Thanks so much for the response!  Much appreciated, very interesting to read, I wish there was more info available about this stuff on the web but it's so much cooler coming from someone who actually knows it.  I guess the game is not dead on but close, at least now I know what they're talking about.  Thanks again!

I'm just wondering about communication between control tower / LSO / pilot on a carrier approach landing.  I have no idea of this process and just looking to gain some insight.  I'm playing a flight sim type game and when lining up on glideslope for a carrier landing the CV Marshall says ''Mother is case 1, expect CV-1 ...

Just realized I posted this in the wrong forum.  Should have posted under military aviation.  I don't see a way to delete a post so guess I'll just have to re-post it.

I'm just wondering about communication between control tower / LSO / pilot on a carrier approach landing.  I have no idea of this process and just looking to gain some insight.  I'm playing a flight sim type game and when lining up on glideslope for a carrier landing the CV Marshall says ''Mother is case 1, expect CV-1 approach.''  ...