Marines G4

[JungleJett]

I fly a GIV for a living. I'd sell my youngest daughter to fly a F-18!

Young Man... do you see any civilian Hornets flying around???

How old is she? If she is over 18, is she hot? imp:

 

[McGillicutty]

The gunpig is a blast, but a .mil G4 could be fun, too. Go for it!

 

[Lynxman]

Dude, they don't send you to flight school if you fail out of the Infantry Officer Course, it's the other way around.

Ya I know which is why I'll prolly keep with the pilot slot.

 

[Lynxman]

Thank you for the link it was very informative. Right now my focus is just get myself ready to do my best at OCS. I still need to take the flight physical at Pensacola and to be honest I'm worried about it. When I was at Meps I failed their depth perception test, so my oso office told me to go to my normal eye doctor and get an exam and she said my depth perception was more than fine. So right now thats on the back of my mind and its really bothering me. I hope they do a different test than what meps uses. Any clues to this?

Any more info on this?

 

[727C47]

Dude, they don't send you to flight school if you fail out of the Infantry Officer Course, it's the other way around.

Brother,in the Marine Corps the infantry is the true faith,everything else is just supporting arms. And I wish the Corps had A10s, something with some real loiter time,to keep the bad guys heads down. Lynxman I hope you get jets. I hope you get those gold wings. That is a dream worth having, worth attaining. The infantry is a calling all its own,and should not be a consolation prize for a guy who can't find the 3 wire. End of rave.

 

[pilotyip]

Don't about 80% of USMC pilots go into helo training?

 

[firstthird]

it is a lot but I think the odds of getting jets are better in the USMC than the USN (or at least that was the way it seemed 20 years ago or so)

 

[pony251]

Brother,in the Marine Corps the infantry is the true faith,everything else is just supporting arms. .

Thank the gods of war for that. BTW, gold wings also qualify you for a ground tour with the grunts. My FAC tour was actually a pretty good time. Helped me get into the Guard. The guys in blue actually respected that more than my flying time. Go figure.

 

[727C47]

Recon FAC !

 

[puck_11]

it is a lot but I think the odds of getting jets are better in the USMC than the USN (or at least that was the way it seemed 20 years ago or so)

I agree, from what I've seen in the last 2-3 years in flight school, if you did well in primary you were going jets if you were a Marine, even if you didn't want them. If you were Navy on the other hand, my roomate was SNA of the year, rocked primary, commodores list with distinction twice (top 5%), solid stand up guy, didn't get anything on his dream sheet, the only thing he didn't list was P3s and thats what he's flying now. In the Navy it was more of a crapshoot on getting jets, did they have any available that week, in addition to having done very well in primary. Now they have tailhook selection out of primary which takes all of the would have been jet or E2/C2 studs and let them compete in phase 1 of advanced for the jet strike slots. Better system in my opinion, get more people into T-45s, and the studs that really shine go on to F-18s.

Lynxman, don't worry about failing the depth perception test, a lot of dudes do. As long as you can pass a civilian one, you're fine. If you haven't already check out airwarriors.com, it's made up of all Naval Aviators (some AF, Army, and CG too!), some with civilian experience, as opposed to this site which is the reverse.

Also, having lived with Marines for the last three years going through flight school, go aviation. You'll never regret it, and you won't be on the ground wishing you were up in the air, and not be able to give 100% to your job. If you really want to, you can do a FAC tour after your first tour and then live your dream as a ground guy controlling CAS.

 

[Lynxman]

Wow I never knew you could be a FAC thats awesome. Jets is more than fine with me since I've been a kid I've dreamed of being a fighter pilot now it seems like it might be somewhat more of a dream come true. Airwarriors is a great site I'm already on it thanks though. Also you have definetly set me at ease about the whole deapth perception I've been really worried about that.

 

[pilotyip]

Why the fascination with Fighters?

Fighter pilot story, it is 1976, Cubi Point; we have been at sea for 6 weeks. We being Ships' Company, "the career enhancing tour". We pull back in to Cubi Point. We are at the club for liquid refreshment. We are discussing "going ugly early". You know all women are beautiful when you have not seen one in six weeks, "we kept women recognition photos in our staterooms so we recognize one when we saw one". This one fighter pilot was making moves on the ugliest creature you had ever seen, round eyed school teacher. So we decided that going ugly early did not apply to fighter’s pilots that had no standards. Another fighter pilot over heard this and said he was offended, kinda like people on this board hearing about the college thing. He said we should respect him because he was the defender of the fleet and how he would be the first one launched to intercept an incoming air raid, etc. Please!! we are sitting in a bar in the Philippines, enjoying a beer far removed from reality, thinking about women and this fighter pilot gets all bent out of shape because we made a joke about fighter pilot standards when making a move on an ugly women. He never understood. BTW the threat from a submarine was much greater than the airborne threat, but we didn't bring that he would not have understood that either.

 

[Lynxman]

I don't see a relevance as to how they're is a fascination with fighters based on a man's standards. You see as a kid going to my cabin over summer I would see a few fighters a day it seemed tearing up the skies from a local ANG base. From that moment on I was hooked on the world of aviation and the military. As years passed it become stronger and stronger until here I am writing about my upcoming choices. Furthermore the story would still be the same had you changed fighters to bombers etc. etc. inter service rivalry happens. Hell there is rivalry from job to job in all the branches.

 

[lookin4better]

get ready for those helos!

 

[727C47]

Lynxman,Godspeed,get jets !

 

[Lynxman]

That's where my prayers are going towards! Thanks

 

[CX880]

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Tell me the Marines still have this. I leave for OCS in Jan. 2010 and I'd love to get a pipeline for jets and fly this thing. I had no idea Marines even operated a G4, I've seen the King Air 200's, but not this.

Dude. If you want to fly a G4 or Citation go to the Army or Navy or better yet go to your local civ airport. Besides I doubt they would let anyone who uses prolly and calls the usmc "the core" anywhere near an F18 jet. Better get used to flying with your hands and feet now. Look up helicopter flying for dummies. Good luck.

 

[Hobit]

Dude. If you want to fly a G4 or Citation go to the Army or Navy or better yet go to your local civ airport. Besides I doubt they would let anyone who uses prolly and calls the usmc "the core" anywhere near an F18 jet. Better get used to flying with your hands and feet now. Look up helicopter flying for dummies. Good luck.

CX880,

Your profile states 'civilian'. Maybe you should 'stay in your lane' and give advice on civilian aviation. Your advice re: Army Aviation as an option for G4 flying is wrong.

Lynx,

#1 Congrats.

#2 Ignore CX880's jealousy.

#3 Go for what makes you happy when you are given the choices available to you after all the chips fall on selection night. The advice I got was: 'pick the coolest thing you can on selection night because it's not necessarily what you will retire in.' That advice was great for me. Remember, you are picking a Mission and Lifestyle, not just an airframe. No matter what you select, you'll be serving with GREAT folks and that is a benefit all its own. Work hard and ENJOY as much of it as you can. The reward is well worth the effort.

 

[Lynxman]

CX is a joke in itself he is unhappy with me because I find his choice at a certain airline as distasteful. Hobit thanks for the advice any airframe I end up in, if I were to end up in one is going to make for a good life with great people. What are you currently on?

 

[CX880]

Your advice re: Army Aviation as an option for G4 flying is wrong.

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Click here. Plus the many other vip units they have. No FA18s though.