HowBoutThemApples
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Having a hard time choosing between Navy and USMC Aviation. Currently a 3/C. Could anyone answer a few of the questions I have? I know the basics like TBS, being a rifleman, culture etc.
1) who flies more? Do either the USMC/Navy pilots fly more than the other during flying tours(I know this has a very nuanced answer)? Does the USMC have more flying, or non “dissociated” tours than the Navy?
I know navy goes FRS-Sea-Shore-Dissociated-DH, generally. I don’t like the idea of my only real flying tour being my first Sea tour and the FRS. Is USMC different? Do you have more flying tours in the USMC?
2) which service has a higher propensity to give their pilots jets? What’s the “second option” for most? Do most non-jet Marines go C-130s, while Navy go Helos?
3) Is the USMC back up that bad? Pensacola being backed up is a problem, will it take 4 years to hit the fleet if I go Marines?
Thank you for any advice
1) who flies more? Do either the USMC/Navy pilots fly more than the other during flying tours(I know this has a very nuanced answer)? Does the USMC have more flying, or non “dissociated” tours than the Navy?
I know navy goes FRS-Sea-Shore-Dissociated-DH, generally. I don’t like the idea of my only real flying tour being my first Sea tour and the FRS. Is USMC different? Do you have more flying tours in the USMC?
2) which service has a higher propensity to give their pilots jets? What’s the “second option” for most? Do most non-jet Marines go C-130s, while Navy go Helos?
3) Is the USMC back up that bad? Pensacola being backed up is a problem, will it take 4 years to hit the fleet if I go Marines?
Thank you for any advice