My dad retired as a saturation diver from NSWC Panama City. I’m a UFO geek and I always joked about how if they ever found a wrecked craft in the sea, they’d send someone like him to retrieve it. He would just go 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ lol.
I do know that dad did a lot of disarming mines and fun things like that. He must have been good at his job as he was still around when the war ended. I did not inherit his patience, oh how I wish I had those genes from him they would have been useful a time or two. Thanks for commenting and the best of luck to you.
I remember watching "Sea Hunt" when I was a kid. I thought being a diver had to be the coolest job ever. Appears I was right! Thanks for the great video!
Well now I just feel like a wimp for being able to breath air and take breaks when I was fixing aircraft in the Marines. 😀 That's some seriously impressive work! Thanks for your service and the excellent video!
I could never do any of it. Armchair thought: this is a cooler job than a SEAL, man verses nature, instead of man verses man. Super technical, daring, kind of hipster version or SEAL. Much respect from a life-long-civilian
My dad did diving in the Navy in the 1930's and through WWII he did not talk much about it and even less about WWII. We have photos of him suiting up in an old fashioned Hard Hat suit and it seemed he was diving off his ship to do things not in a specialized diving team as He was always on Destroyers most of his career, specifically the Paul Jones and the Parrot at least during WWII where he was in the actions in the Southern Pacific but don't ask once was enough he had no desire to relive any of that what with the Kamikazes and all. I guess I can't blame him and I did not care much back then either but now I wish I had known what he did exactly. My mom was with him in the Philippines and China in the late 30's and caught the last boat out for the states. Quite an eye opener for her a city girl suddenly living in the jungle in a house on stilts to keep all the critters out, for the most part.
John, everyone loses people close to them in a conflict. You did the right thing by not pushing to hear your father's recollections. He obviously had a lot of pain and loss, so it's natural not to want to relive those experiences. All my relatives who served, never spoke about their experiences. I don't either. However, if you know what ships he served on and when, I believe that logs and after action reports may be online and searchable. Those would give you a good insight because they are often very detailed.
I new one who became a diver and became a underwater welder not much to say he was a multi millionaire from the training he got. He was a great person to know.
One of the best Navy movies around is Men of Honor starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Robert De Niro and Charlize Theron. The story of Master Chief Carl brashear, the US Navy's first black diver
TAD... He mispoke as it actually stands for temporary assigned duty, not temporary active duty. Good insight though. As someone who works in the propulsion plant I've definitely had to hang diver's tags on various breakers to make sure they can't turn on while they're down there. There's more than just the propeller, as the hull is lined with seawater suction and various discharge points.
These kind of videos are always interesting. There are so many niche roles I never would have thought of, so it's nice to "round out" my understanding.
This is one of the best recruiting video that I've seen, and at 68 I almost wanted to go down to the Navy office! [I'm not sure what m fellow 'bellhops' would think of my transferring to "taxi repair"] Keep up the good work, guys.
It sounds much like the Royal Australian Navy’s Clearance Divers. CDs are combat trained for beach assaults, ship attacks, demolitions, etc. Back in my day 35+ years ago we always deployed with at least one CD onboard, but we also had “cuff rates” of Ship’s Divers who performed more mundane tasks. I nearly became a Ship’s Diver but got sick just before I was scheduled to fly to Sydney from Perth for the course. I didn’t get that opportunity again because of an injury. I’ve done a Christmas deployment though. Christmas Day 1989, we spent in Hong Kong. There was a USN ship on the opposite side of the pier. Their duty personnel looked on while we all had a big party and got drunk on the upper deck(apart from our duty watch, that is)! Some of us went over to say hello. Some of our divers were working on the screws of an ANZAC class FFH recently off the coast of Japan and were pinged by a Chinese vessel. Only minor hearing injuries reportedly, but still… Today I heard on the radio an unnamed Australian warship has transited the Taiwan Strait… 😂
As a 32 year Master Diver I would like to applaud this video….its very realistic and shows what we do. If I could give six stars to this, I would…..rumble young man rumble.
Man, you have to stay uploading videos long enough to cover the SR-72 and NGAD and F/A-XX when they all start flying. They just wouldn't be the same without you.
My dad retired as a saturation diver from NSWC Panama City. I’m a UFO geek and I always joked about how if they ever found a wrecked craft in the sea, they’d send someone like him to retrieve it. He would just go 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ lol.
I do know that dad did a lot of disarming mines and fun things like that. He must have been good at his job as he was still around when the war ended. I did not inherit his patience, oh how I wish I had those genes from him they would have been useful a time or two. Thanks for commenting and the best of luck to you.
These segments could be an hour and I would still want more. Thanks for all you do and for highlighting our heros.
I was thinking the exact same thing! Love learning about the different jobs in the Military that you never knew existed!
Thank you. Great insight into one of the Navy's most unique jobs. Keep up the great work.
I remember watching "Sea Hunt" when I was a kid. I thought being a diver had to be the coolest job ever. Appears I was right! Thanks for the great video!
Well now I just feel like a wimp for being able to breath air and take breaks when I was fixing aircraft in the Marines. 😀 That's some seriously impressive work! Thanks for your service and the excellent video!
I could never do any of it. Armchair thought: this is a cooler job than a SEAL, man verses nature, instead of man verses man. Super technical, daring, kind of hipster version or SEAL. Much respect from a life-long-civilian
Navy eod
My dad did diving in the Navy in the 1930's and through WWII he did not talk much about it and even less about WWII. We have photos of him suiting up in an old fashioned Hard Hat suit and it seemed he was diving off his ship to do things not in a specialized diving team as He was always on Destroyers most of his career, specifically the Paul Jones and the Parrot at least during WWII where he was in the actions in the Southern Pacific but don't ask once was enough he had no desire to relive any of that what with the Kamikazes and all. I guess I can't blame him and I did not care much back then either but now I wish I had known what he did exactly. My mom was with him in the Philippines and China in the late 30's and caught the last boat out for the states. Quite an eye opener for her a city girl suddenly living in the jungle in a house on stilts to keep all the critters out, for the most part.
John, everyone loses people close to them in a conflict. You did the right thing by not pushing to hear your father's recollections. He obviously had a lot of pain and loss, so it's natural not to want to relive those experiences. All my relatives who served, never spoke about their experiences. I don't either.
However, if you know what ships he served on and when, I believe that logs and after action reports may be online and searchable. Those would give you a good insight because they are often very detailed.
You can start researching what he might have been doing here: www.archives.gov/research/military/navy
Exactly! It was his to share or not and at the time I did not push for deeper details. Thanks for commenting @@Mike7O7O
I new one who became a diver and became a underwater welder not much to say he was a multi millionaire from the training he got. He was a great person to know.
The though of accidentally dropping a carriers propeller is hell of a thought.
One of the best Navy movies around is Men of Honor starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Robert De Niro and Charlize Theron. The story of Master Chief Carl brashear, the US Navy's first black diver
Thanks!
I just love these segments! So many specialties that civilians never think about!
At my first command my boat worked a lot with the Divers at the command. We often transported them to various places and assisted them when needed.
Very informative and very well presented. Thank you.
TAD... He mispoke as it actually stands for temporary assigned duty, not temporary active duty. Good insight though. As someone who works in the propulsion plant I've definitely had to hang diver's tags on various breakers to make sure they can't turn on while they're down there. There's more than just the propeller, as the hull is lined with seawater suction and various discharge points.
These kind of videos are always interesting. There are so many niche roles I never would have thought of, so it's nice to "round out" my understanding.
Wow! This was so cool. Thank you for the great explanations and a sincere thank you for your service.
This is one of the best recruiting video that I've seen, and at 68 I almost wanted to go down to the Navy office! [I'm not sure what m fellow 'bellhops' would think of my transferring to "taxi repair"] Keep up the good work, guys.
Thanks Joey Jenkins.....
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A wonderful narrative about the diver job in the US navel forces in this video...thank you Sandbox channel
I liked this segment....good variety!
It sounds much like the Royal Australian Navy’s Clearance Divers. CDs are combat trained for beach assaults, ship attacks, demolitions, etc. Back in my day 35+ years ago we always deployed with at least one CD onboard, but we also had “cuff rates” of Ship’s Divers who performed more mundane tasks. I nearly became a Ship’s Diver but got sick just before I was scheduled to fly to Sydney from Perth for the course. I didn’t get that opportunity again because of an injury. I’ve done a Christmas deployment though. Christmas Day 1989, we spent in Hong Kong. There was a USN ship on the opposite side of the pier. Their duty personnel looked on while we all had a big party and got drunk on the upper deck(apart from our duty watch, that is)! Some of us went over to say hello.
Some of our divers were working on the screws of an ANZAC class FFH recently off the coast of Japan and were pinged by a Chinese vessel. Only minor hearing injuries reportedly, but still…
Today I heard on the radio an unnamed Australian warship has transited the Taiwan Strait… 😂
Navy eod
As a 32 year Master Diver I would like to applaud this video….its very realistic and shows what we do. If I could give six stars to this, I would…..rumble young man rumble.
Hooyah MDV Gove!!! Hope you are doing well brother!
Here we go.
Looking good Joey, miss u buddy.
Hooyah Coats!!! Hope you are doing well bother!
That was freaking cool
Fantastic video!👍
Super cool, I could never do it. I would like to try some basic SCUBA.
Do it. Scuba diving is awesome. I recently had a very close encounter with 3 whales. Every time I dive I see something I’ve never seen before.
Very cool. Thank you.
What has amazed me is that the divers meet the same physical requirements as seals except they can run slower.
Great job Hooyah Joey
Man, you have to stay uploading videos long enough to cover the SR-72 and NGAD and F/A-XX when they all start flying. They just wouldn't be the same without you.
Best of the best
Cold and wet? If you want me to go to work, you’ll be suppling me with a drysuit. 😂
They clear and clean Sea Chests etc. dis arm, investigations, salvage...and some warfighting when need be.
Early 1970’s Navy Veteran here.
22 years ago TAD meant "temporary assigned duty" can we confirm the 2023 interpretation?
Yeah, he probably just misspoke.
I thought he said Mud Suit for a moment and was confused about how the hell you dive in mud.
It’s all pretty awesome, but changing out a submarine propeller underwater is pretty dope… that’s epic stuff
I expect swimming, a lot of swimming
Wash submarines...?
What do Navy divers do? They find whales. "You've gotta find the whales!" - The Core (ua-cam.com/video/vZZyv1tSTrw/v-deo.html)
Some very hard work extremely dangerous
I wonder if these people work with dolphins. 🤔lol.
I had no idea you could change a carrier's screw outside of a dry dock.
Navy eod is 👍👍👍👍👍
Getting cooked by sonar?
Where the duck is Alex?
Foreign pipelines😉
What I was thinking when I read the title.
Where is Alex? Where is the introduction where is the ending is this the same channel what is going on I don’t like it
They blow up Nordstream 2, that is what they do
Did they? At that depth, I’d suggest an UROV.
And the Nord Stream pipeline 😅
Wasn't that a dragged anchor?
@@oleran4569 😂