Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge Walk Through

A first person point-of-view walk through of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) showcasing the life of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines and sailors while on ship. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. The video was shot with a GoPro Hero3 using a Chesty Mount. Due to operational security, the video was rearranged in a non-linear timeline. Video by Sgt. Chris Stone | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 07.28.2013
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[@bmx7596]

I started out on this ship in 2001 I think, they were in the shipping yards when I arrived as a boot.

[@skateforleisure]

Good vid. I am going to be sooo lost once deployed lol, thanks for the heads up

[@hamhami9742]

Hell, I was lost when I first deployed on DDG-51.

[@alexsmithsports]

that berthing in the first shot is the exact one i just stayed in !

[@johncameron2545]

I was deployed on this ship as an embarked troop back in 2003 @ ACU-4

[@brent56and1]

The mess decks look so different now. Everything else looks the same.

[@rickjames302]

shouldve seen it back from 05-09 before everything went red in the galley/upgrades

[@tabbman83]

That was the Ward room not the Mess decks.

[@Blakullawitch]

the double wide p-way is always dirty, im gonn secure it next time

[@jasongarcia9988]

Hey man do you have the high def version of this, KZbins high def, slower play speed sucks, but I am trying to recognize a few peeps from this.

[@williambradfordbaldwin4386]

Greetings USS Kearsage! Do you think you would be able to handle a humanitarian relief effort in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey? I thought hovercraft deploying amphibious vehicles there could be of tremendous help, just an idea!?

[@Kreege]

The three months I spent onboard the USS kearsarge in 2010 were by far the most miserable of my enlistment. I would rather go back to living in mudhuts in afghanistan than go back on a Navy ship.

[@NavyVetSaltyDogs]

I’m going to be an sh on this ship thanks for the insight can’t wait so excited

[@derekmora8427]

Kev Dawg How’s Meridian?

[@NavyVetSaltyDogs]

Derek Mora it wasn’t much to do there but it’s good so can focus on ur school

[@dexterhall63]

,,,,From a LHD-3 Plank-owners point of view, the Kearsarge hasn't changed much...

[@miguelmathewson9213]

My old home the well Deck upper V lower is the boats cage still look like a holding cell?

[@jamessephar9458]

Never had washing machines and dryers for civilian clothes. We had to put our uniform laundry in bags in the compartment and the compartment cleaners would take to Supply to be washed. when completed, they would throw your laundry on your rack (as long as it was stenciled).

[@darrenp428]

My son is in Basic, I guess though he is assigned to this ship. Any thoughts????

[@missouribob7850]

How did it work out? Finish basic? Get his assignment?

[@takemysauce]

@@missouribob7850 he dead

[@hmmm2357]

This reminded me of golden eye.

[@sirjohnmara]

Welcome to Stockholm, Sweden!

[@vmodel2]

my brother is on this right now! :D

[@coashddjj2]

Great video.

[@mr_honkers2530]

My dad helped rescue Scott O’Grady on the ship

[@KennTodd117]

Wow that was its first voyage. I was there as well with 3rd Battalion 8th Marines as a Corpsman. That day was pretty amazing.

[@cmartinez1548]

This was on my deployment back in 2013. Fun times!

[@miguelmathewson9213]

Cornelio Martinez mine was 06 we did sea angle's 2 then did pirate ops

[@rickjames302]

@@miguelmathewson9213 I have my patch from the 06 deployment still. M/V Golden Nori..

[@Cmasten4]

Same here, I saw lots of familiar faces. Crazy to re-live those hallways!

[@dabearswole]

That looks hard to navagait

[@MmmChipotle]

The other side of this ship is a prison.

[@kamone8978]

Wow way different from 15 years ago

[@ZombieCartmanYT]

I did my first tour in Iraq in 2003 when we initially invaded and my unit rode this ship to Kuwait and then back to the US when we went home. Then again in 2005 I was apart of the 26 MEU and I was yet again on board the USS Kearsarge. I gotta tell you as a Marine I really hated being on that ship. We had a Chief down in the well deck that loved to pull the drain plugs on our LAV's and then watch us clean up the oil/water/shit that dumped all over the deck. Also the Naval personnel treated us like absolute shit. We would have to do these giant working parties and I swear to God it would be just us Marines standing in the huge lines passing boxes of supplies while the squids just walked around all nasty. I remember my first moment in the Hangar Bay I saw a Chief demonstrate the nastiest looking salute I have ever seen and I knew from that day forward the Navy was a bunch of civilians in uniform. The man had his feet more than shoulder width apart and when he cut his salute he just held his hand out in front of his face. It was kinda bizarre for me to see having been fresh from boot camp I knew it was disgusting. Speaking of disgusting there was a girl on that ship that weighed every bit of 250 pounds and she got caught trying to fill her Camelbak with chocolate pudding in the mess deck, I swear. We also got rocket attacked while in the bay in Jordan and the Navy literally dropped their guns and gear and ran to get back on the ship. They left a bunch of Marines on the docks to fend for themselves for about a week. Those poor guys didn't even have a change of ass because they were just pulling watch and didn't plan to be on land for more than 8 hours. Luckily I was way up north in the mountains training, so I was not one of those unfortunate Marines that witnessed that. But when we came back to the ship, there were the guys we saw on watch when we left the ship a week prior only the had a lot of extra helmets, flak jackets and strangely most of them were carrying a couple of M14's which are Navy Issue. Like I said the Navy is a bunch of civilians in uniform pretending to be in the military.

[@rickjames302]

Umm, our job was to defend the ship/get underway. Your job was to either ride the ship or be left on the beach. Your co-horts got left in Aqaba Jordan with the hadji amstel lights. But that is fine, you can complain about your ride where your only job while underway was working parties, gun cleanings, gym time/PT, shooting, and eating. Not to mention we weren't the only ship there, complaining about the Ashland too?

[@cadillaccooke811]

Man small world, I did the 26th meu on the LHD7 (Iwo Jima) and we also had shit ass hazmat cheifs try to start shit with LAR. Hope LHD3 was a decent ride, LHD7 sucked donkey balls. What CO were you with? I was a black knight

[@ZombieCartmanYT]

Cadillac Cooke I was with Charlie Company 2nd LAR. The Kearsarge was not a great time at all. We had to get haircuts down in this tiny barber shop that had 4 seats and we got one seat per unit which meant 4 different lines going down a tiny set of p-ways. Then the squids came along and told us we couldn’t line up where we were because we had completely clogged the p-way. Which just went over really well for those of us that had already spent hours in line. The ship store was hoarding all the tobacco products for the squids and telling the Marines they were sold out. The lazy POGs made us do all the work so we knew what was there. Idiots.

[@cadillaccooke811]

@@ZombieCartmanYT sounds fucking parallel to my experience, amazing how shit doesn't change. Did you know delta got disbanded in like 2018? Pretty much when I was getting my dd214 those Bois were fucking gonnnnne

[@WithoutAnyChances]

@@cadillaccooke811 I left LAR about 5-6 months ago and they formed a new platoon called FLAR, which is an anti-terrorist platoon lol

[@pancakelazaro3476]

Looks a bit like an Aircraft Carrier

[@chuckr9938]

Its an amphibious assault ship. Has a smaller flight deck with no type of launch or recovery catapult. Good enough for helo's and Harrier jets that don't need a long runway. The stern part of the ship opens up and floods with water in an area called the well deck so Hovercrafts, Amphibious assault vehicles and other landing craft can come inside and pick up Marines for beach assaults.

[@pancakelazaro3476]

I mean I did know it was an assault ship, but thanks for the really good description.

[@mikeysclips]

Got a bit gay there at 01:10

[@navyplumberboy8274]

Taco tuesday huh.

[@NgJackal1990]

What the hell did he put on scram egg? Disgusting!

[@anthonywhelan5419]

Terrible sound track and atrocious videoing. Sorry.