0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
So, after reading a few articles, it appears she's had a few helo squadron commands, and a couple vessel commands. It is strange that a rotor head is going to be commanding a CVN. I could see her commanding an amphib assault carrier, due to their primarily rotor wing complement. I think this goes back to her being an academy grad from '94. That was the first class graduating to allow women in "combat / aviation" roles. She may be squared away in her career, but I tend to agree with this being politically motivated. We'll see what happens. I wish her luck.
Quote from: cj7ox on October 06, 2021, 04:22:42 PMSo, after reading a few articles, it appears she's had a few helo squadron commands, and a couple vessel commands. It is strange that a rotor head is going to be commanding a CVN. I could see her commanding an amphib assault carrier, due to their primarily rotor wing complement. I think this goes back to her being an academy grad from '94. That was the first class graduating to allow women in "combat / aviation" roles. She may be squared away in her career, but I tend to agree with this being politically motivated. We'll see what happens. I wish her luck.I commend you on your attitudeI (having no irons in the fire) think there were probably a bunch of better candidates. When it comes to command of something this big, and often ordered smack into the middle of some pretty touchy situations (Isn't a carrier battle group hovering near Taiwan at the moment??)I'd want as seasoned a commander as we can produce whether it be man or woman, black white or blue, old or young, tall or short, hairy or bald. None of that would matter as long as the selectee had a history of getting things right. No allowance for politics whatsoever.