear first thing I will do is get out a sharpie and draw a bad ass "tattoo" on my arm. Unfortunately, my beard doesn't grow fast enough to get that awesome SOF beard the enemy fears so much, before I have to kill 'em all.
You don’t have to buy what I’m selling friend. I’m good with that.Your arguments are getting worse, if that’s actually possible.