I got PROREC-Y for SNA back in June 2020 (I did go to OCS before and was medically discharged back in 2019. Fought my way back for the second time). however, I got into a pretty bad motorcycle accident soon after the selection. I had 3 broken bones. Had a second surgery to remove some of the hardware. I currently have 2 rods and 4 screws in my left leg. My surgeon and therapist are well aware of my Navy goals and are very confident that I will be physically capable of doing so within the next couple of months. I have no loss in range of motion and strength is coming back real fast. I am currently on medical hold, awaiting full recovery.
My question is what are the chances of MEPS clearing me medically? Do you guys know anyone who was in a similar boat and got cleared by MEPS? Thanks a lot for the help!
Prior to WW2 heavily armed and armored vessels had a central role in sea warfare, while novel aircraft carriers were intended for providing air cover to navy formations and light bombing raids. This concept radically changed in 1941 as a result of heavy losses suffered by the US at Pearl Harbor and Britain in the South China Sea, from that point on capital ships were mostly used in escort and fire support missions for the remainder of the war. Rearmament with anti-ship and anti-air missiles greatly extended the service life for many of them and became the basis for construction of newer ones, but also reclaiming some of the lost capacity for independent operations. Interestingly it has become a catalyst for further reigniting old rivalries, for instance Japan or India planning to build even larger next-generation destroyers to match China’s Type 55s, perhaps one day they will actually call them cruisers. This coupled with most frigate and destroyer classes growing to near-cruiser size and capability means that unlike just a few decades ago, today there are numerous navies possessing ships with state of the art armament that could theoretically pose a real threat to any carrier force at a standoff distance.
Watching the best propaganda film of the last 40 years (Top Gun). A question came to mind "do squadrons of the CVW rotate on and off with their aircraft?".
So let's say VFA-103 is on ship, and their deployment is coming to an end, would they rotate out with their Super Hornets and support staff and VFA-143 would rotate in with theirs? Wiki says they fly two different models so not sure if that factors in.
Additionally how do aircraft get loaded onto ship while in port? Does the carrier stay empty more or less then when leaving port it would take on its compliment at sea (so as to provide space for flight operations)?
Last question, do aircraft ever have their fancy squadron markings or is that more or less just for die cast desk models and airshows?
I graduated bootcamp just over a week ago and I'm waiting to start ITB so I can go home as a reservist to finish college. I'm considering my options for after college and one of them is to either join Navy ROTC at Texas A&M since I was already in the corps when I left, or to go to OCS on my own. I either want to be a pilot or a SeaBee officer. Does anyone have any experience with how it would work, going from enlisted Marine to Naval officer? Do I have to finish my contract with the Marines first, or some other minimum time in service I have to complete? Any help is appreciated.
