Well Guys,
I thought I would give you the latest update on my Son "The Navy Captain" As some of you already know he is in Corpus Christi where he is on the Admiral's Staff of Air Training Command. He also instructs in T-45s at Kingsville NAS.
Friday while he was here working on our planes he received a call from the Admiral. The Admiral informed him that he had been selected by the Board to become the Commodore of Air Wing Four at Corpus NAS.
He was quite surprised to say the least. That also means he will finish his career close to us and not have to move in 2016 or leave the Navy.
A little of what he is made of. Before the Admiral left for the selection board. He told him if the selection ranking was close between him and his Captain buddy for a Major Command to select his buddy. His Buddy has not had a command and needed one for his career. Son is not one to think of himself and ME ME ME. :wink: Well that didn't happen and now his buddy will probably be going to Iraq or Afghanistan for a year then retire.
What a Commodore means.
The commodore of Training Air Wing 4 is responsible for the aviation training and day-to-day activities of all training aircraft in Corpus Christi. The post is considered a major command and equates to command of an aircraft carrier.
Training Air Wing Four (TRAWING FOUR), one of five training air wings in the Naval Air Training Command, was established March 1972. The five individual units making up the wing are Training Squadrons Twenty-seven (VT-27), Twenty-eight (VT-28), Thirty-one (VT-31), Thirty-five (VT-35), and the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, which provides support services and facilities. Student Naval aviators receive basic flight training in VT-27 and VT-28. VT-31 and VT-35 provide advanced flight training for multi-engine aircraft.
Units in TRAWING FOUR have a combined total strength totaling more than 195 officer, 645 enlisted and 540 civilians. More than 130 aircraft are assigned to TRAWING FOUR. The commander of TRAWING FOUR and other training air wing commanders are given the courtesy title of commodore, which is a custom borrowed from the surface Navy. The commodores report directly to the Chief of Naval Air Training and are responsible for the supervision, coordination and administration of squadrons and stations under their commands.
I thought I would give you the latest update on my Son "The Navy Captain" As some of you already know he is in Corpus Christi where he is on the Admiral's Staff of Air Training Command. He also instructs in T-45s at Kingsville NAS.
Friday while he was here working on our planes he received a call from the Admiral. The Admiral informed him that he had been selected by the Board to become the Commodore of Air Wing Four at Corpus NAS.
He was quite surprised to say the least. That also means he will finish his career close to us and not have to move in 2016 or leave the Navy.
A little of what he is made of. Before the Admiral left for the selection board. He told him if the selection ranking was close between him and his Captain buddy for a Major Command to select his buddy. His Buddy has not had a command and needed one for his career. Son is not one to think of himself and ME ME ME. :wink: Well that didn't happen and now his buddy will probably be going to Iraq or Afghanistan for a year then retire.
What a Commodore means.
The commodore of Training Air Wing 4 is responsible for the aviation training and day-to-day activities of all training aircraft in Corpus Christi. The post is considered a major command and equates to command of an aircraft carrier.
Training Air Wing Four (TRAWING FOUR), one of five training air wings in the Naval Air Training Command, was established March 1972. The five individual units making up the wing are Training Squadrons Twenty-seven (VT-27), Twenty-eight (VT-28), Thirty-one (VT-31), Thirty-five (VT-35), and the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, which provides support services and facilities. Student Naval aviators receive basic flight training in VT-27 and VT-28. VT-31 and VT-35 provide advanced flight training for multi-engine aircraft.
Units in TRAWING FOUR have a combined total strength totaling more than 195 officer, 645 enlisted and 540 civilians. More than 130 aircraft are assigned to TRAWING FOUR. The commander of TRAWING FOUR and other training air wing commanders are given the courtesy title of commodore, which is a custom borrowed from the surface Navy. The commodores report directly to the Chief of Naval Air Training and are responsible for the supervision, coordination and administration of squadrons and stations under their commands.
