If the US Army controlled carrier aviation after World War I

What if the United States placed carrier-based aviation under Army control after World War I?

The response questions how the Navy could lose that institutional argument and does not develop a detailed campaign outcome.

The discussion begins by contrasting an organization built around aviation with a navy using aircraft to deliver a wider maritime capability. That distinction is offered as a reason why control of naval aviation matters. The hypothetical then transfers American carrier aviation to the Army after the First World War. The immediate response asks what happened to the Navy's political influence to allow it. Billy Mitchell is mentioned, but the exchange turns back to the game before developing a detailed alternative history of procurement or Pacific operations.