Another argument for AF and N people being transfered to the army is that, AFAIK, T2K canon makes no mention of independent AF or N ground units.
And with Army generals seeing their units dropping to 1/3 of their authorized strength (or less) starting in '98- and undoubtedly clamouring for replacements from at least that point forward- I just can't see the top brass trying to form, train, and equip naval infantry or AF field formations. It would be a collosal waste of manpower and equipment.
It does make sense that the Navy send most of its beached sailors to Marine units, assuming such units are relatively close by.
As for retaining AF techicians "just in case", if the gutted Luftwaffe sent thousands of purposeless men to the front as infantry replacements in late '44 and early '45, instead of keeping them to service Hitler's trickle of jet and rocket-powered Wunderwaffen aircraft, it stands to reason that the USAF could/would do likewise. As Web already pointed out, how many ground crew people are going to be needed to keep the handful of surviving jets and turboprops airborne? 100 to 1 (ground crew to aircraft), 20-1, 10-1, 5-1?
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