Vian compared the carrier air gunners' preparation with the intensive Mediterranean and destroyer training of his earlier career. In his assessment, their recorded practice amounted to roughly a tenth of what those prewar crews had received. Wartime demands and limited facilities helped explain the deficit, but he treated it as a readiness problem that had to be corrected. British anti-aircraft firing exercises then became so frequent that American forces sometimes could not immediately tell whether the fleet was training or under attack.
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Vian rebuilt Pacific anti-aircraft training through constant practice
Finding carrier air gunners far less practiced than his prewar Mediterranean crews, Vian increased firing exercises until nearby American forces sometimes could not tell whether the fleet was training or under attack.