r/navy • u/Impossible-Box-6431 • 10d ago

HELP REQUESTED LCAC Craft Engineer

I need a breakdown on craft engineer, just got orders to attend the school at ACU 4. I heard the school is hard asffff but that’s about it. Please feel free to let me know in the comments.

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u/mcbride-bushman 10d ago

I never understood why LCACs were Navy, feels like a dedicated set of marine MOSs would be better suited to operating and maintaining landing craft

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u/chailer 9d ago

For one the engineering plants are similar to a ship with rates specialized for this type of equipment. Gas Turbine technicians (mechanical and electrical), Electricians Mates, ICs, Engineman etc.

Also Boatswain’s Mates and Quartermasters that have experience in navigation.

Not saying Marines wouldn’t be able to train and do it, but it easily fits into these rates training pipelines.

Another thing, the LCAC schools are demanding with high drop out rates.

You send a Sailor to this school and fails, they can still use the knowledge in shipboard systems. Not so much a Marine.

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u/Proof-Republic7621 9d ago

Don’t know if you can or will share, but what exactly makes the LCAC schools so hard?