I've worked with Swanee - he's legit. Can we get over the dick measuring contest and get back to sharing a conversation all of us should learn more about?
I'm sure that very well maybe true, but the flippant and condesending attitude that seemingly always screams "I'm the UAV guy, and you guys don't know what you're talking about, because I'm the only UAV guy here" falls on deaf ears based solely on the fact that Swan's operational experience at this point is basically nil. An F/A-18 FRS attrite (no one holds that against him either) plus going through the truncated UAV pipeline leaves little time to actually learn and integrate with the rest of the MAGTF. There's nothing wrong with that, because that's just how the cards fall sometimes. However, the know-it-all attitude is annoying, and any young boot in a gun squadron would get their bags smashed for indicating otherwise. I think that's what Treetop Flyer is getting at.