A few of those lads look green, this drill was most likely scheduled to show them how it's done. No need to rush new guys and injure them on their first or second RAS. It was a good evolution all things considered but as previously stated by others, in a emergency breakaway speed is key. Had a few real ones, last one on HMCS Athabaskan almost through me to the fish
correct. every person in this video had some one who was under instruction. thats why there is double of every color you see. minus purple (the fuels).
I was an AIRDALE and already responded to these CLOWNS. Our BMs would have accomplished everything in under a minute, we would have been disconnected. BTW, we were on a real emergency BREAKAWAY because our ship was in a collision and guess what? 30 seconds. USS CONSTELLATION CV64 26 June 1980 COLLISION during a combo VERTREP and UNREP.
as a leader --- you must show calm -- it helps your team stay calm ---- this is coming from a Chief (me)......I had to teach that to my DIVO our first COMTUEX..... if you fall apart/panic sir, good chance the team will too --- -so, DONT!
I was a rig captain on an AO, we did emergency breakaways constantly. It’s just an expedited normal breakaway. In a real emergency you’d lose the T&D line and as soon as the rig was back aboard you de-tension the rig and the other ship cuts loose. In a true emergency you would de-tension the rig, let it in the water and the receiving ship would use an explosive bolt cutter to cut the span wire.
Wrong.... BM1(SW/AW) USN (ret.) MSC BOSN (ret.) 31 years of UNREP. Only used a Explosive Wire cutter 2 times. Both were on the sending side due to rig malfunctions/loss of steering geer. All you do is expedite a normal breakaway. Never cut a tentioned wire. Clear the station if you have no time and just let it part....
@@justsayingforafriend7010 Yup we had an actual when the Farragut lost the load. saw the Mike flag being hauled up. The skipper slowed and it came over the 1MC to expedite. We immediately began to receive the rig. There BM1 had been on the USS Detroit so he really knew what to do. He didn't even wait for the signal he just let the hose loose of the reciever and then the minute we detensioned he let go the span wire.
I did this in real time in 65 on the Ranger and a guy standing 10 ft. From me lost both legs and stood on his stumps and looked at me. I don't know how i got away. Drill drill seriously. Oh busted cable did the damage.
Completely unsafe evolution, you are NEVER allowed to have personnel standing aft of the rig, and they had two guys back there, they both got sprayed with fuel and had the remaining line tangled they would have been in serious trouble. Completely UNSAT!!!
Back in 69 we had emergency breakaways that were the real thing(snapping a span wire) not a test. We had a Brazilian destroyer take our span wire with her until it snapped like a rubber band in a cloud of dust! I was on the saddle whip and rammed it on full retrieve to get the rig back. That's when you learn something!
I was on a 170 foot gunboat and we had to manually pull the rig over and hook it up for fueling on the way toward “The ‘Nam’…just breaking contact was a dangerous effort.
I was on the USS Paricutin (AE18)...that doesn't look like a "real" emergency breakaway...way too controlled. When we broke-away...we broke away almost instantly. This was a "training" break away.
I cant figure out why tweedled dee and tweedled dumb are aft of the rig? That's rule number one. Obviously way too many people on station. Theres no need for 4 riggers on station for refueling. This is how not to do it. And for those of you commenting on how slow they were, they are obviously green behind the ears. It's training.
I doubt that most viewers/comment readers can fathom (see what I did there?) the danger in this procedure. Lines and cables breaking under tension are absolutely man-killers. That's why they practice. And practice. And practice...
YEP. I noticed that everyone stood well away from the danger zone. Not sure it was far enough away, but still. Glad we never had an accident during my unrep evolutions.
Toot the horn, start sending back the phone distance line, release the probe, slack the span wire, trip the pelican hook, throw the rig into the water, piss off the oiler people, oh and have a nice day.
This is not a drill...a French merchant on iron mike came through our formation in the Med while we were gassing up. A big deal on a CVA in 1964. Three hoses...JP-5, Avgas and NSFO. One by one as the pumping ceased, ROB couplings released and hoses stretched taut as the sending ship was slightly ahead of our sequence. As the hoses retreated they spewed the remnants of the fuel that was still in the hose. The spanwires were stretching to almost the breaking point the the 2nd class BM on our station reached around a stanchion a hit the pellican hook with a hammer and the wire went singing in the wind. All the while our CO was calling out courses and speeds to the AO....as we parted the merchant ship's bow slithered past our starboard side. Fortunately, we did not touch. I had to change my skivvies.
awesome story! I have also been involved in an emergency breakaway while on the USS Port Royal. I do not recall the name of the tanker we were along side of but there was a loss of steering and our two ships were literally within inches of eachother. Almost every one abandoned the fueling station except two BMSNs who executed the breakaway. They were highly commended and medals where slapped on their chest within an hour of the incident. its definitely a crazy experience to say the least.
We all know that shipping pollutes the seas, but seeing it actually happen, the spillage of gallons and gallons of fuel, dropped in the sea for just a drill, it's actually painful to watch
I miss being at sea and conducting RAS. My dear sweet lady is being torn apart deck by deck about now and that's the end of her class. Makes me sad to think of it all.
I know. One of mine was torn apart and it hurts me to think about it. One is in the Mothball fleet and the other is being sailed but Turks. Is odd to be attached to something like a ship I guess but many of us got that way. Even though we did not know it though until much later.
@@judsonkr both of my favorite girls always returned me home safe and sound. They were my home away from home and l have many good times and memories with them in my head. I miss being at sea and you're right, they become a part of you that non-sailors wouldn't understand.
"Emergency"? No line cutter? Been there, and an emergency breakaway, means one or both ships have lost steerage or experienced a mechanical failure and you have seconds to get away. We used an explosive line cutter, slipped it over the steel cable and then pull down. The cable is cut immediately. This appeared to be a standard finish to fueling.
@William James I was a GMG on the Roanoke and the Wabash. I saw lots of emergency breakaways and many close calls. Use of the Pole Cutter was a rarity. 🤷🏼♂️
I served on HMCS Protecteur in the Seventies and I can say safely that I can not remember all that fuel streaming out of the probe ever, emergency breakaway or not.
I may be wrong, and I’ll take my locks if I am, but these guys seem slack. There are a lot of moving parts with high energy going on here and no one has his head on a swivel. When that tree strand is sent off , if it were to foul in the block the standing part would recoil and cause some problems. Just a former squid thinking out loud.
What is the daily jobs of those who are shown in this video? Do they also fix airplanes or work on boilers or cook? Or is their primary job to do the replenishment?
Simple answer is everything. They may be Fire Control personnel (weapons types), yeoman (admin types), Electronics techs, gunners mates, engineering people. Boatswain mates (BM) are a major part (they are responsible for deck gear) and probably made up the majority of the people you see here, other divisions personnel are going to be more out of sight in this shot. In every major evolution like this, each division is going to be providing personnel. Most of the time when you are deployed (away from home waters) and you are doing an "Underway Replenishment" (UNREP) like they are doing here, you are probably also going to be doing what is called a VERTREP (vertical replenishment). VERTREPs use helicopters to carry big nets filled with pallets of cargo and mail from one ship to another. From the time the nets hit the deck and the helicopter heads back for another load, a bunch of crew have to get the pallets unloaded and the deck cleared before the helicopter returns with another load. If you're lucky, the helicopter from the supply ship is supplying a couple other ships at the same time and it gives you more time to clear the deck between loads. During UNREPS you will also be bringing cargo across on lines just like they have this fuel hose on. On this ship class (Ticonderoga class cruiser), the cargo would be coming across at the amidships station, and there would be a firemen's chain of crew to move the supplies (food, parts, mail..) to the proper holds. I served on the USS Ticonderoga CG-47 ('92-95) and USS Valley Forge CG-50 ('86-'89). The ship that they are showing here is the USS Port Royal CG-73. Evolutions like this are where the saying "All hands on deck" comes from. And they can transfer people across these cables also. This is probably more information than you wanted.
The Kaiser class ships were for the most part all built by Avondale Shipyards in Louisiana. I worked there from the Kanawha (T-AO 196 ) through past the end of the contract. They are fine ships. Thanks for your service..
Way too slow . Was on AO143 one of the crew took off his lifejacket and jumped overboard. Two ships along side did emergency breakaway both sides in far less time. Got boats overboard when the guy saw them reaching for him he dove down. Water was full of very large sharks he did not come back up. Searched for three days nothing was ever found. We were in the Caribbean at the time.
Slightly different from the RN. Too many people in the dump area for a start. Batman should be in a better place (away from the Dump Area). Temp Guardrail should be manned Fwd of the Dump Area. Not enough Hazardous Duty Lifejackets being worn. GLOVES?
Man i know what you mean back in the 70s i pumped gas at chevron in danang and that hi-test tasted awful.heavy combat with Cadillacs and pontiacs those were the glory days when a quart of oil needed a can opener...seperated the men from the boys
@@rbed9470 Yes, any fuel that can be pumped through a hose, from fuel oil to JP-8 (?) For the carrier planes -- you know, really nice kerosene. Marine gas turbines burn diesel also, so the smaller combatants like destroyers fill up on that.
Bennie Mabe I work on the Oilers an ax wouldn't be able to cut that wire. You need an explosive line cutter and most of the time those are kept very near the station if something goes horribly wrong. But in my 10 years of providing service to the navy I have only seen it needed twice and it was only used to cut the wire after it had parted. And you never cut a tensioned line as it would be very dangerous. Hope this explains somewhat.
Bennie Mabe they have explosive bolt cutters, which is a long metal pole with a cutter on it and a shotgun shell fires it. Never seen one used, though I did see a few rigs part.
I can imagine the skipper on the bridge was probably mad as hell after this break away didn't appear to go very well....it's the worst one I have seen...and I saw many during my sea time
Every one had some one who was under instruction with them. How else do you expect they get trained? I can assure you this was just as safe as any other UNREP evolution.
Slow. Just because it's a drill doesn't mean you walk through it. Boats in charge needs to take better control. Put some voice in it. Your chance to shine. The people on the supply ship are grading you and your people also.
If you look closely you can see that the signal is given to let go of the wire. It takes about 30 seconds until it is let go. I've done hundreds of RAS and trained on emergency breakaway several times. If we performed this slow we would be doing this over and over until the chief was satisfied. There is also a saying that we train as we fight so that we fight as we train. Every exercise should be performed as if it was real. If you don't train on a fast breakaway then it won't be fast the day you need it to be. Or it is fast enough, but with casualties or loss of personnel.
Kjartan Andersen ok. Well in 2012 we had to execute an actual emergency breakaway in the persian gulf, i can tell you as one of the riggers it went nothing like this. All we did was cut the easing out line once the probe was clear. Train as we fight is total BS and you should know that if you done “hundreds of these”. You cannot train for unpredictable scenarios. you can only hope for common sense.
We dropped everything in the water and the Ranger and Saratoga AOE, TURNED away from each other and got the fantails close enough to together we tryed to slap hands with the other ship. Reason was a volcanic island had formed just at water level. If we broke away any slower we might have had a new Titanic type situation.
What a disaster of an evolution, drill or no drill, emergency breakaway shouldn't take no more than 30 seconds at it's worst. RAS I/C has no control, signalman don't know his signal, that paddle should have been waving in the air without instruction. Deer in the headlights scenario.
every station had some one who was U/I. chill out lol. so yes, the signalman didnt know his signal, but he was learning. During an unrep, you can only go as fast as the tender allows you to go.
Was in the Navy from 1970~1983.Was on a LPH,FF,Two DD’s. I was a MM.Done a lot refueling at sea.Brought back a lot of memories,Thank you.
A few of those lads look green, this drill was most likely scheduled to show them how it's done.
No need to rush new guys and injure them on their first or second RAS. It was a good evolution all things considered but as previously stated by others, in a emergency breakaway speed is key.
Had a few real ones, last one on HMCS Athabaskan almost through me to the fish
correct. every person in this video had some one who was under instruction. thats why there is double of every color you see. minus purple (the fuels).
You are very polite. The mode of the internet otherwise seems to be scathing comments designed to anger people.
US ships practice emergency breakaways at every RAS
My Chief would have had me for lunch for being that calm, and slow with my team! LOL
Yeah no kidding. They must be polywogs!!
Mine too! Had to be 3 minutes or less!
This was a drill, sonny
I was an AIRDALE and already responded to these CLOWNS. Our BMs would have accomplished everything in under a minute, we would have been disconnected. BTW, we were on a real emergency BREAKAWAY because our ship was in a collision and guess what? 30 seconds. USS CONSTELLATION CV64 26 June 1980 COLLISION during a combo VERTREP and UNREP.
as a leader --- you must show calm -- it helps your team stay calm ---- this is coming from a Chief (me)......I had to teach that to my DIVO our first COMTUEX..... if you fall apart/panic sir, good chance the team will too --- -so, DONT!
I miss underway rep.
Those were the good old days.
U.S.S. Mount Baker AE34.
1979/83
I was a rig captain on an AO, we did emergency breakaways constantly. It’s just an expedited normal breakaway. In a real emergency you’d lose the T&D line and as soon as the rig was back aboard you de-tension the rig and the other ship cuts loose. In a true emergency you would de-tension the rig, let it in the water and the receiving ship would use an explosive bolt cutter to cut the span wire.
Wrong....
BM1(SW/AW) USN (ret.)
MSC BOSN (ret.) 31 years of UNREP.
Only used a Explosive Wire cutter 2 times. Both were on the sending side due to rig malfunctions/loss of steering geer. All you do is expedite a normal breakaway. Never cut a tentioned wire. Clear the station if you have no time and just let it part....
@@justsayingforafriend7010 Yup we had an actual when the Farragut lost the load. saw the Mike flag being hauled up. The skipper slowed and it came over the 1MC to expedite. We immediately began to receive the rig. There BM1 had been on the USS Detroit so he really knew what to do. He didn't even wait for the signal he just let the hose loose of the reciever and then the minute we detensioned he let go the span wire.
Great Video!
I did this in real time in 65 on the Ranger and a guy standing 10 ft. From me lost both legs and stood on his stumps and looked at me. I don't know how i got away. Drill drill seriously. Oh busted cable did the damage.
Completely unsafe evolution, you are NEVER allowed to have personnel standing aft of the rig, and they had two guys back there, they both got sprayed with fuel and had the remaining line tangled they would have been in serious trouble. Completely UNSAT!!!
100% agree there is a reson everythings on one side...i was a bm2 btw.
Shut it master chief
That took WWWAAAAYYYY too long. We did emergency breakaway in about 15 seconds
Agreed, shouldn't not take no more then 30 second
@@yvesvids3389 ua-cam.com/video/drYqk8u0rSE/v-deo.html
@@douglaswhite9915, yes now that's how an emergency breakaway should look like. Awesome
Back in 69 we had emergency breakaways that were the real thing(snapping a span wire) not a test. We had a Brazilian destroyer take our span wire with her until it snapped like a rubber band in a cloud of dust! I was on the saddle whip and rammed it on full retrieve to get the rig back. That's when you learn something!
Been through real ones.
USS SEATTLE AOE-3 70-73.
I was on a 170 foot gunboat and we had to manually pull the rig over and hook it up for fueling on the way toward “The ‘Nam’…just breaking contact was a dangerous effort.
Kansas City had a fun collision in 90. Good times
I was on the USS Paricutin (AE18)...that doesn't look like a "real" emergency breakaway...way too controlled. When we broke-away...we broke away almost instantly. This was a "training" break away.
Well, that is why they announced, "This is a drill, This is a drill!" Never did one of those on my ship.
Now set restricted menuvouring.... Now set restricted menuvouring .. Emergency breakaway, emergency breakaway.. Followed by breakaway song on 1MC
I cant figure out why tweedled dee and tweedled dumb are aft of the rig? That's rule number one. Obviously way too many people on station. Theres no need for 4 riggers on station for refueling. This is how not to do it. And for those of you commenting on how slow they were, they are obviously green behind the ears. It's training.
I doubt that most viewers/comment readers can fathom (see what I did there?) the danger in this procedure. Lines and cables breaking under tension are absolutely man-killers. That's why they practice. And practice. And practice...
YEP. I noticed that everyone stood well away from the danger zone. Not sure it was far enough away, but still. Glad we never had an accident during my unrep evolutions.
Toot the horn, start sending back the phone distance line, release the probe, slack the span wire, trip the pelican hook, throw the rig into the water, piss off the oiler people, oh and have a nice day.
This is not a drill...a French merchant on iron mike came through our formation in the Med while we were gassing up. A big deal on a CVA in 1964. Three hoses...JP-5, Avgas and NSFO. One by one as the pumping ceased, ROB couplings released and hoses stretched taut as the sending ship was slightly ahead of our sequence. As the hoses retreated they spewed the remnants of the fuel that was still in the hose. The spanwires were stretching to almost the breaking point the the 2nd class BM on our station reached around a stanchion a hit the pellican hook with a hammer and the wire went singing in the wind. All the while our CO was calling out courses and speeds to the AO....as we parted the merchant ship's bow slithered past our starboard side. Fortunately, we did not touch. I had to change my skivvies.
awesome story! I have also been involved in an emergency breakaway while on the USS Port Royal. I do not recall the name of the tanker we were along side of but there was a loss of steering and our two ships were literally within inches of eachother. Almost every one abandoned the fueling station except two BMSNs who executed the breakaway. They were highly commended and medals where slapped on their chest within an hour of the incident. its definitely a crazy experience to say the least.
Had a Rusky trawler try to get between us ( DDG ) and the JFK off Beruit. Good Time's
0:56 fresh water xD
We all know that shipping pollutes the seas, but seeing it actually happen, the spillage of gallons and gallons of fuel, dropped in the sea for just a drill, it's actually painful to watch
I was a pit snipe on USS Seattle AOE3.. Every breakaway was an emergency breakaway for the purpose of training
a lot of people dont understand that in this comment section lol. this was a normal breakaway on station but emergency training in the bridge.
I was in 3rd division on the Seattle 75-78
I miss being at sea and conducting RAS. My dear sweet lady is being torn apart deck by deck about now and that's the end of her class. Makes me sad to think of it all.
Know the feeling. CV-62 here. RIP Indy.
Kennedy (hit a DDG), Ranger (hit the AO), Kitty Hawk (hit the Russian Sub), and finally no more hits on the Abraham Lincoln!
I know. One of mine was torn apart and it hurts me to think about it. One is in the Mothball fleet and the other is being sailed but Turks.
Is odd to be attached to something like a ship I guess but many of us got that way. Even though we did not know it though until much later.
@@judsonkr both of my favorite girls always returned me home safe and sound. They were my home away from home and l have many good times and memories with them in my head. I miss being at sea and you're right, they become a part of you that non-sailors wouldn't understand.
@@exJacktar Funny how we forget all of the bad times and only remember the good.
"Emergency"? No line cutter? Been there, and an emergency breakaway, means one or both ships have lost steerage or experienced a mechanical failure and you have seconds to get away. We used an explosive line cutter, slipped it over the steel cable and then pull down. The cable is cut immediately. This appeared to be a standard finish to fueling.
Rick Cratty the pole cutter was only used if the cable could not be released, emergency or not.
Never had such an incident. If emergency breakaway was called the cable got cut, period.
Rick Cratt I remember when we hit the USs Saratoga in the middle of the nite
This was a drill, you fucking mush head
@William James I was a GMG on the Roanoke and the Wabash. I saw lots of emergency breakaways and many close calls. Use of the Pole Cutter was a rarity. 🤷🏼♂️
When you pull out before you have finished. #thatfuelspraythough 0:58
2:21 guy on left almost lost his face to that line pulling free.
way are they doing it with the sun up...we had to fix all day and unrep all night
I served on HMCS Protecteur in the Seventies and I can say safely that I can not remember all that fuel streaming out of the probe ever, emergency breakaway or not.
Cool story bro. Here you go ua-cam.com/video/drYqk8u0rSE/v-deo.html
Any day now !!!!!
I may be wrong, and I’ll take my locks if I am, but these guys seem slack. There are a lot of moving parts with high energy going on here and no one has his head on a swivel. When that tree strand is sent off , if it were to foul in the block the standing part would recoil and cause some problems. Just a former squid thinking out loud.
I dont disagree with you there. Month 6 of deployment, that complacency tends to kick in.
Totally UNSAT, sailed on AOE1, the Old Man would have been PISSED.
good
try to explain unrep to people, they don't get it and I get strange looks when I say, stand by for shot lines fore and aft
If ever they see it done fore and aft, they'd never have to ask again. Always thought it'd be neat to scoop up the shot line, but that never happened.
What is the daily jobs of those who are shown in this video? Do they also fix airplanes or work on boilers or cook? Or is their primary job to do the replenishment?
Simple answer is everything. They may be Fire Control personnel (weapons types), yeoman (admin types), Electronics techs, gunners mates, engineering people. Boatswain mates (BM) are a major part (they are responsible for deck gear) and probably made up the majority of the people you see here, other divisions personnel are going to be more out of sight in this shot. In every major evolution like this, each division is going to be providing personnel. Most of the time when you are deployed (away from home waters) and you are doing an "Underway Replenishment" (UNREP) like they are doing here, you are probably also going to be doing what is called a VERTREP (vertical replenishment). VERTREPs use helicopters to carry big nets filled with pallets of cargo and mail from one ship to another. From the time the nets hit the deck and the helicopter heads back for another load, a bunch of crew have to get the pallets unloaded and the deck cleared before the helicopter returns with another load. If you're lucky, the helicopter from the supply ship is supplying a couple other ships at the same time and it gives you more time to clear the deck between loads. During UNREPS you will also be bringing cargo across on lines just like they have this fuel hose on. On this ship class (Ticonderoga class cruiser), the cargo would be coming across at the amidships station, and there would be a firemen's chain of crew to move the supplies (food, parts, mail..) to the proper holds. I served on the USS Ticonderoga CG-47 ('92-95) and USS Valley Forge CG-50 ('86-'89). The ship that they are showing here is the USS Port Royal CG-73.
Evolutions like this are where the saying "All hands on deck" comes from.
And they can transfer people across these cables also.
This is probably more information than you wanted.
Thank you. Very informative and I appreciate your knowledge.
Im pretty sure I was on ole HJK for this drill...
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The Kaiser class ships were for the most part all built by Avondale Shipyards in Louisiana. I worked there from the Kanawha (T-AO 196 ) through past the end of the contract. They are fine ships. Thanks for your service..
Okay first off, why the fuck aren’t there sleeves down during FAS?
Way too slow . Was on AO143 one of the crew took off his lifejacket and jumped overboard. Two ships along side did emergency breakaway both sides in far less time. Got boats overboard when the guy saw them reaching for him he dove down. Water was full of very large sharks he did not come back up. Searched for three days nothing was ever found. We were in the Caribbean at the time.
its a drill for the crew on the bridge. not at the fueling station. will were still going off the signals from Guadalupe.
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had quit a few of these for real on board the Kansas city
We never called it a drill.
The 1MC called the Emergency Breakaway & we got to it.
Slightly different from the RN. Too many people in the dump area for a start. Batman should be in a better place (away from the Dump Area). Temp Guardrail should be manned Fwd of the Dump Area. Not enough Hazardous Duty Lifejackets being worn. GLOVES?
I'll never get the taste of that fuel out of my mouth.... hated UNREP
Man i know what you mean back in the 70s i pumped gas at chevron in danang and that hi-test tasted awful.heavy combat with Cadillacs and pontiacs those were the glory days when a quart of oil needed a can opener...seperated the men from the boys
Lifetime civilian here, is "unrep" diesel?
@@rbed9470 Yes, any fuel that can be pumped through a hose, from fuel oil to JP-8 (?) For the carrier planes -- you know, really nice kerosene. Marine gas turbines burn diesel also, so the smaller combatants like destroyers fill up on that.
Fresh fuel for the ocean life.
From out of the sea to back from wince it came.
USS Flint AE-32, did a few. Damn fuel would spray all over my gun mount. SUUUUUUUCKED.
Would Someone Still Have a Axe to Cut the Line, if Something When Wrong in the Drill?
Bennie Mabe I work on the Oilers an ax wouldn't be able to cut that wire. You need an explosive line cutter and most of the time those are kept very near the station if something goes horribly wrong. But in my 10 years of providing service to the navy I have only seen it needed twice and it was only used to cut the wire after it had parted. And you never cut a tensioned line as it would be very dangerous. Hope this explains somewhat.
yes. hatchets are on standby off to the side
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Bennie Mabe they have explosive bolt cutters, which is a long metal pole with a cutter on it and a shotgun shell fires it. Never seen one used, though I did see a few rigs part.
I can imagine the skipper on the bridge was probably mad as hell after this break away didn't appear to go very well....it's the worst one I have seen...and I saw many during my sea time
explain how this didnt go well and how it was the "worst one i have seen". Mr. UNREP professional, please enlighten me.
Up wind bosun
just a little oil is lost in the water but it does nothing
Drill Only
The emergency breakaway in the RN took 6 seconds. 🤷♂️
way too slow
NO sense of urgency whatsoever!!!! :O
Mike Tayon: Wouldn't Someone Still Stand By With an AXE to Cut the Line Even in a Drill, if Something Went Wrong?
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YES! You are correct! The coupling also has a groove in it to be hit by axe! :)
The breakable ROBB COUPLING: navysight.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/robb-coupling-for-refueling.jpg
dude just got a face full of DFM HAAAAA
Good. Now practice that at GQ.
Little DFM44 shower there.
Lagging
Never stand aft of the probe.
What's that cologne? F-76!
well thats a slow af breakaway
We used to have the Russians charge their ship at us to force us to breakaway!
Emergency breakaway with oil spill in the water.
Damn...What an unsafe procedure! They could have taken off the head of a couple sailors! Why were all those men there! Damn, unsafe...!
Every one had some one who was under instruction with them. How else do you expect they get trained? I can assure you this was just as safe as any other UNREP evolution.
WOW COULD THEY MOVE ANY SLOWER, WE HAD A REAL ONE ON THE USS IWO JIMA LPH2
Biviano Cazares cool story. Its just a drill.
@@Tlos88 i know i heard it over the 1 MC
@@Tlos88 and it's not a story
This video show the sheer capability and power of the U.S. fleet of ships
Slow. Just because it's a drill doesn't mean you walk through it. Boats in charge needs to take better control. Put some voice in it. Your chance to shine. The people on the supply ship are grading you and your people also.
The unrep ship is the one giving the commands. you can only go as fast as they tell you to. but hey, every ones a critic haha.
If you look closely you can see that the signal is given to let go of the wire. It takes about 30 seconds until it is let go. I've done hundreds of RAS and trained on emergency breakaway several times. If we performed this slow we would be doing this over and over until the chief was satisfied. There is also a saying that we train as we fight so that we fight as we train. Every exercise should be performed as if it was real. If you don't train on a fast breakaway then it won't be fast the day you need it to be. Or it is fast enough, but with casualties or loss of personnel.
Kjartan Andersen ok. Well in 2012 we had to execute an actual emergency breakaway in the persian gulf, i can tell you as one of the riggers it went nothing like this. All we did was cut the easing out line once the probe was clear. Train as we fight is total BS and you should know that if you done “hundreds of these”. You cannot train for unpredictable scenarios. you can only hope for common sense.
We dropped everything in the water and the Ranger and Saratoga AOE, TURNED away from each other and got the fantails close enough to together we tryed to slap hands with the other ship. Reason was a volcanic island had formed just at water level. If we broke away any slower we might have had a new Titanic type situation.
As you are NATO, you are not even in the Black Sea
What a disaster of an evolution, drill or no drill, emergency breakaway shouldn't take no more than 30 seconds at it's worst. RAS I/C has no control, signalman don't know his signal, that paddle should have been waving in the air without instruction. Deer in the headlights scenario.
every station had some one who was U/I. chill out lol. so yes, the signalman didnt know his signal, but he was learning. During an unrep, you can only go as fast as the tender allows you to go.
@@Tlos88, ua-cam.com/video/drYqk8u0rSE/v-deo.html, that's how it's done
Horrible.....
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