This video casts a good light onto all the moving parts that have to operate, communicate, maintain high moral, the training and collaboration under command in order for each task to be safely and successfully completed. Truly aw-inspiring and still, unless you've served you don't fully grasp. Great video. Thank you to all who choose to serve in the forces for their country. God bless you all. 🇨🇦🇺🇲🏴
@firecontrol2210 күн бұрын
Love the Navy service member who said to protect us; each other, and our neighboring countries.
@rickmathis620112 күн бұрын
I'm sure in 10 years from now will find out that the green dye we swam in will cause's cancer!!! Just saying!!!
@Pitchithard21 күн бұрын
Old school Navy when women weren’t aloud on deployments. I guess it would be acceptable today considering a lot of jobs are acceptable for them .
@the1stDJLowkey27 күн бұрын
These Shellback initiations these days are NOTHING compared to what us true salts went thru in the day. Crossed the line the first time in 1982 and that was a REAL initiation. Shillelaghs and real beat downs...😂
@calneigbauer7542Ай бұрын
Wombat is in this series cmdr favor bunch of guys that you can listen to on KZbin now
@td111896Ай бұрын
Like others have said, this video is simply the best. I did have one question: which mirror is the “number 2 West Coast mirror? Thank you!
@hlenderАй бұрын
Ok, go to the time stamp 2min 41sec in the video. At that point, I mention that the lower mirror, on the left side, is the number 1 mirror and that the upper mirror is the number 2 mirror. Hope fully that will explain it. Keep playing it back until you understand. Good luck.
@td111896Ай бұрын
@@hlenderWill do. Thanks for the quick response!
@td11189624 күн бұрын
@@hlender I passed my test this past Monday. This video was a huge help-thank you!
@TyStyckify2 ай бұрын
USS BOHICA (CVAN-68) _plank owner_
@dansprague23 ай бұрын
I wish this was available somewhere online, but all I can find are bits and pieces like this.
@samuelescalante7495 күн бұрын
I was in the same boat, then I bit the bullet and just purchased the entire DVD series on ebay. The price wasn’t bad
@user-nn7mb4ip4l4 ай бұрын
What's with all the women???
@squarebarrel5 ай бұрын
It’s very tame Crossing the Line. I’m actually a Golden Shellback which is Equator and The IDL at the same time. I remember every single minute of it. The Captain and XO were Wogs and did the full participation. The clean up sucked.
@kaylie85155 ай бұрын
Cafe Sevilla SD down town lol❤
@FactNinja5 ай бұрын
🫡🇺🇸
@BillyColeII-dr6dk5 ай бұрын
Shellback initiation kind of weak...TM3 Billy Cole, USS Brumby FF 1044, initiated in Aug 1975, UNITAS Cruise....Pacific side and back up on Atlantic side....
@gtc19615 ай бұрын
18:53 that sure as hell wasn't happening when I was on a carrier! LOL
@robertburnam8855 ай бұрын
Dayum! Cleaning Stations on the Nimitz. Set tape zebra! Polish the same piece of brass for an hour ! lol That part, I dont miss!
@Stacey.B5 ай бұрын
Com. David Fravor!!! Before or after he saw the tic-tac UFO??
@Bum-gh2zi5 ай бұрын
Watching their shellback ceremony sucks big time. It is PC big time.
@Bum-gh2zi5 ай бұрын
I was stationed on USS Chancellorsville CG-62 96-99. Was on her when she was an all-male crew and then when she became coed big difference.
@jeffbeck8993Ай бұрын
I was on the west coast, took a contingent of young female enlisted sailors for a week long test at sea. Complete s**t show. Felt bad for the small boys on the pier around us when the integration order rolled downhill. Jumped through their butts to create female berthing and head zones, on a tiny Frigate, before any shipyard reconfiguration was done. "Make it work, and we don't want to hear about any of your problems. Suck it up". First time I happened to be out on the pier at knock off, all the boys and girls came off the small boys, walking down the pier laughing, giggling, holding hands; it was like end of the day at Jr. High School, but in dungarees. Felt the hand of First Lady Hillary Clinton. A palpable G.I. Jane political vibe going on at the time, and good old Bill Clinton clearly didn't get the memo. LOL. He managed to keep his job and finish out his tour in the White House, while the Navy kept feeding warm bodies into the experiment like a human meat grinder. Very Pavlovian training method. Dangle a bone in front of a dog and then smack him if he tries to take it. "The beatings will continue until morale improves", came to mind. I started taking type 3 orders overseas to avoid the whole scene at sea. Punched out as soon as I had my 20 in. Dodged a bullet.
@Tet685 ай бұрын
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE NAVY ESPECIALLY THE CORPSMEN AND NOW FOR ALL THE SAILORS.👍
@bonnford91644 ай бұрын
My son was ij the Navy for 21 years retired at CPO and instructor. The days are long especially when on a cruise the Navy works very hard in not in luxury conditions. They have mt respect forever.
@GMEOK6 ай бұрын
Horned Shellback here, I am happy I experienced the real initiation. They made the navy so weak, can't yell at people WOW. Love how they said they stop beating our asses in the 70's LOL BULLSHIT! Remedial Physical motivation was very common.
@SamGouldsboro6 ай бұрын
Greesed in 77 shellac 78
@GoodmanMIke596 ай бұрын
USMMA82. Newport News shipbuilding, overhaul the USS nimitz. Sailed Military Sealift Commandas an engineer. Women have no place out at sea on a man war. The fact that PBS is the sponsor of this video tells me everything I need to know about a US Navy that no longer even requires high school graduation diploma. We're fucked. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJnJZq2vq6eMfK8si=yG6JrH9Br2yPrimn
@shortchange266 ай бұрын
What happened to the garbage chute? Or going to the dentist to brush your teeth in the shitter? Cold oatmeal and a boiled egg for breakfast. Talent show for wog queen was nothing like you saw here!
@jesse64686 ай бұрын
Well I suppose it was either college or the military for them...
@stephenmccandless51136 ай бұрын
I am tired of WOMEN in the armed forces being in the forefront ..Anyone who complains about my comment, just doesn't understand what the government is doing to us all!! Protection and security is a mans duty, and womans role is to be the cornerstone of the family unit ! I was in the navy during VN, and I NEVER received respect for it by any woman for 30 years. Men have been mutilated killed, and terrorized in keeping our country free (until recently) ! I don't see 90% of woman respecting this FACT ! God help us if women were given a replacement role in the service. It's bad enough that the government wants to replace the armed forces with illegal aliens (no English), they also want to make us all subservient to them ! The armed service has a tremendously vital role in preserving our freedom. The democrats (NWO) want us gone! This reminds me of the academy cadets forced to wear high heels a few years ago ' which was an insult to ALL veterans !
@glennsoucy43596 ай бұрын
Get over it!
@user-nn7mb4ip4l4 ай бұрын
I Agree 100%
@user-nn7mb4ip4l4 ай бұрын
@glennsoucy4359 pipe down Smoke mouth...Women DONT BELONG IN THE MILITARY!!!
@user-nn7mb4ip4l4 ай бұрын
I'm sorry,Today's U.S NAVY is Pathetic. THANK GOD for the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS!!!
@jeffbeck8993Ай бұрын
I can hear Fox News blaring from your TV in the living room. 😵💫
@patrickfurlong91696 ай бұрын
That master chief runs his mouth too much.
@glennsoucy43596 ай бұрын
He's an ass clown
@geoffsmith99246 ай бұрын
Thank you allies. Ex CPO Royal Navy
@Jatojammer9 ай бұрын
The statement that the army does not know how to use naval assets is absolutely freaking true. The statement of the targets are hard to find and disappear quickly is absolutely false. In the right asset you could follow the bad guys around for hours
@danieloriley96849 ай бұрын
68-72 VietNam Service Medal, Navy Combat Action Ribbon Battle of Dong Hoi 7 Campaigns 3 Westpac Cruises LST1073,LPD 5 and DLG31 Signalman 3rd Class! Never got to many exotic ports to busy and never crossed the Equator to be a shellback! But I'm proud of my service!
@benscoles50855 ай бұрын
As You should be, Distinguished Accomplishments. Well Done, Thank You.
@GD07599 ай бұрын
I remember buying the DVD set of this at the Goodwill. I still have it.
@TheJd1955556 ай бұрын
How many to the set?
@GD07596 ай бұрын
@@TheJd195555 I have it put up. I think 2 o 3 DVD's
@TheJd1955556 ай бұрын
What is your utube channel? Thank you.
@ericmickle408710 ай бұрын
I still remember MSGT Grabowski from the Carl Vinson 2003 westpac. Cool cat.
@user-mu8bp7yw2k10 ай бұрын
I'm a female navy veteran, and became a shellback in the early 90s. I remember that day like it was yesterday. One of the greatest honors I had,defending my country.
@AmericaineAParis11 ай бұрын
This ship's admiral Ted Branch was involved in the Navy's still ongoing Fat Leonard scandal, where they thought he might have compromised national security. The Navy's immoral shenanigans were going on at the time of filming and release of this documentary, and nobody knew it.
@christophermaine408511 ай бұрын
I’d love to see the rest of the series
@bobmolloy15459 ай бұрын
it's so difficult to find the rest of the series. Used to be easy but they seem to be hiding them now-a-days
@dansprague23 ай бұрын
@@bobmolloy1545 The problem is they're on PBS site but they require flash, which doesn't work anymore.
@jackwinemiller8358 Жыл бұрын
that crossing the line ceremony was a pathetic joke, I crossed in 83 on a helicopter assault carrier (LHA-3 USS BELLEAU WOOD) and it was brutal by the end my hands and knees were a bloody mess from crawling on nonskid all day my ass and legs numb from getting beat with 3 foot pieces of fire hose the slop chute was 50 yards long and the royal baby's belly was covered in the foulest shit imaginable. but next time I crossed as a SHELLBACK and that made it all worthwhile lol
@jpyke2316 ай бұрын
I was right there with you on the Wood. I wouldn't trade that for anything.
@nazisaberi Жыл бұрын
Thank you for Your instruction which is very clear detail and work exactly as you explain and I have request for instructions for left and right turns too .
@hiroshi138 Жыл бұрын
What senior citizen chose the background music?
@WOODY11780 Жыл бұрын
Thank You !!! .... U.S. Marine Aviator 1972 -1978
@DeclanHiggins__ Жыл бұрын
37:30 It’s Jell-O!
@scottmwilhelms2437 Жыл бұрын
"Shipmate!" I remember that voice. 😄
@Me-eb3wv6 ай бұрын
Was u there 😮
@scottmwilhelms24376 ай бұрын
On the Nimitz no, my ships were the: Belleau Wood, George Washington and Eisenhower, but I remember Master Chief Penton from the first one. We believed he'd call that out across the hanger bay just to see which guilty sailor looked his way. 😂
@ilduce5874 Жыл бұрын
18:30 two steppin at Billy Bob’s in the Fort Worth stockyards hooyah
@ALSNewsNow Жыл бұрын
Cmdr. Fravor is a superior human being. Period.
@rickjason215 Жыл бұрын
He also chased a UFO along with Dietrich.
@markoconnell804 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Col. David Fravor for your commitment to your air wing.
@DowntownDeuce2 Жыл бұрын
THE NAVY HAS COLONELS NOW?!? YOU REALLY SHOULD LET THEM KNOW; THEY ARE UNAWARE OF IT. BUT YOU'RE THE EXPERT, NOT THEM.
@markoconnell804 Жыл бұрын
@@DowntownDeuce2 you are right - Commander.
@Bman3810fnafking Жыл бұрын
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@bahrummohammad5956 Жыл бұрын
where's the rest episodes 🤔
@sicario684 Жыл бұрын
where r they now in 2023?
@Bman3810fnafking Жыл бұрын
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@ashleighjaimaosborne3966 Жыл бұрын
My understanding is this direction has greater blind spots than a drivers side alley dock.
@hlender Жыл бұрын
Hi Ashleigh. This video is a driver side alley dock. Did you mean to say passenger side alley dock? Thank you for the comment.
@ashleighjaimaosborne3966 Жыл бұрын
@@hlender hi Harry, yes, sorry for the confusion. Be well. 🇨🇦
@SaiRose152 жыл бұрын
How many feet away is the yellow from the opening front cones of the alley?
@hlender2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply. The Yellow line you saw in the Video is 50 feet to the yellow cones. Btw the Yellow line is probably White at the Testing center. Also The "C" with the Orange background is my wife, Carol. My Name is Harry. Somehow the Name got changed when I was editing the account. I'm trying to change it back. Anyway I hope this helps. Good luck.