What are you Perdweeb's apprentice now?
I have my own opinions, thank you.
I really don't want to throw the CiC under the bus, but I had a very bad impression from the moment I opened the orders, and I saw what I called the "worst case scenario" come to fruition during the event. Mind you, the "misuse" I refer to is not in who was assigned what plane, but instead in where they were stationed. A2 was to be protected by KN(7-10) and 334th(4-6). Both of us are good squads, but an expected combined strength of 11 to 16 planes is grossly inadequate for base defense.
This is compounded by having one of my squad members wasting his time and wasting a 262 in scout duty. 262's are best used in small groups, not as singular units. Instead, you are removing a member of a squad and placing them in a position to be of little use to the group.
I also don't like the CiC using the " Squad CO choice of aircraft" method when it comes to using non-restricted planes. If the CiC cannot decide for himself who would do best in a given plane, then the flight lead should have the authority to decide. Instead, he is relying on squad CO's to coordinate on their own initiative to decide what is best. Usually this ends up being a free for all, and ops are uncoordinated and ineffective.
This is by no means an insult to CaptA or VMF-101, I've seen other CiC's make the same mistakes before. But, the combination of these three issues really makes things difficult before even seeing an enemy, or dealing with their plan.
