I served on America CVA66 in the Tonkin Gulf. I started as a radarman and the rate name change to operations specialist, kinda like a sanitary engineer instead of garbage man.

Officers are pretty much at-will employees to the president. Enlisted have a contract, which is more awkward administratively. Anyway... too damn many people on a carrier. Put simply... the toilet never stops flushing, mathmatically speaking..

This is brutal truth and obvious! Please ignore them and try to be happy with the great works that you did and give thanks to yourself!

​@@flinch622😊l

I saw Big John in Philly just a couple of weeks ago. Still floating.

That Batallion Cmndr. HAD to have had some "friends in low places" to get something like that done. However he did it, kudos to him.

Thank you sir for your services and all of your comrades thank you.🎉❤

TÚ IBAS AL GRANO : LLENAR EL BUCHE Y LLENAR EL BOLSILLO. ESPERO QUE PARA TODO LO DEMAS FUESES IGUAL DE DESPABILADO

I was going to say the same thing, always be good to the ms's no matter what rank and also love your disbursing clerk!

Chief never sleep just closed the eyes and midtation

​@@pete1128. They don't do direct deposit into your account.?

Cleanest kitchen I've ever seen

you said it i work in a kitchen and it is a thankless job

They’re the biggest morale boosters.

Fuel and coolant polluted drinking water on board and on the base.

Okay...

Officers get to have cooks and great meals day in and day out, Enlisted get frozen pre-cooked food that gets warmed up for a couple of minutes then served (sometimes still frozen) if they're not working on the flight deck. Deck Apes get delicious and rock solid hoagies most of the time. I'm sure as a chef you wouldn't approve, but I'm sure officers loved being able to pick their meals from a menu. Luckily, I made friends through cranking in S-2, S-3 & S-5 that always took care of me as I took care of them.

You say God bless America funny they didn't show one thing about church are going to talk about Jesus Christ but they made sure you seen all the inclusive looking people with their rainbow uniform on most of these people are gay now

youre welcome sonny

PS- Yet.. Bad as it may have been at times- it’s SAFER than Eating a Cat-Taco-Bell Chimichanga “ , or even merely WALK on NYC Streets…

I served aboard the Nimitz and the George Washington. Loved the carrier life

@@kennethmorsee Thank you for your service. 👍

Thank you sincerely to all who serve.

@@kennethmorsee Ahoy shipmate! I loved serving aboard the GW. Many hours were spent on the gallery deck just looking out at "it". Also spent quite a bit of time on the mezzanine above the hangar bays. FWAFS

Ocean view rocks

I’m stationed on this ship trust me it sucks

​@@danielvespia157 Vas a salir de allí porque te van a echar.

@@danielvespia157 LOLOL!:)-John in Texas (IC2-Desert Storm/Shield)

​@@danielvespia157 how do i get to work there?

​@@danielvespia157how do i get to work there?

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 ew

Welcome to the military son.

You spent 13 billion dollars on a aircraft carrier, and you don't build a simple scanner to scan the deck for any anomalies. 😢

are they allowed to have sex thou lol sorry for this question but i had it in my mind

thats craaaaazy bro

@@JoeyCheex0583 yes it crazy way the crew has access to everything from Costa Coffee to stores bro

I'd have to guess ... and hope ... that they "talk crap about each other" the same way "loving siblings" do ... when push comes to blow, they are, hopefully, on the same team ! B-)

I’m stationed on this ship it’s really not that bad but the food sucks

@@danielvespia157 Janes romanes ?

If the food compares to other nations, it's good, not suck.

@@danielvespia157 prove it

A friend served aboard the USS CANBERRA. When they made port anywhere in Australia the crew was granted the liberty of the town. They also learned not to try to drink more beer than an Aussie.

What an amazing experience that must have been.

It's always going forward and updates. Otherwise, it will be behind.

A lot of sex I'm sure goes on in the ships now...gay and straight..lol😅

I served on the Nimitz from February 1994 through November 2000. It was my first mixed gender ship in 20 years of service.

a sitting 4 billion DOLLAR duck...

Shows you how deficient in knowledge you are

Why would a country need this?

To project power and ensure the freedom of the oceans. To be able to pursue a threat anywhere in the world

👍🏽🏆🎯👍🏽 John6852!! And a small PS- Next time some Green-Dyed Haired/ Multiple Nose, Lip, Brow Piercing17yr old Indoctrinated SJWers Say WHAT ABOUT THE COST!! Besides telling them to SUPERGLUE themselves to An Anchor, remind them the $$ Is Spent on Salaries for Over 62,000 Construction / Electronic/ Engineers, and THEIR Families! etc. and the over 3,000 Local Businesses associated-Support Occupation’s AND OUR 🇺🇸 PROTECTION. ( Unlike ‘ Emperor Chancellor Seth Palpatine Brandon ‘ & 💰💰💰Sycophants & Politicians -spending $💰s on Polluting Private Jetting to EPSTEIN Island & Mansions on a Hawaiian Beachfront ( illegal) TAX PAYER FINANCED Mansion. God Bless. NRN. 👴🏽NoBody. These Dedicated & Brave Soldiers & Veterans deserve MUCH MORE!

The Navy physical fitness standards have progressively gone down in the past 15yrs. I believe the Army is starting to do the same.

​@@squidusn71 The navy for years has been the fattest branch with really relaxed standards.

@@bigbay1159 Yes, because we're a bunch of cooks, mechs, and firefighters, lol. We let the soldiers do the running.

When I was in (past my initial training), there was really no mandatory physical training. You kept in shape through your own motivation... and I wasn't motivated _at__all_. However, I had a fast enough metabolism that I managed to keep the weight off.

Please I've watched countless homecomings and departures..I've watched literally drag queens come.off the carriers...pathetic

people in uniform will perform well were an abject failure on 9/11 John.

inside job

My grandfather (RIP) was aboard the USS North Carolina, a U.S Navy battleship, out in the Pacific during WW2.

Bro how old are you man

@@Phil-uu5yp I am 70 years old my day who is gone, passed in 2009.

Oh wow...my dad served on the old USS Boxer as well, MM3 he was. He got out when the war was over. I have an old photography my dad that he had taken of the ship back then. He went through Boot Camp in San Diego, Co. 83.

My dad was an aviation ordinance man on the Boxer. He was on the flight deck and worked on the planes.

🤣

Safe from 1000 of miles away lol!!!

you are animal

😢😮😅

What are you afraid of?

@erratic-LEE me I physically recoiled when she called the Galley "the Commissary".

And still clueless about what protects freedom and justice anti and to arrogant jackass to know it

God they sure do bilk the taxpayers of money while building these machines

@@Swampfox42 brainwashed the American right outta you

@@Swampfox42 and not a one has a clue what protects freedom and justice unbelievable

but you could have served.

And incredible is you so sorry clueless about what protects freedom and justice disgrace to it

it's a big beast

Will you sail this ship to rob other countries of oil?

@@ZYF-ki7ox No need. We just put our oil purchases on our grandkids bill

@@ZYF-ki7ox and is the end of the age so know clueless about what protects freedom and justice idiots clueless about what stand for can get out if cant handle being free and take it all with you and pretend it will do you any good . What a joke play learned like tjey play we the people not even close

Nope. Its Catapult assisted Take-off But Arrested Recovery

What did you like about being on an aircraft carrier? Man I would love to be on one of those things.

Yes, plz write a few words about your time on the carrier and the ports you visited! My fav will always be CV-6 :-)

Our home Port was Alameda California and then when we went on Westpac we would go to Subic Bay Philippines and then maybe go to Hong Kong and then maybe go to Singapore then Mombasa Kenya Africa and I've been to Australia twice once Perth Australia at the next time was Hobart Tasmania then they would be back to the Philippines and then back home. I was a Boatswains Mate in Deck Department and stood watches on the bridge as a master Helmsman and started out as Lookout watch. It was a totally just wild time serving on board this giant City I think we had close to 5,000 people and getting in the chow line every single day three times a day was crazy haha. When I got out I was happy to go home but then I missed it so I joined the Army Reserve for 8 more years and then just lost my interest in the whole thing only being 6 years shy of retirement. I really loved the ship though it was a work of art.

My first Command the USS Abraham Lincoln replaced the Enterprise in Alameda California in 1990 while the Enterprise was in Newport News shipyard.

​@@BobJones-pq4th no you wouldn't. Carrier life isn't for married people. This is why the Navy has a high rate of devoice.

It has one, it's called the crew.

Would be just another system to fail and need maintenance. Humans are #1 for this event....

Thats what the crew is for......And it should be silent walking search.....no BS ing

worlds biggest roomba! 😂😂

It's a cultural need.

Archimedes' principle.

@@trumpforever6706 Is that the same man who ran out of the bath tub almost naked shouting, "I found it?" Got ya 🤪

The ship is filled with helium gas which helps.

I served on a carrier during the Vietnam war and remember an 11 month cruise. No women on board then and it’s interesting how they skip over that subject of life aboard a ship with very confined spaces. 🤨

I was part of CV-63’s final crew, then did a short stint on the Stennis CVN-74, nuke sailors have it easier than we had on the conventionals.

they didn't dig too much into how dangerous it is to work on a carrier. the rok hours they glossed over also.

Even on a huge flattop, I'm guessing that junior enlisted berthing is not a nice place.

سؤال، لم تشعر بالخجل لما فعلتك في فيتنام و باقي العالم من دمار و قتل للأطفال والنساء و تدمير المدارس و المستشفيات و الاعتداء على أناس امنين في بلدانهم ؟ الا تشعر بالخجل من ذلك ؟ شكرا

​@@akil1979, who said that he felt ashamed in what did? Maybe YOU need to reread what he wrote? Or are you just trying to show people how intelligent you are and failing at it miserably?

Çünkü ouçaklar sivil insanları yok ediyordu zalimler için yaşasın cehennem

​@@donotneed2250 Estos son cínicos y monstruosos. Han ido por el mundo sembrando destrucción y muerte y se ufanan. Afortunadamente a su reinado de terror les han salido contrincantes y hoy ya no pueden matar impunemente.

Nope...the only thing I'm ashamed of is that, after ww2, we never again won a war!

Was a parachute rigger in VA-23, 1962-1966. Did 2 west-pacs then a few carrier quals on the Coral Sea, CVA-43. Good memories.

400hz room was always a fave....

Army guy here.....Comms equipment has to be kept at a decent temp as well. Can't have switches, routers, and other computer systems overheat and crash. Sitting in AC rooms in 120 degree outside weather in Iraq was pretty swell in my book.

I was on CVA-62 75-79 A-Div AC&R Shop. We had 170 Ton Carrier Chill Water Units and a few 150 Ton YORK's. Tons of Refers forward n Aft. We also had tons of Fire Pumps in our Mechanical Rooms to take care of. Our best perk... we had keys to the BAKE SHOP 😁. The AC&R Shop "our shop" had the best set up on the whole ship, we had everything !!! The biggest mistake of my whole life was getting out !!!

@@justachipn3039 idk when you were in but you ever have to go to the FLIR shop?

On the Lincoln, CVN-72, engineering berthing was just above aft steering but well below the flight deck. The white noise of the steering hydraulics drowned out the deck noise, thankfully, although the 600 or so sailors berthing there managed to make enough noise. Thank God for earplugs!-John in Texas

@Riki Peters yes the chow was very good, and always as fresh as possible

​@Riki Peters the sliders and fries weren't to bad.

@@jimwjohnq.public soybean burgers the crew got, the pilots got the real beef burgers, it was said that soybean burgers expanded at higher altitudes

The Big Dog did her last deployment

Sounds like a good mix.

Believe it or not, AC in the 1950's and earlier onboard ships was typically available only in the medical ward, and then only on larger ships that had these " amenities". When they could, sailors would sleep topside on deck to keep cooler-John in Texas (USN Desert Storm/Shield-IC2)

During the ww2 the morale of the soldiers was a high priority to few generals and admirals and its outcome was a game changer.After left to wither in Guadalcanal,Bull Halsey promised Vandercrift not only the requirements needed but personally turned up to say hello to the marines,this sounds minimal but morale for the marines was greatly improved hence,I believed won the battle in Guadalcanal.Chester Puller again lead from the front always during every battle,being present with fellow marines again boost confidence and ultimately win battle.Last but not least,Patton always make sure his soldiers have warm and dry socks,a warm and dry soldier is a happy one.

​@@JohnWaldron-cm7ceimportante che hai capito che adesso ? Siamo nel 3000 quasi

Prosperity don't come out that way overnight, what most people see at a glance wealth, a perfect career, purpose is the result of hard labour and hustle done over time. I pray anyone who reads this becomes successful in life.

@@sos2393 Nothing equates investing, and when it's done properly, you don't need to get yourself all worked up about money anymore as it's creates alot of extra income

What is their role John? Who asked the US to be the worlds policeman?

We did, just as our parents and grandparents did. Their parents learned the hard way, after WW-1, that to prevent another world war, we had to be policeman...if we didn't do it, who would?

@@stevewall9181 You did not answer my question? Who asked the US to be the worlds policeman? Why couldn't China be the world's policeman? Which world council would have chosen between China and the US? The US is the worlds SELF-APPOINTED policeman! And has abused that power it gave itself Steve. The US has never prevented any wars - but it sure has started many though eh!

doesn't say anything about engine specs or any capacities

Respect for your father, and for you, having a military upbringing. (Like me, too) in the US Navy, there's "boats", sometimes called submarines, and "targets", sometimes called surface ships. Boats, and targets.

Hello shipmate! I served on board the Big E from '85-'89. Fun times!

Just curious whether you really saw the ghost of Pau Revere.... Ive studied the paranormal for years and am fascinated by the different "sightings" people have had?

To tell the truth I never saw Mr. Revere myself but I knew a few old hands who swore he'd appear from time to time. Luckily it seems his horse was ship-broken. Still can't figure out why a land-based guy would be riding around on aircraft carriers...@@nevadadan4113

They can go about 25 years without refueling.

who cares? nobody

You are nobody. @@dethray1000

In the UK the government cannot even build a few miles of rail track in 4 years The 1 carrier we have took 3 years and its tiny in comparison to this behemoth

we always wanted to get the latest movies in my day..(72-76) I guess now they stream them.

Yep, the water rushing between the ships has a tendency to draw them together. Interestingly, the Russians (and previously, the Soviets) do their UNREPS (and it may only be fuel) with one ship trailing the other - I don't remember which is in front. I saw this once on a flight as an aircrewman in an S-3 Viking back in the 80s.

Very true!

please don't

@@porkpie2884 Why not?

@@waterhead001 Because orchestrated wars only exist because people are willing to participate in them.

Go for it! I served for 16 years and was medically retired. Some of the best times of my life. The travel was awesome too. I've been around the world many times. I also lived in Japan for 6 years as well. Good times. Follow your dreams, and be an IS or OS, both great fields!

Do it. It will require a lot of sacrifice. It will not be easy for the first few years. I did 20yrs and it's the best decision I ever made.

I am curious why you liked the smaller vessels, if you care to share.

@@huyked Same here-Was so happy to leave the Lincoln in 1992 and transfer to the USS Mobile Bay, CG-53, forward deployed in Japan. (EX) IC2 Waldron-Desert Storm/Shield

@@JohnWaldron-cm7ce Could you explain why the smaller vessels were better in your eyes?

@@huyked Nimitz class and larger carriers , many times, cannot port, due to the deep draft of their hulls. If the boat cannot afford liberty boats, a carrier sailor gets eye liberty, where they get to look at the land and think of all the fun they could have had;) Also, todays carriers are so huge that they literally are small floating cities, and the same problems with small cities occur on carriers. At least on a relatively smaller ship, one gets to know many of their shipmates. On carriers, one is but a number. I remember waiting for at least 30 minutes to eat chow on the Lincoln-I used to carry a book to read in my back pocket. As a result, I stowed a bunch of sardines in my locker and ate those many times, as I either didn't have the time to wait for chow or didn't want to-John in Texas

@@JohnWaldron-cm7ce Hi Mr. Waldron, Lol, no wonder. It makes sense now. Lol at "eye liberty" and only being able to see how much fun there could have been had. Thank you for taking the time to explain that in so much detail. I appreciate it! Life is so varied, and the experiences that could be understood by looking into the lives of others is wonderful to hear. So thanks, again. Cheers, and have a wonderful life.

Don't be fooled. The biggest carriers pitch and roll like any other ships. I know because I was on one through a hurricane.

Lies again? AMWF CAR Champions League

As well as every NAS (Naval Air Station - which are Navy land bases with a runway such as the old NAS Brunswick, Maine).

FOD walk once a day before the first launch

@@pauleyplay One day while on deployment in Puerto Rico we were doing a FOD walkdown and I spotted a big crab claw. I then knew that land crabs were a real thing and not a myth.

The Zoomies send their officers out to fight.

@@jamesbarrett918 Sergeant Major likes his grass greener than green and when you know what makes the grass grow, it all becomes perfectly clear. Not only is it a better delivery system, it’s more cost effective than artillery and that pink mist gets absorbed so quickly that you don’t even need mortuary affairs.

CVA 60 72/73 R Div HT3

My friend served on it in the mid eighties when we struck Libya. I loved listening to his stories.

My brother served on the Saratoga in the late 50’s early 60’s.

Aviation storekeeper here 89-93

Was in the Canadian Air Force. We had runways and facilities built as forward operating bases for USAF SAC B-52s. Nice long walk.

That’s what you get for going sailing on Lake Ontario.

On the Lincoln that wasn't a problem because if E-4 and below didn't participate the would get a writeup for not participating. Every time a FOD walk down commence, all hand on deck. Flight deck crew of course.

Have to catch a Tiger Cruise, or a port call with public tours, then apply via the ship’s PAO (Public Affairs Office). It helps if you have a contact/escort already in place that’s a member of the crew.

My husband and I did a tiger cruise in 2005 when my daughter was on CVN 70, Carl Stennis carrier. The ship was returning back to the US after being in the Persian gulf for 5 months. We flew to Lisbon, Portugal to meet the ship and boarded there. We crossed the Atlantic ocean to return home. We were onboard for 7 days. We got to experience life onboard and got to see almost all of the ship. We participated in the FOD walk. They did replenishment in the opposite way because we were headed home once we were more than halfway home. They took off jet fuel, jet equipment needed for maintenance on the jets, missiles and everything that was not needed once they got away from the war scene. We got to watch jets take off and land frequently and they even did a little air show and one jet did a sonic boom. The crew was great and fun to talk to and see what kinds of things they do for entertainment. Because it was a tiger cruise, the food served for everyone was a bit more special so all the sailors enjoyed that. My daughter was my sponsor and one of her teammates was my husband's. We slept in the same berths that our sponsors did, tiny little beds that when my husband turned on his side his shoulder touched the top of the berth. Our navy is the best in the world!!!!!!

Your part of the disaster you mean

War machines and freedom that goes well together yes, what a sad world

Freedom🙄 it costs taxpayers 50 Million dollars per week to run. Feeds the military industrial complex and just reinforces how stupid humans are with where our energy and priorities are spent.

Pocos no, ninguno.

Bribem printed $7 trillion in the last 20 months.