USMC Marine Elephant Walk

[Jim123]

What’s a lava monster?

It's only the greatest threat to liberty, justice, and the American way...

It can be defeated only by a recruit wielding a Mameluke sword.

 

[Pags]

What’s a lava monster?

Choke yourself

 

[ChuckMK23]

Another very decent production!

But what do we have here - a Marine Aircrew wearing a white taped HGU-56 helmet....

 

[whitesoxnation]

I’m a blast at parties. Thinking back to my many months of low single digit flight hours in the fleet, it would have sucked to get roped into a dog and pony show that prevents squadrons from using their planes to actually train. If they want to look good, then maybe organize a large scale assault support exercise and use all those ospreys and shitters to move a battalion, and film the crap out of it. But I guess that would involve actually being good rather than looking good.

I agree with that. Something like this to send a message to an adversary is one thing. If there's no messaging or training value then it's a waste of people's time... IMO.

 

[zippy]

Despite massive shows of air power, nearly 40 percent of Marine Ospreys are not mission capable

The Osprey is the Corps’ “most in-demand and deployed aircraft.”

trib.al

40% NMC rate.

 

[Gatordev]

Despite massive shows of air power, nearly 40 percent of Marine Ospreys are not mission capable

The Osprey is the Corps’ “most in-demand and deployed aircraft.”

trib.al

40% NMC rate.

I'm not defending the Elephant walk, as that just seems like a waste of resources, but...

That number only tells half the story. What's the actual required MC rate (I forget the acronym)? Just because you have 10 aircraft doesn't mean you need or are even required to have a 100% MC rate. It can be perfectly normal to have 2 aircraft up and be meeting your requirement, depending on the cycle.