As a 21 year Veteran, I have spent 4 Christmas's overseas. I have spent others working in a 24/7 shop. It isn't fun, yet, your duty comes first. You just do. Merry Christmas to all on the Big J! Merry Christmas to all our members of our Armed Forces be they here or somewhere overseas....SALUTE!!!!
Let me tell you a few things about (then) Capt. Milligan. He was a USNA graduate ('59) and had a storied career in the Navy, retiring as an Admiral. Everyone, and I do mean *everyone* that he interacted with in his career who left him notes or eulogized him spoke highly of him. They remark how he ran a tight ship but not with a fist. He led by example, and the ship's company reflected that leadership. Adm Milligan passed in 2018 after a battle with dementia. Look at this example from Cdr Mike Holmes who served with him aboard New Jersey - "To the Finest CO I ever served with. You made me into the Naval Officer I became and I can't thank you enough for your training and friendship. Our days on the NEW JERSEY were filled with days of boredom and intermixed with challenges and stress but your words be flexible still ring in my ears. My memories are filled with my days with you on the seas. Fair Winds and Following Seas Admiral until we meet again. You are my brother in arms and will be physically missed but your spirit lives in those you trained and served with Michael Holmes CDR USN Ret" You don't get spoken of this way by Officers and Crew by being a turd merchant. You get remembered that way by being a servant-focused leader of your men and being an advocate for their needs while still providing solid guidance and discipline aboard one of the United States Navy's premiere warships. Adm Milligan was an identical twin by the way, his brother's name was James "Jimmy" Milligan. Great video, Ryan, it really helps encapsulate the service these men provided the ship and the Navy in those years.
Thanks! As a guy who has spent 2+ decades delivering mail, I'm wondering how they get mail to the ship. The sailor might not even have been assigned to a ship when it was sent, so how can the navy's postal service know where on earth to send that specific letter? And then on the ship itself, how, especially on a large ship, would the mailman know where on the ship sailor Ryan Szimanski from Camden, New Jersey can be found? Merry Christmas🎅🍾
Merry Christmas, Ryan, and Merry Christmas to all the sailors who served on the Black Dragon throughout her long career and a big THANK YOU for your service. 🇺🇸 🎄
What I noticed and I found it very interesting: the foldable card from the 50s looks for me like it is inspired by the style of some kind of Japanese woodblock printing - love it! Happy Holidays everyone!
i was at sea during the christmas of 1978 on the USS Tarawa LHA and we had to have our mail in no later than Dec. 12 to guarantee it got home by christmas. (USMC)
Merry Christmas, Battleship New Jersey and to all the sailors serving our country. Ryan and its loyal crew keeping New Jersey in tip top shape. This year was an amazing journey and may 2025 be another new year for Battleship New Jersey.
I was Army National Guard and then Reserve. I was deployed to Afghanistan Christmas 2004 and Kosovo Christmas 2007. I hate to say it but Christmas 2004 was my best Christmas ever. No family drama, no retail, very little work. I remember it started snowing (we were about 7,300 feet elevation) the morning of December 23 and didn't stop until the evening of December 26. 28 inches of snow. Only problem was, we couldn't get a priest out there.
Thank you for putting out a video today. It is a sad day for me, and these videos help to distract from the loneliness and isolation. Thank you for all you do to make these videos possible.
You mention the 1983 Bob Hope/Brook Shields USO tour. After they did the Middle East tour, they did a stop over at Lajes Field, Azores on the way back to the US. I saw them during their stop over at Lajes Field
Merry Christmas to all 🎉🤗This video reminded me of a Christmas card I have...It has The USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) on the front. The envelope has a 5ct AIR MAIL stamp on it
A lot of Christmas past over a ships Lifetime , especially one of New Jersey vintage . Bob Hope was pretty well known in the UK . Many Festive periods with a Duty watch in a Dockyard , and others fully crewed deployed overseas . It's interesting to see the cards , I'm sure smaller vessels wouldn't have printed ones and it's important to remember all those who are working over Christmas to keep things going and can't see their families .
Ryan and Abby, can you do a show on all the USO events that happened onboard Big J’s lifetime? It would be cool to find out all the events they had onboard.
This is probably a weird question but one that has been nagging me for a while. During deployment how were sailors paid before debit cards and other electronic money transfers? Did bricks of notes get delivered to the ship and distributed accordingly?
I can confirm that yes before deployments the dispersing Officer and armed guards would make very big withdrawals from the bank. Then underway you get topped off underway during replenishment at times.
Merry Christmas. Thanks for your videos. Why do you handle ships artifacts without wearing cotton gloves. When I worked at Seattle Museum of Flight we always wore gloves handling artifacts?
It's always a balance between not destroying things by your skin's oils and not destroying things by your glove's clumsiness. Paper tends to fall on the latter tradeoff.
Ryan, I have seen you handling paper documents/artifacts with your bare hands on a few videos. Wouldn't it be prudent to wear cotton or possibly latex gloves when handling paper artifacts so they don't get contaminated/degraded by oil or dirt on your hands?
HI RYAN ,, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.. I HAVE A Q. IN MOST ROOM DIFFERNT YELLOW SIGNS HAVE NUMBERS WHAT DOES THESE MEAN?? THE MAIL ROOM HAS --2-101-0-0 FR 101-103 X-1 DIV B-205-L ?? THANKS CAN YOU TELL ME ..
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas
As a 21 year Veteran, I have spent 4 Christmas's overseas. I have spent others working in a 24/7 shop. It isn't fun, yet, your duty comes first. You just do.
Merry Christmas to all on the Big J!
Merry Christmas to all our members of our Armed Forces be they here or somewhere overseas....SALUTE!!!!
Let me tell you a few things about (then) Capt. Milligan. He was a USNA graduate ('59) and had a storied career in the Navy, retiring as an Admiral. Everyone, and I do mean *everyone* that he interacted with in his career who left him notes or eulogized him spoke highly of him. They remark how he ran a tight ship but not with a fist. He led by example, and the ship's company reflected that leadership. Adm Milligan passed in 2018 after a battle with dementia. Look at this example from Cdr Mike Holmes who served with him aboard New Jersey -
"To the Finest CO I ever served with. You made me into the Naval Officer I became and I can't thank you enough for your training and friendship. Our days on the NEW JERSEY were filled with days of boredom and intermixed with challenges and stress but your words be flexible still ring in my ears. My memories are filled with my days with you on the seas. Fair Winds and Following Seas Admiral until we meet again. You are my brother in arms and will be physically missed but your spirit lives in those you trained and served with Michael Holmes CDR USN Ret"
You don't get spoken of this way by Officers and Crew by being a turd merchant. You get remembered that way by being a servant-focused leader of your men and being an advocate for their needs while still providing solid guidance and discipline aboard one of the United States Navy's premiere warships. Adm Milligan was an identical twin by the way, his brother's name was James "Jimmy" Milligan.
Great video, Ryan, it really helps encapsulate the service these men provided the ship and the Navy in those years.
Thanks!
As a guy who has spent 2+ decades delivering mail, I'm wondering how they get mail to the ship. The sailor might not even have been assigned to a ship when it was sent, so how can the navy's postal service know where on earth to send that specific letter?
And then on the ship itself, how, especially on a large ship, would the mailman know where on the ship sailor Ryan Szimanski from Camden, New Jersey can be found?
Merry Christmas🎅🍾
@@christianfranzen7854 helicopters or during unrep they sling mail over as well.
Happy Holidays to all the volunteers and staff on New Jersey!
Merry Christmas, Ryan, and Merry Christmas to all the sailors who served on the Black Dragon throughout her long career and a big THANK YOU for your service. 🇺🇸 🎄
What I noticed and I found it very interesting: the foldable card from the 50s looks for me like it is inspired by the style of some kind of Japanese woodblock printing - love it!
Happy Holidays everyone!
i was at sea during the christmas of 1978 on the USS Tarawa LHA and we had to have our mail in no later than Dec. 12 to guarantee it got home by christmas. (USMC)
Merry Christmas to all the BB62 staff and volunteers.
Merry Christmas to the BB-62 and her loyal crew, long may she serve as a museum and memorial.
Merry Christmas, BB-62!
Thanks for getting back to me concerning the wearing of cotton gloves
Merry Christmas, Battleship New Jersey and to all the sailors serving our country. Ryan and its loyal crew keeping New Jersey in tip top shape. This year was an amazing journey and may 2025 be another new year for Battleship New Jersey.
Merry Christmas to the crew of New Jersey & all those who have & continue to serve. 🎅🎄
I was Army National Guard and then Reserve. I was deployed to Afghanistan Christmas 2004 and Kosovo Christmas 2007. I hate to say it but Christmas 2004 was my best Christmas ever. No family drama, no retail, very little work. I remember it started snowing (we were about 7,300 feet elevation) the morning of December 23 and didn't stop until the evening of December 26. 28 inches of snow. Only problem was, we couldn't get a priest out there.
Thank you for putting out a video today. It is a sad day for me, and these videos help to distract from the loneliness and isolation. Thank you for all you do to make these videos possible.
Dave It is a sad day What ever it is, I'm not going to spout " feel your loss " There's a song I'm not OK
Merry Christmas BB62 staff and to all the viewers!
Merry Christmas To all that take care of BB62. Remembering all who are away from home protecting us.
You mention the 1983 Bob Hope/Brook Shields USO tour. After they did the Middle East tour, they did a stop over at Lajes Field, Azores on the way back to the US. I saw them during their stop over at Lajes Field
Thanks for getting back to me concerning cotton gloves
Find it nice to have a beauty on the water in that one card's facing and then when opened faces a Church for the Holiday Time.
Be super cool if you could reactivate the post office. Get it's zip code active again.
Have you ever thought of producing reproductions of the coloring books to sell in the museum store? I know I would buy some for me and the grandkids.
Merry Christmas to all 🎉🤗This video reminded me of a Christmas card I have...It has The USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) on the front. The envelope has a 5ct AIR MAIL stamp on it
“Proof that the battleship doesn’t time travel.” 😂
Was never home for Christmas in my 6 years....Was able to get a couple of New years home. Happy Holidays New Jersey !!
A lot of Christmas past over a ships Lifetime , especially one of New Jersey vintage . Bob Hope was pretty well known in the UK . Many Festive periods with a Duty watch in a Dockyard , and others fully crewed deployed overseas . It's interesting to see the cards , I'm sure smaller vessels wouldn't have printed ones and it's important to remember all those who are working over Christmas to keep things going and can't see their families .
As a naval veteran, remembering holidays on deployment, the mail was make or break...🎁
Merry Christmas happy and safe new year
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!!! ❤❤❤
Merry Christmas 🇺🇲
Thanks for the video, Happy Holidays
Haze Grey....and underway. Sucks during the holidays.
Merry Christmas
Everone knows that USS Nimitz is the only timetraveling warship. Merry Christmas to you all.
9:00 Can you elaborate on the Chief who was killed? I don't remember hearing that story? were they on the battleship?
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It’s interesting to note that the newspaper article includes a quote from OJ Simpson
Ryan and Abby, can you do a show on all the USO events that happened onboard Big J’s lifetime? It would be cool to find out all the events they had onboard.
Another Christmas has come and gone and still no GI Joe aircraft carrier
Least Transformers has Broadside
Must not have been a good boy
Question for Ryan: what Jewish sailors aboard would do for Hanukah? Were there many Jewish sailors aboard?
How did the number of sailors change from the 40s and in the 80s if you know it would be interesting to see the change
Only the Nimitz can time travel 😅
Very interesting. Did they ever make puzzles?
This is probably a weird question but one that has been nagging me for a while. During deployment how were sailors paid before debit cards and other electronic money transfers? Did bricks of notes get delivered to the ship and distributed accordingly?
I can confirm that yes before deployments the dispersing Officer and armed guards would make very big withdrawals from the bank. Then underway you get topped off underway during replenishment at times.
Merry Christmas.
Thanks for your videos.
Why do you handle ships artifacts without wearing cotton gloves.
When I worked at Seattle Museum of Flight we always wore gloves handling artifacts?
Paper shouldn't be handled with gloves, you're more likely to rip them, that's standard practice now
It's always a balance between not destroying things by your skin's oils and not destroying things by your glove's clumsiness. Paper tends to fall on the latter tradeoff.
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Great video, Merry Christmas to Ryan and all the folks that prepare these wonderful videos, may your days be happy and bright!...
What happened to the chief?
Ryan, I have seen you handling paper documents/artifacts with your bare hands on a few videos.
Wouldn't it be prudent to wear cotton or possibly latex gloves when handling paper artifacts so they don't get contaminated/degraded by oil or dirt on your hands?
🎄Merry Christmas, Ryan. From🎄 Buckeye Arizona.
how do you spell relief Iowa
its called Christmas in celebration of Crist's Birth! NO OTHER REASON!!!
You couldn't say Merry Christmas?
its th Korean war probably because it has Korea on the map.... and it didn't get to see the Daibutsu in Kamakura until 1945. 😀
Can't we say Merry Christmas without fearing of offending someone? Merry Christmas to all.
The ship *didn't* time travel?
Disappointing...
The government actors would kill us if it suited their purposes. Merry Christmas to all.
I'd be fine with it😮💨
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HI RYAN ,, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.. I HAVE A Q. IN MOST ROOM DIFFERNT YELLOW SIGNS HAVE NUMBERS WHAT DOES THESE MEAN?? THE MAIL ROOM HAS --2-101-0-0 FR 101-103 X-1 DIV B-205-L ?? THANKS CAN YOU TELL ME ..
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas