If Marine Corps Times is right then the Marine Corps is so screwed. An Aviator as Commandant? You're fucking kidding me right? Read the sad details here.
Gen. James Amos is expected to be named the 35th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, sources told Defense News on Monday. If nominated, Amos could become the first Marine jet aviator named to the top post, and he would alter recent custom by becoming the first assistant commandant in several decades to succeed his immediate boss.
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If the Deputy Commandant has any integrity then he would step aside. Self interest won't allow that to happen but its a punch in the face to everything that is the Marines. But onto another topic. First out of the box on this was a detractor of my beliefs on this issue.
Annonymous, left a comment wondering why this is a bad thing. I simply ask those in the know (meaning Marines) to take a look at how the Air Wing operates. Its a different beast. I once asked a pilot why they weren't as hardcore about things as the ground side and the response was...Do I want a pissed off LCpl messing my plane up?!
The Air Wing reflects different values from the rest of the Marine Corps. Marines yes...but operating on a slightly different wave length.
