Comments on: How capable is the average Air Force Officer in ground combat? http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/ The Internet's Most Complete Source Of Portable Folding Hammock Advice, Reviews & Best Prices Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Matrangr http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Matrangr Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:01 +0000 http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/#comment-1065 The air force is not trained to fight on the ground, they are trained to achieve and maintain air superiority. It would be comparable to asking an infantryman to pilot a fighter plane, it just doesn't work. Some airmen are trained in combat (combat controllers or para rescue) but the army and marines are riflemen from day one. If a pilot gets shot down, they are trained to escape and evade and let the combat forces fight their way to them. You can definitely tell when when the bullets start flying who is trained and who is not, and for this type of job, the air force is not. The air force is not trained to fight on the ground, they are trained to achieve and maintain air superiority. It would be comparable to asking an infantryman to pilot a fighter plane, it just doesn’t work. Some airmen are trained in combat (combat controllers or para rescue) but the army and marines are riflemen from day one. If a pilot gets shot down, they are trained to escape and evade and let the combat forces fight their way to them. You can definitely tell when when the bullets start flying who is trained and who is not, and for this type of job, the air force is not.

]]> By: Thank You http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Thank You Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:01 +0000 http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/#comment-1066 I MOBed with some AF officers before going overseas in the Army National Guard and they MOBed ie trained us all in a group so in the process as a small unit with no officers we did mock convoys with AF officers in command and let me tell you the one night convoy we did when we were ambushed (fake of course) we all died!(well my gun truck lived im not going out without a fight :D) it was a straight out massacre and the whole mock battle the AF officers were clueless begging me as a private at the time for help. that's your answer I MOBed with some AF officers before going overseas in the Army National Guard and they MOBed ie trained us all in a group so in the process as a small unit with no officers we did mock convoys with AF officers in command and let me tell you the one night convoy we did when we were ambushed (fake of course) we all died!(well my gun truck lived im not going out without a fight :D ) it was a straight out massacre and the whole mock battle the AF officers were clueless begging me as a private at the time for help.

that’s your answer

]]> By: Tyler http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Tyler Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:01 +0000 http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/#comment-1067 nothing compared to a Marine, but their pilots know enough to get by the rest of the AF Officers, not at all nothing compared to a Marine, but their pilots know enough to get by

the rest of the AF Officers, not at all

]]> By: Dennis F http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Dennis F Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:01 +0000 http://portablefoldinghammock.com/portable-folding-hammocks/how-capable-is-the-average-air-force-officer-in-ground-combat/#comment-1068 AF Officers are not normally trained in Ground Combat. It just is not their job. Unless they are a CRO. Pilots and all aircrew have been to Survival school, and if needed to put those skills into practice, they are capable. Search "Capt Scott Grady". As previously stated you are comparing apples to oranges. Im sure Marines are very capable at the job they are trained to do. But they would be equally inept at trying to take to position of an AF Officer in a job they have never been trained for. AF Officers are not normally trained in Ground Combat. It just is not their job. Unless they are a CRO.
Pilots and all aircrew have been to Survival school, and if needed to put those skills into practice, they are capable. Search "Capt Scott Grady".
As previously stated you are comparing apples to oranges. Im sure Marines are very capable at the job they are trained to do. But they would be equally inept at trying to take to position of an AF Officer in a job they have never been trained for.

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