Navy Sonar Technician - ST

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2018
  • If you can’t see us, we’re doing our job. As an ST, you gather intel through advanced sonar technology that few people on the planet have ever used. You quietly detect, track and classify contacts from surface ships or subs, using the immense range to listen for anything from ships to marine life. Process and share critical information with response teams to keep us alert and safe at sea. As a Sonar Technician, it is your job to find what doesn’t want to be found. Learn more at bit.ly/2CEIHQI

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  • @MrBoston987
    @MrBoston987 3 роки тому +29

    I was an STG in '90s and that equipment they're showing is light-years beyond the 53C we had onboard the USS O'Bannon.

    • @BTSloan70
      @BTSloan70 2 роки тому +4

      We had the 26CX in the mid 70's On the USS W. S. Sims.

    • @americasnavy
      @americasnavy  2 роки тому +6

      BZ Shipmate!

    • @amandawoodward5596
      @amandawoodward5596 Рік тому +1

      SQS 53C tech here 😊 despite the age, I really enjoyed my system.

  • @hughjardon5869
    @hughjardon5869 3 роки тому +20

    I was an STG in the mid 60's(surface sonar tech), my first ship was equipped with SQS-23, mainly active sonar, a FRAM I with ASROC, & the useless DASH system. Last ship I served on had SQS-26ax, also active, and much more powerful than the 23, and a much better passive ability since it had a very large underwater dome and able to pierce the thermocline with bottom bounce mode, vs the 23, which was small in comparison, and only active/passive modes. I always thought active sonar was a pointer for the enemy saying "HERE WE ARE"! Times have changed and so has sonar gear.

    • @raybied508
      @raybied508 Рік тому

      Re: DASH The 1st time they tested it on my destroyer, they couldn't retrieve it .

    • @Malakie
      @Malakie 3 місяці тому

      My first ship had the SQS 53b and SQR - 18 (1982) USS Comte De Grasse DD-974, and the next ship I went backward due to medical and then having to wait for a new class for my C school training so for 6 months, they put me on an Adam's class, USS Henry B. Wilson DDG-7 that was a pier queen in San Diego. It had the SQS-23 on it also, if I remember right. Was not there long enough to go to sea on the thing (tried once but it engineering casualty kept us from even getting outta the harbor) so I never actually used the stack being we held no Sonar watches at all in that 6 months.. and now can't remember if it was still the 23 Pair when I left.. That's how memorable that ship was. LOL

  • @Malakie
    @Malakie 5 років тому +50

    Finally! The video I have been watching for.. My Primary Rating when I first joined the US Navy! I chose this rating because not only did I get to operate our own sonar systems, but were highly trained in water, sound, acoustics etc AND because we also were highly trained and worked on and repair ALL our own sonar systems electronics, weapons systems and fire control systems. I wanted it all and so I chose this rating for that.. And can proudly say when I graduated my classes at FLEASWTRACENPAC, I did so #1 in my class!

    • @xddeaddom7810
      @xddeaddom7810 5 років тому

      Malakie Usn a

    • @timof5
      @timof5 5 років тому

      Me, too, exactly, including #1 in class at FLEASWTRACENPAC in '77!

    • @legendmau5899
      @legendmau5899 4 роки тому +1

      ayye congrats fam!

    • @ghostofdeletekey
      @ghostofdeletekey 4 роки тому

      remember the "Sonar Shoppe" convenience store on base? the "Aussie Burger" was to DIE for!!" (basically a California cheeseburger with a fried egg and Canadian bacon on top :) )

    • @mrbubbles5333
      @mrbubbles5333 4 роки тому

      I went to FLTASWTRAKEYWEST. Finished ACTDU as STG1

  • @maxm1329
    @maxm1329 3 роки тому +29

    I'm here from Dr. Stone

    • @janganlupabahagia6087
      @janganlupabahagia6087 3 роки тому

      Ikyo hear you

    • @nahhh...
      @nahhh... 3 роки тому +1

      Legit doing researches after knowing about Ikyo's past job

    • @burnmybread4985
      @burnmybread4985 Рік тому +1

      Well, as an stg I can definitely say we use our eyes more than hearing. Also, most sailors regardless of rate have bad hearing. All the machinery on ship just makes it that way lol

  • @crystalpiggy9379
    @crystalpiggy9379 3 роки тому +30

    I will be completely honest - I am here because Ukyo Saionji is very hot

    • @weirdo0-0
      @weirdo0-0 3 роки тому +1

      Lmao same

    • @lemonsama4816
      @lemonsama4816 3 роки тому +1

      Same here

    • @weirdo0-0
      @weirdo0-0 3 роки тому +4

      And not just hot but also cute

    • @_ruiizu_
      @_ruiizu_ 3 роки тому +1

      Omg same :⟩

    • @sairevencallueng2217
      @sairevencallueng2217 3 роки тому +3

      I'm also here because of him, I need to do some research of his job. 😭❤

  • @Mike-oxlong1029
    @Mike-oxlong1029 4 роки тому +21

    You can hear the sonar from miles away and you can have a little fun with the sonar operator by banging on metal using Morse code.

    • @raybin6873
      @raybin6873 4 роки тому +1

      I've wondered ...if I could string up some tin cans on very long length of wire - cast them into path of a submarine - how would Mr Sonar guy read that....? 🙉

    • @richardcocks7941
      @richardcocks7941 3 роки тому +4

      @@raybin6873 You talk between 100-120hz. Knowing that makes it pretty easy to isolate your sound from the rest of the environment noise. Can't really go into depth any further than that.
      Source: STS field

    • @davedisinger1245
      @davedisinger1245 3 роки тому +1

      We used to hold reville on the Soviet tin cans with active sonar.
      The 26 series sonar was a great source of entertainment back in the "Cold War".

    • @davidedwards1988
      @davidedwards1988 11 місяців тому

      passive does not make noise its for listening, active pings and is the primary attack sonar

  • @stevenrobinson8348
    @stevenrobinson8348 5 років тому +79

    Crazy seeing yourself in a video

    • @randallwilliams9367
      @randallwilliams9367 5 років тому

      Steven Robinson dwzadidlajd

    • @elizabethborbora6261
      @elizabethborbora6261 5 років тому

      Steven Robinson nhhbm

    • @scpadornoanimates7618
      @scpadornoanimates7618 5 років тому

      Steven Robinson more like messyourself..

    • @Applecompuser
      @Applecompuser 3 роки тому

      Are you in the video? If so, who?

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому

      I just signed for the job and will be starting soon in a couple months. Do you have any advice? I've never shared a room before on a ship.

  • @breckeline
    @breckeline 3 роки тому +17

    This is what I want to do when I join the Navy

    • @8-1reaper40
      @8-1reaper40 3 роки тому +2

      Lame 😂

    • @noahf6525
      @noahf6525 3 роки тому +5

      I’ll see y’all boys down there, catch me on a sub

    • @justincrawford4784
      @justincrawford4784 2 роки тому +3

      @@8-1reaper40 bro literally every job is lame 😂

    • @thezoxify9365
      @thezoxify9365 Рік тому +2

      @@noahf6525 I’m in sub school right now! See ya in 9 months

  • @esterfellen9522
    @esterfellen9522 5 років тому +9

    crazy ivan. clear them baffles. !

  • @chrisstiles2954
    @chrisstiles2954 5 років тому +1

    So awesome

  • @BTSloan70
    @BTSloan70 4 роки тому +24

    Would love to take a tour of the ASW school in San Diego to see how much the sonar has changed since the 70's for surface ships.

    • @jaydood
      @jaydood 3 роки тому +1

      I can say personally - very different!

    • @BTSloan70
      @BTSloan70 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaydood Do they still use active sonar or is it all passive now?

    • @davedisinger1245
      @davedisinger1245 3 роки тому +2

      FLEASWTRACENPAC '78 and '80.
      The "Country Club".
      40 section duty and the best chow hall in the Navy.

    • @phantomcruizer
      @phantomcruizer 3 роки тому

      @@davedisinger1245 I sooo miss that place!
      How hope it’s still there...RTC & NTC San Diego are gone...so many memories, so sad!

    • @davedisinger1245
      @davedisinger1245 3 роки тому

      @@phantomcruizer Still in touch with my Chief...Sr Chief Alexander.
      STG A and C school instructor.
      Shipmate on CG 27 Joesephus Daniels.

  • @yeeryoungjeon
    @yeeryoungjeon 5 років тому +1

    Looks cool

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 4 роки тому +16

    To hear the Dolphins and the whales on Sonar has to be the most amazing place any human could be there's nothing to us think dolphins and all these animals and a on the sea creatures they sing to us and they seem to God not through but they're singing the dog like the birds in the morning

    • @davedisinger1245
      @davedisinger1245 3 роки тому +2

      After 8 hours of them surfing the bow wave and screeching into the 'ducer you won't be waxing so poetically.

    • @davedisinger1245
      @davedisinger1245 3 роки тому

      Oh yeah?
      8 to 10 hrs of flipper riding the bow wave then hammer fish (sperm whales hunting).
      That's why sonar techs are screwy.

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому

      I just signed for the job and will be leaving a couple months. I'm excited to listen to the marine life but can explain more about these nuisances so I am prepared?@@davedisinger1245

  • @baxterplemons7740
    @baxterplemons7740 3 місяці тому

    I am a former STG and wow the gear on this video looks like Star Wars compared to the old 26 cx/axr system and 23 pair system i worked on.

  • @alaskanalain
    @alaskanalain 3 роки тому +2

    I want to make one of these using the SDR type waterfall principle, any info on hardware or software welcome. On my boat, I have to leave the sounder on, or I may hit a whale. I have had one swim into me on more than one occasion.

  • @andyhwell8419
    @andyhwell8419 6 місяців тому +1

    Im a P3 Orion AW and did IUSS twice (Pacific / Atlantic). I cant stand the wobble sound of my ceiling fan.

  • @koriaaronkapa
    @koriaaronkapa Рік тому +1

    Amazing tech ❤ 🚢🛳️

  • @LanceMcCormick
    @LanceMcCormick 4 роки тому +8

    I was Master Grammer 80s when Russia was still kicking it!
    Doubt they use ten picks anymore!

  • @Jaali954
    @Jaali954 3 роки тому +1

    I just got STG as my rate. Will be going to boot camp in August.

    • @americasnavy
      @americasnavy  3 роки тому +2

      HOOYAH ⚓️

    • @ballroomkiss
      @ballroomkiss 3 роки тому

      Hooyah STG! If you get NOPFWI, hit me up

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому

      @@ballroomkiss what does that stand for?

    • @ballroomkiss
      @ballroomkiss 3 роки тому

      @@Jaali954 Naval Ocean Processing Facility - Whidbey Island. You'll hear about it in A School

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому

      @@ballroomkiss OK cool. Do you like it there?

  • @lightorchestrator
    @lightorchestrator 2 роки тому

    You know how fun is this job really? I mean you just sit there and listen to weird sounds.

  • @mr.m1garand254
    @mr.m1garand254 2 роки тому +1

    Sub brief is that you?

  • @danivanon
    @danivanon 4 роки тому +3

    1:18 so that graph isn't a 360 location plane, but rather a frequency graph?

    • @thomasmaier7053
      @thomasmaier7053 2 роки тому +2

      I think it's like a circular waterfall display. Brighter is louder, angle is bearing, and time goes from inner to outer.

    • @Jacob-wm1do
      @Jacob-wm1do 3 місяці тому

      This is an old comment but you should watch SmarterEveryDays video where he interviews the navy. He speaks with the sonar supervisor and he explains how those graphs work

  • @heedmywarning2792
    @heedmywarning2792 4 роки тому +13

    there is a WORLD of difference between a surface ship ST and a submarine ST (STS).

    • @lulustaub9250
      @lulustaub9250 4 роки тому

      Like what?

    • @raybin6873
      @raybin6873 4 роки тому +2

      Yes - the difference? Approximately by about $1billion...⚓

    • @lightorchestrator
      @lightorchestrator 2 роки тому +4

      @@lulustaub9250 I only know second hand knowledge but it seems sonar isn't very useful on a surface ship but is King for subs. Might explain why most of the footage is of a sub.
      This doesn't look like a great job. You just listen to weird sounds looks like.

    • @CaptainRonRico
      @CaptainRonRico 2 роки тому +3

      @@lightorchestrator One of the best jobs on a submarine. Most people take logs, push sticks, or sit watch in control. 688 guys have the comfort of our own shack. 8 hours of watch with the fellas is a great way to spend it. Maybe broadband isn't the most fun but if you qualify you won't be sitting it for long.

    • @aznpersuazn
      @aznpersuazn 3 місяці тому

      @@CaptainRonRicojust got outta my first trainer a couple days ago sitting Broadband and felt like literally garbage since I didn’t know what to do…

  • @afmoney161
    @afmoney161 Рік тому

    Hearing test has to be extensive?!

  • @theplaguedoctor4242
    @theplaguedoctor4242 2 роки тому

    Is there a reserve rate for this?

    • @americasnavy
      @americasnavy  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, we have part-time opportunities available as Sonar Technician. You can learn more here: bit.ly/3nGEsdl

  • @JoesLife89
    @JoesLife89 10 днів тому

    My recruiter was showing me this

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 4 роки тому +3

    I wish I had the ability to listen to to animals even a hundred miles away the fishing the dolphin communicating all the animals even the deer they all talk to us the cats and the dogs they talk to us so having this owner is so special treat cuz they communicate to us can we hear them and tell that we hear them

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому +1

      Yes true. I have picked this job and will b starting in a couple months and I am excited

  • @EricThompson1965
    @EricThompson1965 2 роки тому +5

    Always the whales. Never the most annoying biologics: Shrimp. Try listening to your stereo from inside a popcorn popper... STS2 (SS) USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN 730 (Gold) GO NAVY!!

  • @gamingelke6968
    @gamingelke6968 5 років тому +1

    By the nature of some of operation specialist duties couldnt they do the same thing

  • @dillonb9811
    @dillonb9811 4 роки тому +9

    I got stg as my rate wish me luck

  • @elwin38
    @elwin38 5 років тому +6

    We didnt have ST's on my ship(LHA). Our OS's did basically the same thing.

  • @woahlos7432
    @woahlos7432 11 місяців тому

    SQS53B❤

  • @helloteam6970
    @helloteam6970 5 років тому +3

    Stg those are the ships tour guides

    • @Zakbass84
      @Zakbass84 5 років тому +1

      We prefer Super thug gangsta

    • @ghostofdeletekey
      @ghostofdeletekey 4 роки тому +1

      WEPS DIV runs the boat. Deal with it. :)

    • @dragonrider1495
      @dragonrider1495 3 роки тому

      More like Second To God

    • @hughjardon5869
      @hughjardon5869 3 роки тому

      Whatever, surface sonar is the best damned job on a destroyer, I served on a WWII FRAM I, never did anything like the deck apes did, chipping primering painting. Never got my hands dirty while on duty.

  • @adamsjay212
    @adamsjay212 4 роки тому +3

    Where is the A school located?

    • @ghostofdeletekey
      @ghostofdeletekey 4 роки тому +2

      FLEASWTRACENPAC

    • @ghostofdeletekey
      @ghostofdeletekey 4 роки тому

      was STG in DESRON13 in WESTPAC 87
      worked AN/SQS-26-CX, AN/SQS-35-IVDS, AN/SQR-17 and the Sperry-UNIVAC 1100 enviro suite... FF 1083 USS Cook, now owned by Taiwan

    • @adamsjay212
      @adamsjay212 4 роки тому +3

      @@ghostofdeletekey I dont understand where is the A school located?

    • @davec1518
      @davec1518 4 роки тому +5

      STG A school is in San Diego, and STS A school is in Groton, Connecticut.

    • @adamsjay212
      @adamsjay212 4 роки тому

      Dave The Knave do you know the difference between the two?

  • @waterhead001
    @waterhead001 3 роки тому

    So ST's get tationed on Aircraft Carriers?

    • @ori8671
      @ori8671 Місяць тому

      I have a friend who is an ST and she is on a submarine

  • @lolamay44
    @lolamay44 5 років тому +1

    Very interesting! Wonder if they saw that whale, or whatever it was swimming beside that ship on the right😃👍⚓🇺🇸🗽💙

  • @kevinrohlfing2882
    @kevinrohlfing2882 4 роки тому +4

    Does anyone know if the STs transitions into a civilian job?? I just signed for 4 years as STs

    • @jacstu7505
      @jacstu7505 4 роки тому

      It can. Just depends on what you want to do after

    • @jingosolo2747
      @jingosolo2747 4 роки тому +7

      It does if you get electronics training while you are in. I did six in as an STS and walked right into a job with a computer semi-conductor with ease one I got out.

    • @kevinrohlfing2882
      @kevinrohlfing2882 4 роки тому +1

      @@jingosolo2747 can I request the electronics training or does it just depends on my unit or deployments?

    • @jacstu7505
      @jacstu7505 4 роки тому +1

      backwood kev on some level yes. If you don’t get it in the pipeline then when you hit the fleet you can request schools like that it’s up to them to let you.

    • @leechlittle2767
      @leechlittle2767 4 роки тому +1

      i just swore in yesterday for STG and i received a paper describing what i do and it had what it translates to in the civilian world on the other side

  • @ryan0150
    @ryan0150 3 місяці тому

    This is so fuckin cool

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 4 роки тому +2

    Under the North Pole you can hear a lot of things under the ice moving around and enjoying themselves while they do it and they tell us that they're they're the animals in the birds everything all of this existence they sing to us they sing to Jesus but they give us songs even on sonar

    • @Jaali954
      @Jaali954 3 роки тому

      Wow is this your job?

  • @jeez2163
    @jeez2163 Рік тому +1

    Sub> surface

  • @Nickanical
    @Nickanical 5 років тому +5

    *MERICA* 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @koldwarSumpsing
      @koldwarSumpsing 4 роки тому

      NickiG DEUTSCHLAND🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

    • @happyalltheday2275
      @happyalltheday2275 3 роки тому

      @@koldwarSumpsing Nein Danke

  • @fijiangel5634
    @fijiangel5634 3 місяці тому

    Futurama fry

  • @Just_silly_acc_for_work
    @Just_silly_acc_for_work 4 місяці тому

    В видео есть секретные данные. Передал всё китайцам 👲😉

  • @phorteen3649
    @phorteen3649 5 років тому +2

    I wish I could join the navy but I'm too young

    • @barryromano0451
      @barryromano0451 5 років тому +3

      I was in the same boat for a long time growing up. Study and make sure you graduate on time. Score well on the the asvab.

    • @phorteen3649
      @phorteen3649 5 років тому

      @@barryromano0451 lol I don't even know what that it

    • @whifu3219
      @whifu3219 4 роки тому

      just have some patience

    • @legendmau5899
      @legendmau5899 4 роки тому

      @@phorteen3649 ASVAB is the test that you are required to take for any military branch. The better you do, the more jobs you get to choose from.

    • @garysforth
      @garysforth 4 роки тому +1

      Learn electronics before you take entrance exams. Score high and get a better selection of jobs or ratings.

  • @vacuumboy6.0
    @vacuumboy6.0 2 роки тому +2

    Shhhhhhh we're hunting Russian subs

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 4 роки тому

    Every animal cats dogs everything like this they come and talk to us they actually come to us and if they can't come to us they still talk to us they communicate with us quite clearly anyone that doesn't see it

  • @YourLocalFBIAgent-gl7pu
    @YourLocalFBIAgent-gl7pu 3 роки тому +1

    This is actually propaganda. Really. Im not even joking😂

  • @8-1reaper40
    @8-1reaper40 3 роки тому

    Looks boring af honestly lol

    • @BTSloan70
      @BTSloan70 2 роки тому +2

      Nope not all all, like the greatest video game you ever played.

    • @lightorchestrator
      @lightorchestrator 2 роки тому

      @@BTSloan70 For this rate isn't it mandatory to be in a submarine.

    • @dinomra7771
      @dinomra7771 4 місяці тому

      @@lightorchestrator No.