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08-31-2012, 09:08 PM | #1 |
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New Boot Camp?!
I just heard from somebody at an A School right now that they are extending boot camp to 13 weeks and making it more like Marine boot camp. Is this really going to happen or is it just a rumor?
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08-31-2012, 09:21 PM | #3 |
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Ohhh okay. Lol
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09-01-2012, 07:15 AM | #4 |
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like he said..
i heard about this about a year ago..lol |
09-01-2012, 09:17 AM | #5 |
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Why would we train like the Marines? Our mission is different and the skills and knowledge we need are different.
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09-01-2012, 09:23 AM | #6 |
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Navy Officers are trained by Marines.
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09-03-2012, 10:17 AM | #7 |
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Its a rumor
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09-03-2012, 10:35 AM | #8 |
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Actually there are a lot of the same rates the Marines have that the Navy has. They go to the same A and C schools as us, especially on the Air side.
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09-03-2012, 11:24 AM | #9 |
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Also the Corpsmen are either "green side" or "blue side." The marines don't have their own medics, so use Navy. (that's why when you see the names of sailors killed in Afghanistan, they are often Hospital Corpsmen.
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09-03-2012, 05:25 PM | #10 |
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The marines also fly the fighter jets for the Navy.
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09-03-2012, 06:06 PM | #11 |
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There are far more Navy fighter pilots than Marine fighter pilots, but they do have a decent amount. I'll be going through NACCS with Marine aircrew candidates.
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09-05-2012, 07:23 PM | #13 |
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In general Navy flies Jets (aside from harriers, thats USMC); and the Marines fly the choppers (not exclusively, there's lots of Navy chopper guys too), thats just a general observation. The Marines use Navy guys for Medics (Corpsmen), use Navy Chaplains (Officers, priests), and Navy RP's (Religious Program Specialist; they're pretty much body guards for Chaplains as well as help them with getting their mission done). If you see names KIA navy wise, its usually Corpsmen, RP's, SEALs, EOD, and personnel that are on loan to the other branches (not so much any more). Marine boot is all combat centered because thats their primary mission, Navy is focused on seamanship our primary mission. While some things overlap, like PT, and weapons; most does not. We learn Firefighting, they learn to eat MRE's and live in the field. We learn seamanship, they learn hand to hand combat. It doesn't really make sense to train for something most personnel won't do. Those that will be fighting (SEALs, EOD, RP, Etc) will get the combat side in A School.
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