5000 Hungry Sailors Served in RECORD TIME Every Thanksgiving

[@navyproductions]

What do you think it would feel like to celebrate Thanksgiving on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean? Would you enjoy the camaraderie and unique traditions, or miss the comforts of home? Let us know your thoughts below!👇🦃

[@kevinpresley3136]

I was a MS ONUS NASSAU(LHA-4)1983-1987 and USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER(CVN-69) 1991-1994.I can tell the crew would rather be home celebrating with family but we had a job to do.We take care of each other as a second family.

[@charletonzimmerman4205]

I was deployed, Nov. 1980, in Med. we didn't even have ice cream, on CV-67, JFK, 7 no fresh Milk/Powdered.

[@2010mtaylor1]

Thank you to all who are and have served. Happy Thanksgiving!!

[@kentbickford3274]

I am SOOOOO appreciative of all who have had this experience. You are our HEROES!! Gob bless you!

[@bobbiecrider6964]

Thanksgiving Mess cook forward galley 90 days, Forklift driver under resupply "USS Franklin D Roosevelt" CVA 42 1973 EASTERN MED... On station 73 Yom Kippur Parachute Rigger PR-3 CVW SIX VA-87 weapons loading team member. Very proud Of My time served In The US Navy as a volunteer.

[@sharroncalundan7794]

Thank you.

[@joemoore4027]

Served on the USS Constellation in the 70's. We got gray hot dogs, rice and beans with warm bug juice on the side. If you worked the flight deck night shift you got the same crappy meal night after night. Good old days.

[@porkc78nj19]

spent my reserve time in the Navy.. and they have the best food.. vs ARMY..

[@capnsalty0200]

Thanks for serving

[@hilltop8286]

Not an aircraft carrier (CVN). The ship featured is an amphibious assault ship, with approximately 2000 sailors and Marines onboard while underway. Primary mission to deploy the Marine Expeditionary Unit with their combat cargo and aircraft to conduct ship to shore combat and humanitarian operations.

[@bert-bb3cm]

We the Army Soldiers are happy to have a hot meal. Turkey mermites and scallops potatoes 😊😅😮 and dehydrated fruit cocktails. Yummy 😋

[@gilbertahsam643]

I was with 1st infantry Division 73 to 77 and we had Thanksgiving but it was limited amount of a Thanksgiving dinner.

[@scm24]

Ill take that over MREs during my day; or, C-RATs during my late old mans tenure...

[@shereemorgan1430]

Thank you for your service ❤️!

[@jasonmitchell432]

Funny how almost none of your footage is actually from a thanksgiving meal.

[@lynmurray83]

Yeah, some folks don't *do* turkey or celebrate Thanksgiving...it was my experience that we could always have something different to eat on Thanksgiving if turkey and fixin's weren't our thing. Omelets, Pizza, chicken, hamburgers, you name it. One thing the Navy does is feed seamen well❤

[@jasonmitchell432]

@ my dad never minded the food. He was on carriers.

[@lynmurray83]

@@jasonmitchell432heard from some of my Navy brothers that *the best* food, arguably, is served on submarines, they had the best cooks, ate meals fit for kings...and I believe them. Just imagine being in a tin can *under* the ocean, no fresh air, no walking or relaxing on the flight deck. Food, suddenly, becomes hyper important 🍽 😋😋😋 I was in aviation, so not seafaring. The chow hall at NAS JAX (VP5 1977-1983) wasn't the best, but it was more than just tolerable, it was pretty darned good...but go to Bermuda or Iceland and wow, the food was fantastic -- and plentiful😁 I even once took a whole turkey and a ham back the the barracks, along with all the fixin's because we had a couple crews out sweeping the ocean for Russian subs and they were missing supper. So the cook said, "were closing up, here let me set you up" (I was an aviation storekeeper, so procurement of all manner of things were my specialty and pride) So 4 pies (2 apple and 2 sweet potato), a gallon of mashed potatoes, a gallon of gravy, 2 gallons of salad, a gallon of fresh green beans (not canned!😋), 2 quarts of freshly made cranberry sauce, 40+ biscuits, 2 loaves of soft, fresh white bread (because sandwiches😘😋) a pound of butter...just EVERYthing needed for a Thanksgiving feast for the flight crews, sonar techs and navigator, for two planes, and boy were they surprised and overjoyed to find a feast laid out in the officer's lounge/barracks. Add a trough of beer on ice and it was a memorable Thanksgiving (1982) for all❤🌻☮ Yep, the Navy has some fantastic cooks/chefs...and kinder folks one could never meet. No one went hungry, ever, in my squadron ❤☮ 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pause10two4]

You may have missed the meal being eaten just after the 3:00 mark and groups seated together eating throughout the video. That’s about as good as it gets, since everyone is still working different areas, different shifts. There is no “thanksgiving meal” where everyone stops and eats like they would at grandmother’s house. Instead “the meal” is served over the hours cafeteria-style as crew and airmen come and go.

[@bobbiecrider6964]

@@lynmurray83 My cousin Dave joined a year after I enlisted. He was stationed in Antigua as a cook. He met his wife there and they are still together. In their home all these years later Dave makes gourmet dinners for his family and friends Sent his children to school every day with the most envied lunches in the cafeteria from the skills he acquired while serving in the US Navy in 1973.

[@UnderThreatNation5.0]

Get ready. Navy craziness is coming to the Department of Defense, and I don't mean the holidays either.

[@簡伊通]

Thank you to all who are on duty at this moment and will all have a delicious Thanksgiving meals on November 28th this week. God bless America.

[@thomasfradette1991]

Army guy. Had a couple in a mess hall. Had one under my truck.

[@DerkuiDerkui]

I prepared one and it was hell

[@RazaAli-l3h]

They deserve more respect and recognition… they are the reason we all idiots are feeling safe… 😢

[@JessicaFallen]

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃❤

[@didierpotolos3319]

That' its!! I'm join now!!

[@dace938]

I did eat well, I must say ! RM3 Petey 73-77

[@anthonyferrara2222]

Does the Captain and XO eat with the crew?

[@davlax]

It’s their choice on occasions. Normally the top brass eat in the wardroom (officers dining area) with rest of the ship’s officers.

[@jrmotorsports5532]

Thanks!

[@jeromethiel4323]

I've seen both land based, and sea based cooking on a mass scale. I've also seen mass cooking on the civilian side. The comparison isn't even close. On the civilian side you can put extra square footage and personnel to work for you. Both are limited on the military side, especially at sea. Sure, the civilian food is generally better, but then they don't have to work with one hand tied behind their backs. And the civilian side gets better quality supplies. I've seen the food the military gets before it gets cooked. Quite a lot of it is labeled "for institutional use only." That basically means prison food. So while you might be getting a steak dinner, it's not steak house steak, it's closer to prison steak. That being said, the food i had on board a naval vessel was not bad at all, and was quite often excellent. Which is a real testament when you take the quality of the ingredients into consideration! ^-^

[@sandistolle4874]

It would be nice if you incorporated some new footage.

[@YorkGod1]

Very nice Video! Now I feel Hungry!!!!

[@ChildofGod315]

🔥There are so many different obstacles that I face as a single mother. Jesus continue to give me strength as I struggle to provide for my children both are special needs and require so much from me. I keep faith no matter what, so I turn to you now Heavenly Father to carry me because I can’t do it alone.💕

[@markatingi8645]

9:22 sailors take a break to enjoy a Hard-Earned Meal

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Wonderful Thanksgiving 🦃🍁Celebration video. Thankful for your services in keeping our country safe👍🏽

[@finkum09]

Headline does not make sense, if there are 17,000 meals made for 5000 sailors does that mean each sailor gets over 3 meals each :) ?😆

[@lynmurray83]

Three hots and a cot✌😋

[@bobbiecrider6964]

@@lynmurray83 Forward gallery open 24-7 Stacks of Sandwiches and bug juice to go. Donuts or cinnamon roll and coffee. Flight ops never sleeps. As A naval airman I never slept on a cot, not once. I had a berth.

[@ricksmith7631]

three thanksgiving meals each, wow, i bet half the ship is asleep while Detroit's kicking Chicago's ass on the field.

[@MrSTOUT73]

If there are 5,000 sailors why would they need to prepare 17,000 Thanksgiving dinners?

[@weirdload58]

Sucks being you.

[@MrSTOUT73]

@@weirdload58 Happy Thanksgiving to you too ... and thank you for the intelligent insightful reply.

[@martinjenkins6467]

I think they mean 3 meals a day.

[@ricksmith7631]

@@martinjenkins6467 maybe they should say that but saying 17000 thanksgiving meals has more punch to suck viewers into it. another you tube first, no wait, you tube does this all the time.

[@jacquelinefilby1842]

They already had Thanksgiving on some aircraft carriers.

[@LaurenParkhurst-q5f]

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[@charletonzimmerman4205]

There are "NO" gas stoves, on US NAVY , ships.

[@JusticeAlways]

Their stoves are nuclear powered. 😅

[@JusticeAlways]

Er...uh...take a look/see at 3:54 Oops! 😅

[@bobbiecrider6964]

They cook a lot with stream Grill with electricity,🤣

[@nickbarton9819]

Bingo

[@emeraldkimble7602]

The busiest day for long distance calls defaults to costly satellite bsyatem

[@khadeejarahman8372]

Oh dear, here's me wishing you all at Sea and in the Air, a Very Merry Christmas with all it trimmings (Ha-Ha)! As you traverse Comrades, may you always encounter calm seas and cool air now & forevermore (Amen/Ameen)! Cheers, stay safe, stay well and remember to at all times be true to yourselves for our Good Lord is always watching upon us! Fellow Comrade! Khadeeja Alghali-Rahman (London, UK)💪👋😭🤣🥳🎉🎥🕴️🦌🦋🦗🕵️🧑‍🍳⚓👁️🐔🕊️🦢🐑🐄🧞🏋️🤼🐘🦞🐾❤️🐞🌴🏞️🦕🐉🐊🐢🦖🏜️🌜🌛😊

[@Yohoo272]

Why would you prepare 17,000 Turkey dinners for 5,000 sailors? Do they eat three dinners each?

[@riff2072]

17,000/5000=3.4 Dinners per Sailor. OR could it be that you are using footage from other videos and have no clue what you are talking about.

[@ricksmith7631]

most likely, i recognize some of the footage from other videos.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

In common with most living in the free world, we find the US to be deeply dysfunctional and have never understood what “thanksgiving” is meant to be about other than a time when US families overeat and argue endlessly. That US Americans seem to constantly thank their military personnel for simply doing their jobs, is something that most of the world regards as weird, but it seems that thanksgiving celebrates them being together and away from home. Turkey seems a weird choice to be eaten almost universally in the US. A dry and tasteless bird, drenched in chemicals of all sorts that are banned in Europe, it’s a dish our family would never consider eating or serving to others. I have restaurants and gastropubs in several European countries and would never consider allowing turkey to appear on any menu.

[@fitnessfoodbyvchen9735]

🙏😇🤗

[@s.belton8447]

❤️🤍💙

[@Doman222]

What a waste of time and money. It's like a homeless shelter on steroids. These sailors are useless in battle. 30 drones and the ship is sunk

[@historyre-visited4597]

So damn lame. Year after year, holiday after holiday, these guys roll out these old, worn out bits. Hey, NAVY! How about some actual new footage, eh? Your getting enough of our tax dollars that you can cut some fresh crap.

[@marcuswalton2922]

Is the Navy, stooping very, very, low, to keep people away from their families, on Thaksgiving?

[@paulb8603]

American food rations lol 🇬🇧🇺🇸, in time of need what would the American navy eat, actually surprised no McDonald’s on board 😂