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So how exactly does the squadron thing work?
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Permalink Reply by Valtameri on
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My son is attached to a squadron. The squadron has a base that they are assigned to, and then a carrier. The AD follows them where they go, sort of like a pit crew member. My son hasn't been with the squadron long enough for me to comment on how often they move around.
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Permalink Reply by mom21sailor on
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My son is also attached to a squadron, I am not sure that he is attached to a ship though. He has never mentioned it if he is, but he works on P-3's - I think they are too large to land or take off from a ship. I guess it just depends on what type of strand they are assigned to in A school. He tells us that he will be staying at his current base throughout his enlistment, unless deployed which he is right now.
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Permalink Reply by PattiMacQ on
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My son is an AD, he has been in the Navy since July 2009. While in A school the asked for volunteers to do "west coast props" which he signed up for. He graduated A school the day before Thanksgiving and had to be in California by Dec 10th. His squadron is VAW 117 which is E2 Hawkeyes. His squad is attached to the USS Nimitz but he is stationed at Point Mugu NAS. My understanding is the squadron is based at a certain based and unless they are reassigned they will stay at whatever base that my be. He has been at the same base ever since Dec 2009. Hope this helps somewhat answer your question.
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Permalink Reply by UrabissWife on
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heyyy girl .my husband is an AD . he is attached to a squadron that is attached to a ship also. let me break it down for you... a squadron is a fleet of airplanes. all of those airplanes are attached to a certain ship. when he said he wouldn't be in the same place as the ship its because wherever those airplanes go, he goes. he is a mech so he has to be there to check them and fix them. so they could fly to other ships and/or to land :) hope that helped.
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also my husbands squadron is on the west coast while his ship is on the east coast. the ship they get attached to could be anywhere :)
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the only thing different being attached to a squadron vs a ship is they go on DETS (detachments) usually to airforce bases. as where a ship goes on underways either out to sea or to other ports.
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Permalink Reply by Jakesmom on
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anyone else have anymore information on how sqaudrons work? The info below is very helpful but I'm looking for more! Please share if you have anything!
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Permalink Reply by rmb on
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So the boyfriend mentioned above has since become my husband, and he is in fact in a helicopter sqaudron. His squadron is attached to the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group, and all this really means is that they and their helicopters deploy with the carrier. The squadron is broken up into detachments, which are just smaller groups within the squadron that go on other ships in the carrier group- my husband, for example, is on the USS Philippine Sea. When they're not deployed, the entire squadron is in Jacksonville, FL while the carrier and all the other ships in the strike group are in their respective home ports.
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