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02-12-2015, 04:42 AM | #19231 |
80's Civil Air Patrol Cdt
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I survived the techno war. My laptop died so I broke down and bought a smart phone. So I'm back.
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;-) Love the work you're doing on the fb discussion thread.
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02-12-2015, 08:10 AM | #19232 |
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I survived the techno war. My laptop died so I broke down and bought a smart phone. So I'm back.
In my Joe-verse I made Sky-Dive a warrant officer, the XO of military freefall green beret A-Team codenamed: Sky Patrol. ;-) Love the work you're doing on the fb discussion thread.
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02-12-2015, 09:48 AM | #19233 |
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No jets, so it's Slipstream.
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02-12-2015, 10:39 AM | #19234 |
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Ah! I use Countdown (ROC Rollbar) as my Air Liason Officer. Although I'm not sure I want him in charge of Sky Patrol.
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02-12-2015, 02:00 PM | #19235 |
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I survived the techno war. My laptop died so I broke down and bought a smart phone. So I'm back.
In my Joe-verse I made Sky-Dive a warrant officer, the XO of military freefall green beret A-Team codenamed: Sky Patrol. ;-) Love the work you're doing on the fb discussion thread. |
02-12-2015, 02:37 PM | #19236 |
just a Marine
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There was some interesting discussion on MarSoc and other elite forces that let the cooks, bakers, and candle stick makers try out for the teams. In my experience, the reason for that is that the jobs the elite forces guys do is so specialized that a good soldier who is say, a mechanic, that is tough might be a better candidate than a mediocre infantry soldier. And it is so hard to find the right guys for these units, they need to cast their nets wider than just infantry or combat arms. Even in the non-elite forces, people sometimes change jobs. Guys might want to stay in the service but not like their job, or the service needs lots of privates or Lts, not so many Sgts or Captains in an MOS/career field. Green Berets only take Sgts and above. They want mature guys with a track record in the service. If I remember right, to be a SEAL, you have to earn a rate first, ie qualify for an MOS. The Green Berets also have each team member with a specialized skill-weapons, medic, comm, or engineer and AFIK, you don't have to have that MOS to do it in the Green Berets, ie you don't have to be a medic to be a GB medic. To be honest, the entire Marine Corps is sort of structured this way as well. Every Marine has an MOS, but every Marine is also a Marine Rifleman as well, and this works well in today's fluid combat environment with no defined rear area or front lines. Honestly though, I just think GI Joe does it as someone said, to humanize and make the story interesting. Alpine,a mountain warfare expert, is also a finance clerk. And remember, this whole MOS and combat arms vs non-combat arms thing is not that old. Prior to WWI and certainly prior to WWII, you didn't have these different MOSs. If you were in an infantry battalion, you were infantry, even if they had you cooking or typing on a regular basis because that was a skill you had. As warfare became more complex, a larger support contingent with technical specialities became necessary.
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02-12-2015, 02:41 PM | #19237 |
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I swapped out the TRU Footloose head for Skydive. Looks good. More closely resemble the original. I wish I knew more about Air Liason Officers and how they interact with the units they attach to. Honestly I stole the idea from Zuludelta.
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02-12-2015, 03:11 PM | #19238 |
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I remember reading about the SAS / SBS. It was either Andy McNab or Chris Ryan. He said that the UK Special Forces always encouraged applicants from a wide range of disciplines and specialties, he said it was easier to teach a nuclear technician to put on some muscle and learn to navigate than it was to teach an infantry man nuclear tech. From what I've read about how Delta and the Activity were set up, this kind of bears this out. They fed all the attributes they needed into the personnel computer, those whose names were spat out were asked if they wanted to volunteer, then they all went thru a selection and assessment course which emphasized land navigation and physical training.
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02-12-2015, 04:16 PM | #19239 |
80's Civil Air Patrol Cdt
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-I use Renegades Tunnelrat as SMaj Altitude, Ops Sgt. -Marauders Falcon as Drop zone, Weapons Sgt. -Renegades Ripcord as Static Line, Demo/Engineer Sgt. -Headswap ROC red beret Sgt Stone with ROC Desert Zartan MP to make Airwave, Comm Sgt. -Renegades Duke as Rigger, Med Sgt (forgot who I borrowed that from). The other half of my Sky Patrol is Air force. -Slipstream, CO (POC Tomahawk). -Pathfinder, Intel and Ops, 10th Weather -Barrelroll, Weapons. -Ripcord, Demo/Engineer -Bombstrike, Comms (POC Dial tone) -Stretcher, Medic.
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02-12-2015, 04:57 PM | #19240 |
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In the USMC, at the company level, the Air Liason Officer is dual hatted as the FAC (forward air controller), calling in air strikes, medevacs, etc. The air liason role is assisting the company commander in the use of avaiation by helping him plan-LZ sizes, weather restrictions, load restrictions, high altitude issues (big in Afghanistan), availibility, enemy air defense threats, etc. Basically telling an infantry officer what is and is not doable with aviation assets. At higher levels, battalion and brigade (or even MEF, Marine Expeditionary Force-a Marine division with air and combat service support groups), the air liason officer really just advises and plans. They don't generally go into the field like a company FAC. |
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