Hey everyone,
So obviously I'm not a total FNG here anymore and I've been doing my research about joining the Navy after I graduate as an aviator or NFO. I had been pretty much dead set on joining the Navy, but lately I've been giving more consideration to the Marines. I'm kind of of liking the whole "every Marine is a rifleman" aspect of the Marines and I think I would actually enjoy TBS, as messed up as that sounds.
That said, my ultimate goal has been to fly tailhook aircraft off the boat, whether that's C/D/E/F/Gs or E-2/C-2s. I was just wondering if someone could enlighten me as to how big a role tailhook plays in the UMSC. It seems with the retirement of the C/D models and the purchase of only the F-35B model that tailhook aircraft in the USMC are going the way of the dodo.
I was just wondering if you guys could talk about tailhooks in the Marines as well as how much of your force typically deploys on a CVN.
So obviously I'm not a total FNG here anymore and I've been doing my research about joining the Navy after I graduate as an aviator or NFO. I had been pretty much dead set on joining the Navy, but lately I've been giving more consideration to the Marines. I'm kind of of liking the whole "every Marine is a rifleman" aspect of the Marines and I think I would actually enjoy TBS, as messed up as that sounds.
That said, my ultimate goal has been to fly tailhook aircraft off the boat, whether that's C/D/E/F/Gs or E-2/C-2s. I was just wondering if someone could enlighten me as to how big a role tailhook plays in the UMSC. It seems with the retirement of the C/D models and the purchase of only the F-35B model that tailhook aircraft in the USMC are going the way of the dodo.
I was just wondering if you guys could talk about tailhooks in the Marines as well as how much of your force typically deploys on a CVN.