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08-13-2014, 12:02 AM | #1 |
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Contract Question Aircrew Rescue Swimmer same as aircrew?
I recently got my job changed from os to aircrew, was pretty stoked about it. Only thing is at the recruiting station my petty officer had me sign the AIRR contract and told me it's aircrew? I looked at all the requirements and honestly I can do everything except the swimming. I wanna just go aircrew is that possible?
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08-13-2014, 06:56 AM | #2 |
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Aircrew is AW. It's not the same thing as AIRR. If you really want Aircrew you're probably going to need another DAR.
Haasino's our expert on aircrew, so you might want to check out his thread about it. |
08-13-2014, 08:24 AM | #3 |
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AIRR is helo Aircrew and classified as a Naval Special Warfare program. Fixed-wing Aircrew is AIRC. Technically, since 2008, all Aircrew ratings have AW in them (AWO/AWF/AWV/AWR/AWS).
Both programs have to go through Naval Aircrew Candidate School, which involves moderately strenuous PT and intermediate water survival training... however AIRR then has to go through Rescue Swimmer School which, as you figured correctly, involves a great deal more swimming and PT. There was a time shortly after I graduated NACCS that AIRR candidates who failed RSS (Failed, not Drop-On-Request) were reclassified as AWO... fixed-wing sensor operators. I don't know that this is still a policy though... and kinda doubt it given the reorganization Maritime Patrol is currently undergoing. Tl;dr... you're looking for AIRC, not AIRR. While both are Aircrew, AIRR requires a great deal of swimming.
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08-19-2014, 07:10 PM | #4 |
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They no longer assign airr drops to any aw jobs they get re rated or go undes depending on how they got dropped. I'm at naccs right now.
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08-21-2014, 09:14 AM | #5 |
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Haasino I have a question for you, my son is a senior in high school and going to MEPS on Tuesday to take the ASVAB and physical, and get his rating and all that and then be sworn in for DEP he wants to eventually become a pilot. His recruiter told him to become part of Aircrew, what rating should he be looking for when he chooses his rate? Thanks
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08-21-2014, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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To be a pilot, he will have to become an officer at some point.
Being enlisted aircrew will get him some exposure to the community, but isn't a requirement to be selected as a pilot
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