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.
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.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
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!
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.
I also think of that woman who was on a study type of sailing and they had a day to swim and a great white took her leg and almost her life. In the middle of no where and they jump in and start swimming.
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
Yup, working 12 on and 12 off, you rarely got 8 hours of sleep. Between working on your ESWS pin, and mandatory activities like Battle Stations or Damage Control practice, i RARELY got more than 6 hours of sleep when out at sea. God help you, if you worked the night shift, or if you made the horrible mistake to volunteer for Flight Crew on a smaller ship.....2am Helo flight maneuvers, sleep wasnt happening. Sleeping during the day was just not possible. On one ship i served on, thought 6 on, 6 off would be a good idea. That is the worst work schedule ive ever worked. Ive never been more tired in my entire life, including bootcamp.
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! 💪🏻🇺🇸🙏
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 .
When I served in the Navy for 11 years onboard U.S.S.Carl Vinson CVN -70 and the U.S.S. Iowa -BB-61 I don't recall 40 hour work weeks but more like 50+ hours worked 7 days per week. Lol. The most days at see I remember was 120 or more when we crossed the equator line. I will never regret joining the Navy as I got to experience the world and start out as a boy and turn into a man. I was taught disapline, honor, sacrifice and teamwork. My career went so fast and the Navy has changed alot since I served in the eighties and nineties both through boot camp and at sea.
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. 🙏
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. 🙂
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." 😝
@@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
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.
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.)
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.
I spent 20 years in the Navy as an 8707/8404 Fleet Marine Force Corpsman. To this day, I cannot tell you what a Navy ship looks like since being with the Marines counted as sea time.. I live vicariously through you guys.
5 years in the Navy June 2018-June 2023 only 1 swim call off the coast of Australia was so cool gotta say, better then the constant steelbeach picnics when our deployments got extended
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 first four years are the longest time of your Navy Career. Your 4 year reenlistment finishes just two years short of being at the halfway point to retirement. Extend for two years and you are now half way home. Or, do as I did, Reenlist for 6, by then You're forced to finish your 20 years! That first 10 years drags by. The second 10 years goes so quickly, you'll look back and ask yourself, where did it all go? It's at that point you ask yourself, am I really ready to give this up already? Where else can you do what you're doing here? Do, you go for 30, like some of us chose to do? It's your call sailor. I fondly look back and realize, I have now been retired as many years as I served. At 81 "yesterday," my mind says l'd do it again however, my injured spine says, "Oh no you won't!" I do wish it so, just to be behind the camera on one more Navy project again. So, I rely on my photos & videos to keep the memories alive. I hope your service related memories will do you as well some day. Shoot lots of images. You'll be glad later on. It took a few years but, I finally realized why my Father & Father-in-law both did 30 in the Navy. It's a very special accomplishment that only you can fulfill. The only down side was being away from my growing famil so frequently. But good strong Navy family's adjust. Now, for the thrill of it all, go ahead, shoot for 30. By then the Navy owes you and treats you as such. I loved my career. It's not everyone who can make a career of shooting photos, images, Mo-Pic, & video. And, there aren't many of us who can say they shot the "Blues," Presidents Reagan and Geo. Bush, Air Force One, & flt. Ops aboard 3 carriers, sea plane operations in VN., Panama Canal Ops., Pearl Harbor coverage during "Tora Tora Tora" filming. Had the pleasure of Filming docs onboard the USS Missouri and New Jersey, Mo-Pic Documenting USMC Rifle Drill Team @ Disneyland. Documented "VN Unknown Soldier" transfer to Arlington from HI, & so much more. I was blessed with one of the greatest jobs the Navy had to offer. (Other than flying, perhaps) Had my share of that too, as AC. Camera Crew. I 😊treated the Navy well by producing the best images possible. In return, the Navy treated me well with bigger & better photo assignments throughout my career. As a very young sailor, a Chief Photographer told me, " You will get out of the Navy what you put into it. He was right! The rewards were 10 fold. Good luck in your Navy career.
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
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.
Yea I worked about 14 to 15 hours a day without a day off while deployed. "Full cruises" last at least 6 months. You do get some port visits but usually, you stand watch for at least one day and might get 2 days to be off ship to explore.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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....
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.
Please explain, since when is there a day off. The ship is always running, especially on a Carrier. Things have changed in last 50 years. CVA 43 Coral Sea , BT third class 1-Charlie 🇺🇸
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.
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 heard that you aren't allowed to defecate while on the ship, not ever. The sailors have to up the bio-efficiency of their bodies: every bit of food is converted into useable energy, no bodily waste is generated. I hear most sailors lose this amazing ability about 2 years after leaving the navy.
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.
I read the Bible, and loads of other books particularly after duty while out at sea. While in Port, I gassed up my Mazda 323 for a long ride home up I-95 to get with wifey.
At sea we worked 8 on, 8 off. So you’re working 16 out of 24 hours. And during that 8 hours off - that’s when you eat, shower, write letters home, or, believe it or not, hanging out in your work area anyway. It’s hard to sleep, too. It’s always noisy, people come and go in the berthing (sleeping) area. Not an easy lifestyle. It’s for the young, for sure.
You really think you’re better than these guys? Just because you have longer work hours doesn’t mean you have a larger workload. If it’s really so nice, then go enlist.
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
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
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
Time off in the Navy is called liberty as in liberty away from the ship like having a beer with the locals and exploring foreign ports. My first ship was an LHA and we spent 2 1/2 months inport out of a 6 month cruise. An aircraft carrier would be out for 10 months and maybe get one day off in a foreign port. I'll take an amphibious ship to a carrier anyday.
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 🇿🇦
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! 🇺🇸 🇿🇦
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.
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.
The size of the ship determines what activity you can do. I served 24 years and worked 12 - 18 hours a day. So there was none of the activites you showed. Small ships do not qualitify for those activites.
I served on 2 DD's and 1 ATF We did 2 weeks of 12 hrs and 1 weeks of 16 hrs. Standing 4 and 8 watches. Sundays was 8 hrs watches only no work. We were young and work just made time at sea go faster and sea time gave us time to save money for the next port call
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.
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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.
@@Homerunprophetany hot chicks?
Thank you for your service
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.
Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross
“Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13
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?
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@@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.
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Steaks, beer, burgers and fun was a God send after months at a time out to sea!
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
The depth don’t matter it’s the fact that there’s sharks in that bitch
I also think of that woman who was on a study type of sailing and they had a day to swim and a great white took her leg and almost her life. In the middle of no where and they jump in and start swimming.
No way in Gods name would I ever 😂😂😂 land or the ship please for meeeeee
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
Ikr, like get your god damn facts right.
Yup, working 12 on and 12 off, you rarely got 8 hours of sleep. Between working on your ESWS pin, and mandatory activities like Battle Stations or Damage Control practice, i RARELY got more than 6 hours of sleep when out at sea. God help you, if you worked the night shift, or if you made the horrible mistake to volunteer for Flight Crew on a smaller ship.....2am Helo flight maneuvers, sleep wasnt happening. Sleeping during the day was just not possible. On one ship i served on, thought 6 on, 6 off would be a good idea. That is the worst work schedule ive ever worked. Ive never been more tired in my entire life, including bootcamp.
Yea, I averaged around 14 to 15 hours worked a day when I was deployed and I didn't get a day off!
God bless these young people and thank you for your service!
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My uncle was
blown to bits on USN PT-311 in WW2. God bless the brave men and women of USN!
Thank you all!
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God bless the men And women who service our country.
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!
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
wish i was USAF
I’m in the Navy I tried Air Force originally but got disqualified due to my adhd.
GI chicken GI gravy GI wish I'd joined the navy
Chair force🙄
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 .
When I served in the Navy for 11 years onboard U.S.S.Carl Vinson CVN -70 and the U.S.S. Iowa -BB-61 I don't recall 40 hour work weeks but more like 50+ hours worked 7 days per week. Lol.
The most days at see I remember was 120 or more when we crossed the equator line.
I will never regret joining the Navy as I got to experience the world and start out as a boy and turn into a man. I was taught disapline, honor, sacrifice and teamwork.
My career went so fast and the Navy has changed alot since I served in the eighties and nineties both through boot camp and at sea.
May I ask you a few questions about the Carl Vinson? I have recently been stationed on that carrier.
I enjoyed my time in the Navy... would go back in a heartbeat.
I put in 30 years as MM 😁😁
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. 🙏
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?
The beer part really got me..beer on a active ship, I’m that is super rare. Ty for video
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
imagine missing a shot on the basket and the balls goes overboard so you have to order a new ball
"omg you served n the Navy?"
"Yeah bro, I was a barista."
😂😂😂😂😂
I don't get it... '-' what tf kind of joke is this.
So you got coffee for the chief?
I guess I was a barista too. 😂
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.
I was on 8 ships during my 22 years. 1973-1995. Never had a swim call.
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 also had that right of passage in 1988 onboard U.S.S.Carl Vinson CVN-70 nuclear aircraft carrier.
# shellback.
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 :)
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I spent 20 years in the Navy as an 8707/8404 Fleet Marine Force Corpsman. To this day, I cannot tell you what a Navy ship looks like since being with the Marines counted as sea time.. I live vicariously through you guys.
5 years in the Navy June 2018-June 2023 only 1 swim call off the coast of Australia was so cool gotta say, better then the constant steelbeach picnics when our deployments got extended
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.
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.
The first four years are the longest time of your Navy Career.
Your 4 year reenlistment finishes just two years short of being at the halfway point to retirement. Extend for two years and you are now half way home. Or, do as I did, Reenlist for 6, by then You're forced to finish your 20 years!
That first 10 years drags by. The second 10 years goes so quickly, you'll look back and ask yourself, where did it all go?
It's at that point you ask yourself, am I really ready to give this up already? Where else can you do what you're doing here? Do, you go for 30, like some of us chose to do?
It's your call sailor.
I fondly look back and realize, I have now been retired as many years as I served.
At 81 "yesterday," my mind says l'd do it again however, my injured spine says, "Oh no you won't!" I do wish it so, just to be behind the camera on one more Navy project again.
So, I rely on my photos & videos to keep the memories alive. I hope your service related memories will do you as well some day. Shoot lots of images. You'll be glad later on.
It took a few years but, I finally realized why my Father & Father-in-law both did 30 in the Navy. It's a very special accomplishment that only you can fulfill. The only down side was being away from my growing famil so frequently. But good strong Navy family's adjust.
Now, for the thrill of it all, go ahead, shoot for 30. By then the Navy owes you and treats you as such.
I loved my career. It's not everyone who can make a career of shooting photos, images, Mo-Pic, & video.
And, there aren't many of us who can say they shot the "Blues," Presidents Reagan and Geo. Bush, Air Force One, & flt. Ops aboard 3 carriers, sea plane operations in VN., Panama Canal Ops., Pearl Harbor coverage during "Tora Tora Tora" filming. Had the pleasure of Filming docs onboard the USS Missouri and New Jersey, Mo-Pic Documenting USMC Rifle Drill Team @ Disneyland. Documented "VN Unknown Soldier" transfer to Arlington from HI, & so much more.
I was blessed with one of the greatest jobs the Navy had to offer. (Other than flying, perhaps) Had my share of that too, as AC. Camera Crew.
I 😊treated the Navy well by producing the best images possible. In return, the Navy treated me well with bigger & better photo assignments throughout my career.
As a very young sailor, a Chief Photographer told me, " You will get out of the Navy what you put into it. He was right!
The rewards were 10 fold.
Good luck in your Navy career.
This is really awesome! Great to see former comrades having a great time and relaxing
Navy we thankyou and God bless you.
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
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
Yea I worked about 14 to 15 hours a day without a day off while deployed. "Full cruises" last at least 6 months. You do get some port visits but usually, you stand watch for at least one day and might get 2 days to be off ship to explore.
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 ..
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
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.
Great documentary video. My son currently on the USS Washington.
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!
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.
oh man that steel beach picnic looks fkn awesome. sign me up to the navy in the next life
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.
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
God bless USA navy sailor.
Watching from Marudi Sarawak
I love they have some down time it's much needed for there morale love it
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....
Blessings to all the military cerving our country usa
Thanks for posting. ❤
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.
You probably got amazing retirement tho
I retired from US Navy. It is so poignant to recall those days.
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.
Great Job...! 👌👍❤
Please explain, since when is there a day off. The ship is always running, especially on a Carrier. Things have changed in last 50 years.
CVA 43 Coral Sea , BT third class 1-Charlie 🇺🇸
Imagine playing basketball and the ball goes over broad 😂😂
It was nice to see the iron beach party, the basketball play, musical instrument play and swimming in the ocean.
i used to go around and shit in different spaces my nick name was The Phantom Shitter never got caught LMFAO
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.
4 hour shifts, that's funny.
Did you just edit It..?
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
Play video games, watch movies, listen to music, play music, go to the gym, get drunk in port. All are valid responses.
Thank you one and all
When underway your generally either sleeping or eating when off duty.
activities in deck look fun
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 heard that you aren't allowed to defecate while on the ship, not ever. The sailors have to up the bio-efficiency of their bodies: every bit of food is converted into useable energy, no bodily waste is generated. I hear most sailors lose this amazing ability about 2 years after leaving the navy.
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
I love 💕😘 the US Navy. Thank you for your service. ❤❤❤❤
It got boring sometimes out there, but we all had at least one JO bud. Let's just say we were always pretty relaxed.
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.
That's nice and good to your health and developed unity
Fishing on the open sea would be a great challenge
I read the Bible, and loads of other books particularly after duty while out at sea. While in Port, I gassed up my Mazda 323 for a long ride home up I-95 to get with wifey.
At sea we worked 8 on, 8 off. So you’re working 16 out of 24 hours. And during that 8 hours off - that’s when you eat, shower, write letters home, or, believe it or not, hanging out in your work area anyway. It’s hard to sleep, too. It’s always noisy, people come and go in the berthing (sleeping) area. Not an easy lifestyle. It’s for the young, for sure.
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
4 hours work and 8 hours off? Only 40 hours? You guys have jokes...hahaha. I was happy to only work 14 hours today 7 days a week.
You got soft hands brother I just finished a 18 hour unpaid shift
You guys are doing something wrong…I work when I want and take lots of afternoon naps
You really think you’re better than these guys? Just because you have longer work hours doesn’t mean you have a larger workload. If it’s really so nice, then go enlist.
Our leisure time was smoker's
against the marine's - boxing matches!
I've been on many deployments and never had a swim call.
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
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
Time off in the Navy is called liberty as in liberty away from the ship like having a beer with the locals and exploring foreign ports. My first ship was an LHA and we spent 2 1/2 months inport out of a 6 month cruise. An aircraft carrier would be out for 10 months and maybe get one day off in a foreign port. I'll take an amphibious ship to a carrier anyday.
ALCOHOL IS PROHIBITED - next cut is to hundreds of Heineken and Budweiser. LMAO
0:42 clean jumper ⛹️♂️
When I was in the Navy ( 90's ) there was lil or no time off at sea.
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
@@ThorOdinson-s8m 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! 🇺🇸 🇿🇦
@@Charbob-j9wagreed!
To any potential new recruits, I had some of my best meals on board ship, or a bases chow hall, and the food is very good in The US Navy.
We call steel beach when stationary battle group for swimming activities snd picnics on flight deck
Its awesome..... Cool i like it
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.
Nobody deserves to be subjected to Starbucks "coffee".
These new work hours 😅😅😅 .. we got 7-7 or flight to flight ! You went down when the last heli’o landed
All I saw was the thumbnail 😂 hell to the nawwwww after thinking about how deep the ocean probably was there.
Great young people and warriors!
Great video
Thanks alot for this.
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.
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🤢
It's amazing!
Makes me happy I joined the Air Force!!
Cool! 😊
The size of the ship determines what activity you can do. I served 24 years and worked 12 - 18 hours a day. So there was none of the activites you showed. Small ships do not qualitify for those activites.
I served on 2 DD's and 1 ATF We did 2 weeks of 12 hrs and 1 weeks of 16 hrs. Standing 4 and 8 watches. Sundays was 8 hrs watches only no work. We were young and work just made time at sea go faster and sea time gave us time to save money for the next port call
99% of the Navy doesn't qualify. This was put on for the recruiting video. Sucker these kids into thinking this will be their life.
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.
I was in the thumbnail! Red sea 2015 USS Iwo Jima