MarineAir
Future Naval Aviator
Hello everyone. A few years ago,I was very surprised when I ran into a MECEP who wore gold wings on his chest. After talking to him for awhile, he explained he was an enlisted navigator on C-130s. Well, I did some research into it and found out that the Marines are the only service that had enlisted navigators. I also found out that once the corps started taking delivery of the newest model of C-130's,the 'J' models, the enlisted navigators were to be phrased out because computers negated the need for a third crewman to conduct navigations. I'm curious, is this the case now or are enlisted navigators still kicking around?