Re: How long would it take a Marine to complete Top Gun training?

jgd@xxxxxxxxx (John Dallman) wrote:

:In article <p6R4g.69242$fd.8022@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jack@xxxxxxx (TV)
:wrote:
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:> That more or less answers the question. Thanks Ed. Although I'm still
:> surprised that everyone Captain+ in the squadron wouldn't be 99%
:> current about all the weapons.
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:There's a whole pile of other stuff that has to be done by officers in an
:air squadron. And the pilots get to do all of it; there aren't extra
:officers to do administration. The Weapons Instructor is the guy whose job
:it is to make sure they are sufficiently up-to-speed on weapons despite
:all the other things they have to do and learn, and to handle the weird
:and obscure cases.

I used to have a list of stuff from one of the VX-31 pilots that
listed all the things he had to get done in the course of a month. It
was more than a month's worth of hours and included only minimal
flight time to stay current.

I think what you guys are calling "Weapons Instructor" I'm used to
hearing referred to as SME (Subject Matter Expert). Every squadron
has these guys, specialized in various thing.

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