Rumor has it that some senior Marine leadership doesn't want it's Marine Corps Hornet IPs/IWSO's to fly the Superhornet while assigned to Navy Fleet Replacement Squadrons...Gee, since when does the Marine Corps DCA get to tell a Navy FRS CO what he can or can't do with his assigned aircrew. After all, his squadron produces more Marine aviators than his Marine Corps FRS counterparts out West and has historically done it with 3 Marine IPs assigned before the billet flood gates opened recently.

What next General, you won't let the Marines fly D's because we're running out of them?...perhaps you should recommend to your service brethren that the Superhornet (specifically the F) is a viable platform that would serve the Marine Corps well into the future...oh wait, you'd have to admit you made a mistake in putting all your eggs in one basket with the JSF, heaven forbid. Or is it best to continue to put this on the backs of the JOs and Field Grade Officers on the pointy end to continue to do more with less.

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