Posted on Mar 9, 2018
Could This Be the First Female Carrier CO in History?
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I remain unimpressed, and will continue to do so, until the Navy stops putting FREAKING AVIATORS in command of these ships instead of ship-drivers. I mean seriously.
Could This Be the First Female Carrier CO in History?
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I always wondered why Aviators Commanded Carriers - but what does an old Army Guy know anyway?
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SN Greg Wright
I have no idea, Colonel. Makes zero logical sense to me. How does 20 years of flying qualify you to drive a ship?!
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LTC Orlando Illi
SN Greg Wright - I always wondered that myself. Maybe it's the Tom Cruise - Leather Jacket - F-14 jock - screwing the psychologist - danger zone thingy .....
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Pardon my ignorance
On something like a carrier group which has copious amounts of aircraft requiring I assume it’s own qualify tactician just said Carrier have two bosses? When driving the boat and all things included the one driving planes and all things included?
On something like a carrier group which has copious amounts of aircraft requiring I assume it’s own qualify tactician just said Carrier have two bosses? When driving the boat and all things included the one driving planes and all things included?
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SN Greg Wright
There sort of is. Each carrier has a CAG (Commander, Air Group) who is a full bird just like the CO of the ship is. But there can only ever be one Captain of a ship. The CO can boss the planes around. CAG can't boss the ship around. However, the CO rarely, if ever, flies during such a command tour, and hasn't spent his career driving ships. In my mind -- and I'm just an armchair admiral, SGM, and I'm biased because I drive ships for a living, -- such a person is less qualified to drive those ships than the SWO's he commands.
CAG does fly. Lots.
CAG does fly. Lots.
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SGM Erik Marquez
Thank you for that
I’m getting the drift that a carrier CO is always billeted with a aviator?
If so I guess that really answers the question I was about to ask ...does the CO ever override the CAG? I was thinking they wouldn't be qualified to make aviation decisions but if the billet is an aviator then I guess they are.
Though it seems kind of weird to have an aviator in charge of a surface warfare ship
Boats don’t fly an aircraft don’t float.
How does that make SWO's feel.....never having the opportunity to CPO a carrier group AND your big boss things your not smart enough to learn how to CO an aviation unit, but thinks an aviator is smarter then you and can learn to drive a boat..
I’m getting the drift that a carrier CO is always billeted with a aviator?
If so I guess that really answers the question I was about to ask ...does the CO ever override the CAG? I was thinking they wouldn't be qualified to make aviation decisions but if the billet is an aviator then I guess they are.
Though it seems kind of weird to have an aviator in charge of a surface warfare ship
Boats don’t fly an aircraft don’t float.
How does that make SWO's feel.....never having the opportunity to CPO a carrier group AND your big boss things your not smart enough to learn how to CO an aviation unit, but thinks an aviator is smarter then you and can learn to drive a boat..
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