OMG I want do this again you lucky youngsters did m SAR in 1986 Pensacola FL back then it was Sea king helos and crude ....enjoy bros! Too old but built like JAY CUTLER ----those were best days of my life.....ATKRON SQ 86
what's the difference between dry and wet? I kinda want to do something with helicopters. is there anyway to guarantee a slot with helicopters? I ship out next year.
Jesus R. Perez Navy for anywhere in the world to go rescue our troops or any American citizen outside the motherland. Coast guard for any inside mission inside the motherland!
I agree as a rescue swimmer (8215) and Utility aircrewman (8216) my rescues were all overseas in open water miles and miles from any land. Jumped out many times and then moved up to the crewchief position and ran the hoist and controlled the swimmer insertions. Fun both ways
Are you in about in training or in real life situations? But in training they’ll be training in places that aren’t populated with sharks, and they’ll probs carry a knife to jab it in the nose. In real life situations everyone has a weapon. Even if your just a chef on board, you’ll need a weapon to protect yourself. And the Heli’s they board have massive fuck off machine guns and launchers. Also aircrewman are highly armed with rifles and anything as they will visit front lines and dangerous areas. I’ve probably not answered your question correctly. But hopefully you got some answer. I’m no aircrewman but I’m doing my research for training to be one
Cookie Crumbs if you’re aircrew you’re part of an aviation squadron. You’ll do deployments on ship but squadrons are all land based. You’ll only live on board when deployed
go dry man. im in naccs right now and a lot of people regret going wet just because you have to deal with a lot more bs , unless thats what you really wanna do.
Are you in the navy already? I've rarely seen it done but it's happened before. They've talked to the instructors at aircrew school and RSS over and over and proved themselves they were physically fit and were able to get switched. It's not an easy process though. So if you haven't joined yet, talk to your recruiter. If you have joined and you want it badly, show them, and maybe you'll get lucky.
+Ricky thanks bro great info... I'm in the Navy challenge program I got an AIRR contract. I won't be shipping till next year so I was offered to take a air crewman dry contract for Oct 7th. Im going to take it because I can't afford to wait that long for some financial reasons. I just wanted to know my options after boot camp. I'm in good shape. Your info helped out tho. Will I have to mention it to someone at NACS when I get there after boot camp?
+Kaaukea youre chances are super slim as once you have a contract your kinda stuck with it... dry is a good gig though. aircrew in general is awesome. im here at naccs right now and i class up on Monday
Physically, the training was a bit tough but if you're in shape and like working out, you'll have fun. I enjoyed every second of it. And mentally for me, wasn't that difficult. But to each their own.
