Originally Posted by
XHooker
Believe it or not, per our operational procedures PAR minimums for naval single/tandem seat aircraft are (or at least were) usually the same as ILS minimums (if they had them).
Naval single seat/tandem aircraft are 200 and 1/2. Most ILSs that I have seen are 100 and 1/4 - so our mins are a little higher.
For answering the other post - El Centro is probably the first place most tactical naval aviators first experience VFR flying if they don't have any civilian experience.
USMCFLYR