Sorry to ask this, but how do the Marines do it?
Down at the mud level, because every Marine is first a rifleman.
CAS is a core mission in Marine Aviation, they train very hard at it and take pride in it.. They are also very good at it.
The Marines get very low (tree branches in the oil cooler/intake low) and press the attack repeatedly. It’s Marine aviation’s primary mission, and they integrate & practice constantly with the ground troops, Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF).
how do the marines do it ?
90 days of living in the dirt with other grunts makes a flyboy appreciate ground pounders