Originally posted by DiabloTX
Sailors have already been rotating into combat. The SK's now are being combat trained right with the HM's who have always had a combat training requirement.
I'll second that.
Also, my squadron have a little over 450 sailors in it including officers. Over 40 are IA right now. (Individual Augmentation- Volunteer or Voluntold to go play Army in combat zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan) Mind you these rates are all aviation rates such as Aviation Electricians, Aviation Mechanics, and so on. They are trained in the U.S. for a few weeks for combat then sent off to be a security guard on a installation such as a base or oil platform or convoy duty. numbers of IA's are growing slowly with each month. And the numbers required to be voluntold each month increases.
