What Do US Navy Sailors Do During Their Off Time?
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- What US Navy Sailors Do During Their Off Time
As we all know, defending a country is not an easy task. Doing so requires great power and with great power, comes great responsibility. As soon as a naval warship is deployed from its port, its crew members onboard must work constantly and ceaselessly to ensure the ship is operational and ready to provide naval support at all times.
On warships like destroyers, naval sailors are required to be active for most hours of the day. At some point, however, these soldiers are relieved of their daily chores and given the chance to take a breather. What do these sailors do during their invaluable spare time? Let us find out how they let off some steam.
It is a well-known fact that being a US Navy sailor is not an easy occupation. It requires being isolated at sea for long periods and away from their loved ones. As part of their initial training, these soldiers are made to understand the hazards that come with being a naval sailor. While they are at sea, they can be exposed to bad weather, drowning, shipwrecks, and many other dangers aboard the ship. This part of their training helps them prepare for and avoid such occupational hazards.
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I spent 20 years in the navy and 12y 8 months on sea duty. I only had 1 swim call and we flooded the welldeck on the LSD-41 to have that
Sounds about right.... I was on the LSD-43
I spent around 3 years combined at sea in US Navy and never once had a swim call on the ship.
I wonder if this was purposefully for the cameras and low recruiting numbers.
Question do y’all have cellular or Wi-Fi, bc how do y’all use computers
Thank you for serving this great country. Thank you for being willing to defend my freedoms.
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My son is currently serving aboard the USS Ronald Reagan! They just spent several days in Vietnam for a political visit. But, that meant at 21 years old he got to add Vietnam as one of the countries he's been able to visit and experience culture and food!
I am so very proud of him!
u hawe son ??
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Are you allowed to disclose that kind of information on the internet like that?
Hello dear
@@kylevidz1yea when they're a bot lmfao
that so cool.
When you are afloat at sea there is not any real "time off" except sleeping and eating. It's work 7 days a week, with a full shift in your department followed by standing watch when you are scheduled to do so.
Sailors, are brave , they have the courage to serve and defense the country, my son is a Sailor and I’m so proud, but no one speak how difficult is sometimes for the families ,because communications are no easy with them. I miss so much my son .
"omg you served n the Navy?"
"Yeah bro, I was a barista."
Still thank you for your service! Respect from Turkey!
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Swim call was wild. It's pretty impressive knowing the bottom is something like 5,000 feet below and there is no pool side to hang on to!
what was I was thinking when I saw the video. It might be swimming but dang its pretty deep downthere
It’s called being a man
I joined the navy at 17. 1977-82. Was on a Destroyer USS McKean DD-784 & USS Tripoli LPH-10 Helicopter Carrier. Spent most of it port to port on the western pacific. Lots of good times and life long memories.
I too was on the USS Tripoli LPH-10, in charge of the armory. Great ship with a great crew. Went enlisted to mustang and served in the Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 209.
Thanks for your service I build warships and take them to sea to test very proud to say that . Thank you God bless America
@@raymond3855 I was on the Tripoli from7/79 - 1/81.
@@1and2ndamendmentabsolutistany hot chicks?
Thank you for your service
i'm SO glad i joined usaf. those sailors have tough duty. they're always cleaning something, shining it up, or fixing something - including aircraft. they all need to know how to put out fires, set up a ground apu for a plane, and everything in between. even the cooks have to make thousands of meals per day! 💪🏻🇺🇸🙏
Hooyah. Thanks my fellow Airman for the props
Dominate the skies
God bless these young people and thank you for your service!
Thank you so much to each and every one of our service men and women. May God Bless each and every one of you for all your hard work that you give each day so that we can be free. 🙏
Steaks, beer, burgers and fun was a God send after months at a time out to sea!
I remember when I served aboard a US Navy Frigate. We rotated watches weekly but when you had the 4 to 8 watch it was a long day. We went on watch from 4 AM until 8 AM when our workday started. It ended at 4 PM but that was when we started the 4 PM to 8 PM watch. Those days started at 4 AM and ended at 8 PM.
I served in the Navy from 69-75. Spent almost 2 years in Holy Loch, Scotland on the USS CANOPUS As34 a submarine tender. Best time in my life!
One very important event is the traditional initiation of crossing the equator. I was part of that tradition on the Apollo 12 recovery mission attache to the USS Hornet CVS 12
My grandfather served on the U.S.S. Yorktown during the Vietnam War. He told me when they crossed the equator it was a big deal because it meant they became "real sailors." (Of course, he meant no disrespect to any sailors that didn't cross the equator! They're just as important.)
I enjoyed my time in the Navy... would go back in a heartbeat.
I retired from US Navy. It is so poignant to recall those days.
Been in the navy 4 years and only done 1 swim call and a couple steel beaches. Most of your days underway are spent working.
16 on 8 off. Wait in line for shower/food/get up at least hr early. God forbid tou gotta study or have a phone call set up. That 8 hrs goes to 3 hrs real quick
I'm glad they are trying to be happy. We all know they have tough time and alone far from family with packed schedules. I'm happy to see them also enjoying or trying to. 🙂
Enjoying?
Thank you for your channel, all the info you've mentioned are on the spot, that bring back the memories. I served 24 years in the Navy, and been retired for 25 years..😊
Well, I would imagine that after a fighter pilot lands their body would be thrown into a lot of tension, because of what it just went under alone, especially since they're flying under 7 to 9 times their own body weight as they pull Gs and on top of that there is also the stress of training, or fighting in a confined space. I could go on about Navy Soldiers, but I empathize with what kinds of mental stresses you go through and how exhausting it might be - though even Aircraft Carriers prove the sarcastic saying that "There's a Starbucks on every block." 😝
Thank you for your service.
This whole video is so far from being "on spot". Makes me think you didn't even serve.
@@ellerm86 what do you know? Did you serve the country and tell us what's wrong.
@@jaimebakal4253 I did. Was an AT and unlike a lot I didn't get to rotate to shore duty. I did Sea back to back. We don't work 4 hours on 8 hours off. We work 7 days a week 12+ hour shifts. Then we get work on quals the entire time.
This whole video is filled with inaccuracies. tf you mean
Honestly we don’t know how hard it is to protect our country and keep it free, unless we have been through it. I can’t imagine what our service men and women have gone through but I certainly am very thankful for them. If I didn’t have a disability or medical challenges, I would have wanted to join the navy. They are my favorite branch of the military but I do love them all.
I am not American but so many people do not understand how much America has subsidized the free world. Too often I hear comments about how America spends to much on there military or how we have had peace we don't need a military completely ignoring that the only reason we don't need a military is because America has one. China, Russia, North Korea they are all lead by dictators and have stated that they want to invade X for what ever reason and will invade if they believe the can get away with it.
The only reason these dictators have not done so is because America remained united and strong. Russia invading Ukraine has been a wake up call for the rest of the world in that War will happen if only one side wants it, its not consensual and if you display weakness others will walk over you.
US Navy is the best.👍
Amen
sorry to burst your bubble but the guy in this video, doesn't have a clue, the job isn't that difficult, espcially for the lowest ranks and the hours he said were completely made up
fighting for the country to be free was like a thing for a few years up until the brits left . that was about it ..
May God continue to bless the great men and women who serve in our Nations Military. We lived close to an airbase when I was a kid. When I complained about the Jet noise, My dad would always smile and say, That noise is friendly. It is the sound of Freedom.
The beer part really got me..beer on a active ship, I’m that is super rare. Ty for video
God bless the men And women who service our country.
When I was in I was a Information system technician which was a combo of IT and Radioman. Most pick which side they wanted to stand watch on. I got qualified at a low rate on both sides, so I usually stood about 18 hours a day on watch. 12 for radioman and 6 for IT. After I get off watch I usually ate whatever meal was next in the day and then get my uniform ready for the next shift and then go to sleep for maybe 3 hours to wake up and take a shower and eat another meal before going on shift. The real crappy days were when they would run general quarter drills and that would run for an hour or so which would ruin my sleep time. you did all this for 8 months straight 7 days a week when on deployment except when you got into port
I was an RM (one of the last classes from NTC/SSC San Diego-Aug 1996) stationed on a FFG. You're not lying about the crazy hours. I usually worked 12-14 hours over night and without fail, while trying to sleep, they ran General Quarters. I was DC 5 (midship) lead hoseman. It could last anywhere from 1 hour to 8 hours. Definitely sucked! The one thing I enjoyed, when a watch over lapped, was going to the helo deck with lights out at night and seeing all the stars and milky way. Have never seen anything like it since.
This is really awesome! Great to see former comrades having a great time and relaxing
Great video, I was happy to see that our military Sea Men and women have some good time, fun, relaxing, good food, refreshments, and that beer looked absolutely amazing, are men and women need that, and I'm so glad that they're getting it😊 many thanks to our servicemen and women and may God bless them all
I loved the Navy my dad served many years. He was on the ramage and the Eisenhower
I was on CVN69. Air V-2. We did 12 on 12 off during flight ops. Sometimes longer than 12 hrs on. In spare time I mainly played poker and spades lol
I love they have some down time it's much needed for there morale love it
God bless USA navy sailor.
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3 swim calls in over 20 years. Always on a flyaway to another ship. 1 beer issue in all that time. Steel beach was always fun, though.16 years, and 8 days on sea duty.
Whenever I got off of work while I was in the Navy, I drove home, relaxed at the house, ate dinner, watched tv, and eventually fell asleep. Riveting stuff.
You forgot wait in traffic with all the other sailors leaving base :)
being on a heavy cruiser during the korean war we were always in lack of sleep. sure didn't have time to play. it was that hard but our time didn't leave us much spare time and we caught up on our sleep any time we weren't busy.
oh man that steel beach picnic looks fkn awesome. sign me up to the navy in the next life
Definitly makes sense that sailors would have a quite different work time then other branches, at least with the Army, Marines, and partially the Air Force (If you're part of a land detachment), you'd be assighned to a base, when on free time you probably could leave the base to interact with any nearby town, and sometimes your family lives nearby or on base so you could still see them. Not so with the Navy as there's no nearby town unless the ship is docked at port, so you're technically always on the clock in the Naby until you dock at port. Bases can try their best to replicate a town or homely setting, but the Navy definitly needs to get creative as we see in this video. But hey at least you got your fellow sailors for company.
Nah, I'd say it works similarly to how other branches operate. Almost everything in this video is regarding deployment activities, while the ship is at home port, you're definitely still seeing you're family and interacting within the town you're in.
As a civilian aviation photographer I was invited on board of the USS Forrestal for 4 daysin the Mediterranean in 1991. I was flown on board by a C-2 from Ben Gurian International and back on Friday and during those 4 days I gained an enormous respect for the men on board (there were no women sailors yet at that time) and for what they are sacrificing keeping us safe here in America. I am originally from Europe and will always cherish those memories and hail the newfound respect for the people on board working almost around the clock every day for 6 months in a row....
Thanks alot for this.
Man I'm excited, I'll go pick my job next Thursday. I know it's going to be hard but it'll be worth it
My Father was in the Indian Navy , These type of activity only happen on large ship like oil tanker, aircraft carrier, while in the small ship these activities did'nt even happen. Generally in all ship on sailing there is only work work work around 12 - 15 hours a day.
I think the same would be the case for other countries Navy also.
We never did anything fun and if it we did something fun it meant we were getting extended out to sea for another month or so.
Are you indian
Your father told you the truth. This video is full of misinformation.
That doesn't apply to the US Navy nearly as much as you think.
It got boring sometimes out there, but we all had at least one JO bud. Let's just say we were always pretty relaxed.
Army veteran here. I worked more than 40 hours a week when not deployed. I KNOW the Navy operational tempo is much worse than that when they're underway.
Thank you for your service!!
Its hell thre my people....but its most powerful
dude this video script is bunk
it's robotic drivel
When I was in the Navy ( 90's ) there was lil or no time off at sea.
Work for 4 hours and sleep for 8 what the hell? No way dude this video is externally wrong. I have 1 year and a half of my life spent at sea. We pretty much work 80 hours a week
I love 💕😘 the US Navy. Thank you for your service. ❤❤❤❤
bro said for hours of work. mannn on the boat we work 12 hours every single day. no days off besides when we hit port. just wnated to put that fact out there
This video is blowing smoke. Shangrila CVA38 1 swim, never had picnic on board, Thanksgiving dinner had to wear dress uniform, while doing firesides. Found out we could work replenishment and steaks and turkeys and chickens and vegetables could fall into fireroom where they would be cooked. Ate very well in fireroom.
Navy we thankyou and God bless you.
Great Job...! 👌👍❤
Seems like Id get off watch at midnight , hit the sack .... get woke up at 02.00 for refueling detail until 05.00 .... then up for the day
It’s really great, military try’s to make life good, all the sailors have a life lesson, they will be proud of for life, not to mention the benefits, wish I did that.
I am proud of my service and benefited by it, but don't think for one second the military is about making life easy for you or wanting you to be happy.
This is a hype video for recruiting. This won't be the life that the new recruits actually get.
I liked this one much better. Yes you are going to have 36 hour work days (8 in Radio, 8 as DCPO, 4 at GQ, 8 in Radio, 8 at DCPO), but it is an interesting experience, and you get to see lot's of wild places. Swim call is great. Being DCPO and in charge of a network or 4 sucks.
Was in for 4 years and all combined 3 years of that was being out as sea, including 1 and 1/2 WESTPAC. Never had a swim call. Not once.
Thank you one and all
I visited the entreprise when it came to Sydney in the 60…going down on an enormous platform the first think I saw was an enormous poster of snoopy
was stationed on the BigE in 68-69
Great young people and warriors!
I spent 22 years in the Navy. I served on 7 ships. I never had a swim call. I just worked 18 hours per day on average.
Sounds like my six-year stint. Eighteen hours minimum.
Nobody deserves to be subjected to Starbucks "coffee".
Great video
imagine missing a shot on the basket and the balls goes overboard so you have to order a new ball
I must admit I am so full of envy watching how you are proud you are in your line of duty for your country. There was a time in South Africa that we were also the best, but with our current political situation, it is incredibly embarrassing to even lift our heads😢 South Africa 🇿🇦
It’s that way in the USA as well this is phony PR
@@user-fe1jh1yf4c No it is not. You are just a negative attitude person.
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Eh, every country goes through rough periods. It's important to focus on what makes your country great and confront those problems in order to overcome them. I hope South Africa returns to greatness! 🇺🇸 🇿🇦
@@user-iw7ne7sy5qagreed!
Fishing on the open sea would be a great challenge
Yeah no I spent nine months straight on a carrier. What you do for fun on your time off is workout get something to eat sleep or just stay at work because you have nothing else to do that is your whole life
i love how he says they work for 4 hours and sleep for 8 hours but then says they work more than a 40 hour week, I don't think the maths checks out. Also he said there is no alcohol on board and then they have a massive container of cold beer.
When underway your generally either sleeping or eating when off duty.
0:42 clean jumper ⛹️♂️
I've been on many deployments and never had a swim call.
ALCOHOL IS PROHIBITED - next cut is to hundreds of Heineken and Budweiser. LMAO
Was recruited for USCG rescue diving sqaud at 16 I'm now 29 was rejected for navy and every service due to my mental Health and physical health
Must be nice, my time off was sleep time, then back down to the Engine room
Blessings to all the military cerving our country usa
activities in deck look fun
With what time off ya did get it was either goto the library onboard or if you had a game system and screen ya would play that
I was on a destroyer and my down time was mostly watching movies, getting quals, and sleeping.
i hope one of my family member become one of us navy... i love america and its people''...God bless america'
Do the American sailors get compassionate Leavell if so how many days do they get.
I was in the thumbnail! Red sea 2015 USS Iwo Jima
It's amazing!
Just so proud to be an American……and so proud of these young men and women who are so brave…I certainly couldn’t do what they do ❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 GO NAVY! Susan in New England.
Holy cow can they draw out the subject. I get it to keep longer viewing times for higher pay from youtube, well played.
Looks like it’s all clubbing and having a good time, this is called serving !!!
As X Royal Navy we spent many times set at action stations on exercise and months at sea but how many people can say they have had a hands to bathe (UK Navy term for jump of the ship and have a swim) over the deepest part of the Marianas Trench, the Equator , infact most seas in the world from Australia to the Americas. Been all around the world 3 times and more countries than this old memory can remember .
Ever heard of Heather Boswell?
What happened to her (and another NOAA crew member whose wound were severe but not as horrific as Heather’s)?
And the crew’s open ocean swim off the stern of NOAA’s Discoverer?
The great white shark attack that twice took her under water and shook her like a rag doll? And kept coming at her? And how the crew was in a tug of war to pull her from the shark’s jaws?
Despite the fact a Zodiac with three crew members watching for sharks?
It’s a miracle she survived.
The whole thing was filmed by a crewman and it’s been featured on Shark Week.
And it’s on UA-cam, easily found using her name.
Swims like this are fun. I know because I dove into the water and swam off the off stern of NOAA’s Oceanographer. Only once. Because later that day while fishing off the stern for mahi mahi, a shark grabbed the fish and poke out of a crew’s hands.
I would never ever do it again because open ocean swims are dangerous even with lookouts.
That's nice and good to your health and developed unity
Its awesome..... Cool i like it
Time off at sea???? If we had time off it was after our 12 hour shift and it consisted of taking a shower maybe watch a movie or play cards and sleep as much as possible. Swim Call... never had it. Of course I was in in the late 70's. Our only real time off was when we pulled into port and then....watch out. except every 4th day when you had duty.
How! They said is 8 hours rest then is only 3 hours rest they got i can't wait to be on one of these Ships.
don't let this fool you it highly depends on your command yes some commands have captains that take pride within making sure their crew has good morale why others do not. for instance my last deployment was 6 months and the cpt openly admitted he would not put in for port visits. we hit 1 port for 2 days and no one got liberty it was a working port. meanwhile your lucky to get at least 4 hours of sleep. you think oh we worked all we at least we get holiday routine when then again the cpt is like morale nah lets do Ras evolutions and then right after you have watch. they don't tell you about the cpts that make you work all week and then get underway on friday and pull in on sunday and not go home until 5pm then 7am work next morning. for some the navy has been trash and there is a valid reason on why no one is Renlisting.
Must been on the ike
@@ericjeanlouis1941 uss shiloh japan from 2020 to 2023
I was aboard Reagan and I met my wife there, we had our own way of clandestine fun :) good days.
Better not be the same fan rooms I go to🤢
We used to get “Vampire Liberty” for donating blood. We’d get a steak dinner and get the day off!
Imagine playing basketball and the ball goes over broad 😂😂
Quando vejo imagens da USNAVY meu coração até doi de tanta vontade de trabalhar em um navio da USNAVY desde criancinha eu sonhava em ser um marinheiro mais mesmo sendo brasileiro sempre gostei muito mais da USNAVY do que da Marinha brasileira aqui nunca tive chance nenhuma pois sou muito pobre e infelizmente é muito impossível um pobre conseguir entrar para marinha ,queria muito realizar esse sonho um dia de trabalhar em um navio pessoas a Deus que me envie um anjo para realizar meu sonho Deus abençoe a América!
Play video games, watch movies, listen to music, play music, go to the gym, get drunk in port. All are valid responses.
the water must be freezin ???? o_0
i heard there are movie nights .....with projectors and bedsheets :p
try farming the old world way or working construction sometime. Work 20 hours straight sleep 4 if your lucky for weeks.
These new work hours 😅😅😅 .. we got 7-7 or flight to flight ! You went down when the last heli’o landed
Now that's what I call, Swimming with the fishes! 😲
Cool! 😊
he said on a ship where alcoholic beverages are prohibited, processed to explain that sailors will be enjoying ice cold beer on the deck during the picnic. so alcohol is permitted but not during normal hours. :D
Ships can do “beer days” when out at see for 45 days consecutively and not pulling in for the next 10.
@@jacksonkillilea I can’t imagine how sailors are doing deployments at sea for long periods
I was on the America(CV-66). During Dessert Storm. we got two warm beers(45 days straight, at sea) and were a day away from getting our next set of beer(89 days straight), before we hit our only port...Hurghada, Egypt. They had a tour to Luxor and I signed up. I got the opportunity to visit Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens and King Tutankhamun's tomb.
I was an aircraft mechanic and we worked 12 hours on and 12 hours off.@@TheSalar
Who wrote this script??? I served in the U.S.Navy for 31 years. We work 12 on 12 off during our time out to sea. Most of us work even longer while out to sea.. My average day out to sea was 16 hours at work..
Defending =No
Attacking=Yes