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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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04-12-2016, 06:21 AM
john shaft
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zuludelta
In recent years, the 75th Ranger Regiment's more senior fire support specialists have been routinely cross-training as JTACs/SOTACs and JFOs, to give the battalions organic close air support coordination capabilities apart from that which they receive with the attached TACPs. It's the same thing with the Marine Raider Regiment—many of their senior fire support men are also cross-trained as JTACs and JFOs.
In the SOF community, the line between forward observer and JTAC is increasingly blurred (and that's before you consider the fact that many "operators" are also JTACs, for example, in an SF ODA, at least four sergeants—the weapons sergeants and the communications sergeants—will be cross-qualified as JTACs and a SEAL platoon will have at least two or three guys qualified as JTACs).
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know several SF guys on an ODA were cross-trained as JTAC's. I figured they had an Air Force Combat Controller with them most of the time for that role. This might help me in expanding the role for some of the Joes, such as Breaker and Dial-Tone (who are both SF Comms Sergeants in my Joe-verse).
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Loose Cannon
These are all the enlisted roles. I wonder if john shaft is referring to the Air Officer types, who are trained pilots. At least Vietnam era Forward Air Controllers were pilots. I am not sure how those guys are deployed though. I figure them to be Battalion assets for the Marines. It might be the same as your Slipstream reinvented Zulu as the Air Liason Officer. These guys wouldn't be deployed on the front lines, but with a unit like the Joes maybe they would.
Now with Air Combat Controllers, who still uses Forward Air Controllers? The Marines? Would these guys be trained as JTACs as well or do they leave that to the enlisted guys?
I use Countdown as my JTAC trained Special Tactics Officer. Although I don't know if I want him leading Sky Patrol he outranks the rest so he essentially is the commander.
I did forget to mention Air Liaison Officers. From reading that DetOne link Tyroc posted a few pages back I was going to use Wild Bill in that role. And that would have been one of my questions, where does an ALO deploy at? Do they stay put back at a FOB or occasionally deploy with a unit out on the front lines?
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Originally Posted by
CapBritain
The DoD is opening ALL military positions to women, so if your Joeverse is set Next Sunday, AD or some other Near Future time period, rather than right now or the '80s, you can cheerfully use Bombstrike as a JTAC, Lady Jaye and Scarlett as Rangers and Cover Girl as a tank driver. There are, already, women Rangers in the US Army.
Which is why when I recently added to my Black Sword verse Joes, I added Cover Girl as a Ranger vehicle driver for the team.
I've also made Pathfinder my team's JTAC, since his filecard says forward observer, I figured him being a JTAC was more likely these days.
In the combined universe, I invented a new FAC Joe called Steel Rain to use since that verse is based on the comics.
The only thing is in my Joe-verse all of my Joes have 12-20 years experience in the military so using women in combat roles is not going to work (unless I move the year that events take place forward, which I don't since I want to keep the year around 2015-16).
Good call on Pathfinder as a JTAC. I might do the same as well.
General question, who in the US Army besides SF's and Fire Support Specialists can attend JTAC and JFO courses? Since Grunt is listed as an "Artillery Coordinator" would an Infantryman be allowed to attend such courses?
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