Life on an aircraft carrier

[@Ben-bg2lp]

"The sailors love it" Ahh, the sweet sounds of 15 Ton aircraft hitting the deck every few minutes when you're trying to sleep.

[@avfuels]

I think that's why my hearing is bad. Our compartment was right under the arresting gear.

[@AA-bz1pr]

@@mohdnor9803 Are you okay?

[@Rich-ms8dm]

That's just me snoring. Sorry

[@bruceanderson7762]

Or the catapult breaking on launches. L O U D...

[@ws8061]

V-2 or Deck department?? Lol

[@BrackenCechir]

Like skittles, scattered in the rain A true poet

[@johnjones5354]

I actually laughed when I heard that, since that is how they are referred to by the non aviation rates, as "skittles".

[@arcosprey4811]

That was hilarious

[@tylergooding9743]

😆😆😆😆

[@LIONTAMER3D]

a laureate

[@bozhijak]

MCPO Roy Batty.

[@nicb9507]

When he said the sailors love being sailors I headed straight for the comments lmao. I served on 3 carriers in my 4 years and nahhhh.

[@ferdrewflores3014]

Uuuu dd ! 😵😲😬😁🙏

[@jerrydiver1]

You didn't love bein' a sailor? Well, I did 3 carriers in my 20 years, and thought I had the best job on the ship. I had one rough tour, working for a chief who swore he'd bust me to 2nd class before one of us left, but in the end I ended up saving his ass when the Div Officer caught him gundecking a PMS check on a fire station. I was the only PO1 to ever have a stateroom in the U.S. Navy, to my knowledge. Feel free to correct me if you know of another. I knew everybody on the ship; I was President of the First Class Association, Asst Mars Station Operator, Dept LPO/DCPO, Asst Air Transfer Officer, coach of the ship's Captain's Cup and City League softball teams, inport JOOD/inport DC team access and overhaul and the 1900-0700 Aviation Weather Forecaster for OA Div, and all that on just one of those three, the old Lexington (AVT-16). I could get a pair of flight deck boots for people who never walked the flight deck in a 4 year tour; the guy the CO, XO, Cheng, Gator and OpsO got the 0400 weather brief from on the bridge to plan the day's operations and the guy who got called back up there out of his rack if the CO decided he didn't trust the ship's wind anemometer in the middle of the dang day! Now how could you not love that? I'd gladly do things that would get me branded a pervert to get just one day of that life again. I love my Navy and every last one of the people who sacrifice to be out there at the pointy end of the sword. AG1, USN, Ret.

[@andrewarnold9818]

I like parts of it. But only because I have to find some way to enjoy my life, I'd much rather be not on the boat

[@retirednavy8720]

I spent 25 years in the USN. Served on 6 different classes of ships including precomming this one. I enjoyed every minute of it. If you served on 3 carriers in 4 years that means you were a squadron member and not ship's company. Squadron members don't really know what it is like to be a part of the crew of a ship. Y'all are mere visitors.

[@nicb9507]

@@retirednavy8720 I was a machinist mate bro, I was on 3 different carriers and didn't really like it. Miss the people though... Some

[@FEROCIOUSZ]

“A never ending battle with dust” bro truer words could not have been spoken. Every morning at cleaning stations you’re just sitting there thinking “I bet Chief goes around with a bag of dust and sprinkles this shit around the space”

[@SMATF5]

I would rather spend eternity in hell than cleaning stations.

[@Apocalypse9696]

whre does the dust comes from on an aircraft carrier, when there is no land??

[@stanv9553]

@@Apocalypse9696 Most dust comes form human skin

[@Apocalypse9696]

@@stanv9553 oh i see. So many people living in such a small space must mean a lot of dust due to dead skin. Thanks for the info

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Its a battle everyone has to fight, not only active servicemen... I have lost the battle unfortunately many times. :(

[@bstewartexecutivecarcare6953]

I spent 2 years on a carrier and during that entire time NEVER met anyone that loved being there! Yes we enlist and get sent to a ship and we do our jobs. But that never translates to love being away from family and friends for 6 months or more at a time. Proud to have served, but damn happy I'm out and never have to set foot on another ship again (unless it's a cruise ship and even then I would only go if someone gave me a ticket)! I worked in Air Ops and CATCC and have to say NAVY pilots are the best in the world. They do what no other branch does or can do. 🇺🇸

[@oldsalt7534]

Served 29 months on a destroyer in the mid 60s. We were proud to have served but most of us just wanted to go home.

[@bstewartexecutivecarcare6953]

OldSalt now sailors have internet connection so it's easier to stay in touch with loved ones. I served in the mid 70's and mail call was huge deal. But still I doubt anyone loves being deployed.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@bstewartexecutivecarcare6953 No. Maybe a single sailor. One you have a bride and kids... Nope.

[@LFransson]

Then you were doing it wrong.

[@faceripper77]

How anyone enlists in the navy is beyond me. Seriously how did they get you?

[@normandy3065]

"There are literally sailors everywhere"...thanks captain obvious. What the hell did you expect on a NAVY SHIP?!?!?

[@devanshudwivedi5875]

USAF personnel complaining about the air conditioning

[@randyballweg6079]

Lol I know it's a floating city.. With 1000s of sailors... And they need to be feed!! Really people eat food??? LMAO.. Peace.✌

[@cowboytim9882]

@@randyballweg6079 They probably need to go to the bathroom, too! Imagine that!

[@JL-dg4so]

Dumb&Dumber.!!!! L.O.L.

[@crackernumber2]

lots of seaman

[@saboabbas123]

I lived on an aircraft carrier for three years. What an adventure! 4 square meals a day, no shopping for groceries, no cooking, no washing dishes, laundry done by ships personnel; nothing to worrry about but my job. I saw many parts of Europe, met many different people and did things I would never have done if I had not joined the Navy.

[@Old.Man.Of.The.Mountain]

Well, at least you were one sailor who seemed to have loved it.

[@Slygolem1]

@@Old.Man.Of.The.Mountain Those are the sailors that barely work.

[@faceripper77]

Three years good god

[@HawkSailor95]

It’s like any job that has it’s bad days but I lived in the Kitty Hawk and we enjoyed our port visits and got to do a lot of neat stuff that would have never happened if I hadn’t joined!

[@AidosTheMan]

sounds like a waste of tax pay money

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

The worst day on an aircraft carrier is when the air conditioner breaks

[@edgarsabio1688]

Yeah.For a week.Its like hell on the ship without airconditiong.

[@jerrydiver1]

That'll all change for you, come your first carrier fire. On the day they don't just separate the men from the boys, but line up the dead over here and the horribly burned but still breathing over there. Don't believe me, go find one of the survivors of Enterprise, Forrestal or Oriskany and ask what their worst day ever on a carrier at war was.

[@bestamerica]

hi S... ' use normal cooling fan or walk outside

[@bestamerica]

hi S... ' drink ice cold liquid and help cool in body

[@frankharris1649]

@@jerrydiver1 you left out the USS Ranger CV61 .

[@sergiuvolda1155]

"The sailors love being sailors" never have I heard a CO lie through their teeth as bad as when I heard that

[@aldofhister6859]

Okay you don't love it- but why did you join up?

[@End-of-Winter]

@@aldofhister6859 - Often because we don't know better.

[@hovanti]

@12BJJohnson I was a "spook" (CT), and spent 2.5 years on shore in Japan; that sure wasn't bad either.

[@krane15]

You only need a couple to agree. So out of 6000 he wasn't lying.

[@rickeys]

The REAL sailors loved their job. The pansies complained about it.

[@Ben82077]

For an hour, everyday, everyone cleans. Me: 😆😆😆...never seen an officer with broom or mop.

[@abcdef-kx2qt]

THEY B ZIPPER HEADS - ZERO`S

[@rynohorn3819]

In 04 on CVN 74 we had a chaplain come back to the fantail regularly during material condition hour. He'd sweep and mop his ass off.

[@stanstenson8168]

Or a chief.

[@MarkSmithSa]

I was an officer. Cleaned sea strainers, fuel injectors, steam ejectors and heads. We all do in the RN.

[@squidusn71]

@@MarkSmithSa he/she is talking about during cleaning stations.

[@RaptorJesus.]

2:13 imagine how proud people must be when you tell them you're a sailor on a navy aircraft carrier, but not telling them your literally just a cashier at the shop. XD

[@JENDALL714]

Most Sailors have little time to use the gym, mostly it's Officer's who use the gym. Underway, you work 18 hours a day and spent the rest trying to sleep if you can.

[@jerrydiver1]

Well that's a damn lie. Our carrier's workout spaces were equal opportunity all the way. Stop your dang whining and grow up. I wonder if anybody's ever gotten 18 hours work out of such a whiny baby. The officers, chiefs and leading petty officers on a Navy ship work their butts off, as much taking care of their people as in whatever technical function they have.

[@JENDALL714]

@@jerrydiver1 Dummy, how did you get in the Navy if you can't comprehend what you read? No one said, it wasn't equal opportunity, I said it was mostly Officer's, nothing was said about it being segregated. You definitely must be a non rate, because no other rate would have someone who can't read and comprehend what they read.

[@jerrydiver1]

@@JENDALL714 Hey, JENDALL, hopefully you've gotten your wussy conduct discharge and found a place where they reserve the gym for you and the other 'special' people. I'm wondering why your impression of your ship was formed by how much gym time and sleep time you were able to squeeze in. What were your responsibilities in your division? Did you train your division's people in how to get out of their berthing space blindfolded to the outside of the ship during a fire? Did you teach them how to work over the side safely in a bosun's chair 100 ft or more above the water (or pier)? Did you teach them how to maintain your fire station equipment, emergency breathing devices, battle lanterns and all the other safety equipment for saving lives, lead them through the course at firefighting school, help them study for advancement exams, write their evaluations, go and get them out of jail during port visits, be on call for them 24 hours a day the whole time your ship was in home port and generally support them every day? That's what responsibility for me was from the moment I put on First Class eight years into my 20. I took care of my people, and got three thrown out. One was a peeping Tom, one a rapist and one derelict in her duty. I'm one of hundreds of thousands of Navy veterans who was a leader and carried the load. And excuse us for failing to be impressed by the whiners who couldn't hack it and sound like somebody's rebellious 12-year old. But you're gonna do just fine; there's plenty enough like you, judging from the remarks on here, that you could have a monster following on Twitter. These are your people, dude.

[@JENDALL714]

@@jerrydiver1 Quit your crying sissy.

[@Slygolem1]

Three words for RX Department: Five and dimes.

[@everydaytomorrow]

There will be no confusion about who is CO onboard😂😂

[@terrellma]

Cuz there shouldn't be, and never is. Same with the XO. But its like being a celebrity on board.

[@airframer120]

Flight deck jersey should be always labeled

[@veryhairykrishna7225]

He spoke like a moron.

[@Ranrandagandagan]

C O

[@williamkeith8944]

When he goes ashore his wife wears the "CO" shirt...

[@christianrosa1120]

Officer trying to justify how the enlisted sleep lol

[@TheBongSauce]

Yea, enlisted work the hardest shittiest jobs and are forced to live in quarters with dozens of other people.

[@chardtomp]

Sleep was never an issue when I was in. You were always so exhausted you could sleep anywhere, anytime. I saw guys sound asleep on the steel deck waiting for an unrep to begin.

[@Ryan-ch4is]

In such a large public relations documentary like this, with the news anchor going to air this on a highly visible news channel, you best believe the CO and probably even his boss did that on purpose. The Navy wants to make sure they are going to be well represented when the public views this. Not a chance in hell were they going to let some enlisted sailor screw up their public image. Only officers were gonna get to talk to the news anchor lol

[@jimwjohnq.public]

While the officers have staterooms.

[@jimwjohnq.public]

@@chardtomp this is a fact. You learned how to sleep at any time and anywhere on a ship.

[@first-offfinally9941]

me: im a sailor on an aircraft carrier. relative: wow! what do you do there? pilot? bridge? fix the aircraft? me: im a- a... im a cashier

[@livewellwitheds6885]

hahaha

[@robjohnson8522]

I slice meat in the officer's Buffet. ;)

[@stacy6633]

A friend of mine was on a carrier. His job was to fill the pop machines. He Said they averaged 12 thousand cans a day.

[@user-pm5nk1xo5q]

🫨

[@tylergibson6299]

We definitely don’t love it. In fact we spend almost 100% of our time bitching about it. But realistically you do get some fairly cool experiences.

[@davidesser8371]

😃

[@justvideos750]

@Vee Ceelmao 😆😂

[@kev3024]

@Vee Cee lol gay sex I'm dead asf

[@b_f_d_d]

@Vee Cee LMAO

[@josephgaray6933]

As a seabee you dont have to deal with this crap

[@mark86326]

Thousands of brilliant people. Thank you for doing this job.

[@bobjohnson9820]

I've seen lots of video on aircraft carriers, but this is the first where I have seen operations in crappy weather. One more reason why I went Army.... God Bless you all Sailors!

[@rickeys]

Because the Army NEVER operates in foul weather. Yeah, right...

[@chrism6904]

@@rickeys He's probably talking about poor weather on BOATS (rocking around and shit).

[@jerrydiver1]

You joined the Army for a guarantee you'll only have to work in fair weather? Sounds like there's a bunch of these children who wished they had such a cushy good deal, too.

[@josephornberg3605]

Thanks for all you do! My prayers and that God keep you safe! Hooah!

[@darkguerilla1824]

They know nothing. Navy personnel may love their jobs but that doesn't mean they like doing it on that ship. Also notice all the escorts were higher tier officers who know nothing of the enlisted life.

[@aeyvan]

Don't the officers start from the bottom as well?

[@BaseballSwagg17]

I L they start at the bottom of the officer ranks, but they still get treated 100 times better than the enlisted ranks

[@darkguerilla1824]

@@aeyvan There are two different routes to officer most generally. The first is get a college degree and/or ROTC and then join and go to the academy and realize once you get on ship that you know absolutely nothing about the navy and all your officer training was BS with a bonus of all the enlisted your supposed to be in charge of not really caring what you have to say as they get their orders from Chief. The second is to go through the enlisted ranks which entails a bootcamp that doesn't prepare you for the navy besides teaching you stuff your parents should of taught you like making your bed and cleaning yourself. Do some time as an enlisted sailor and learn about the real navy and its inner workings and how things really run and then decide to apply for one of the plethora of opportunities to go officer which also depend on how much rank you made as enlisted and aren't normally available to the first option. Then the navy sends you to the academy where you will then learn officer stuff of which some may become useful but the rest you'll discard while having to deal with others trying to become officers who think they know everything even though they've never been to the fleet. However, taking the enlisted to officer route affords you more respect as a mustang officer from the enlisted ranks because they know you know what they know and have seen and experienced all they have.

[@darkguerilla1824]

@@BaseballSwagg17 Depends on several factors including your chain of command. My ship had an XO with 3 cases pending for awhile that ran the CO and made life miserable for all the other officers and enlisted. Needless to say he didn't make rank and was basically force retired. If you have a good Chain of Command that actually cares about the poeple that operate the ship then the navy can be a good experience. Its when you get a Chain of Command that doesn't care about it's sailors and is more worried about appearances and making rank while stepping over everyone to get there that the experience becomes a bad one. I wish they'd make crew morale a more important tenant to making rank for officers as they should be judged on how well their personnel are doing and not just putting checks in a box.

[@BaseballSwagg17]

DarkGuerilla I don’t know much about the Navy, I was in the Marine Corps and deployed a couple times on a ship and the berthing and food was terrible, small rations, place was disgusting, whole bathrooms flooded with shit water going over rough swells, but you already know that haha

[@draindroid9980]

“Cleans I mean really cleans” Shows a guy brushing the floor with a toothbrush.

[@0kisshun0]

what is this mania with the toothbrush in the usa army anyway?

[@draindroid9980]

@@0kisshun0 the army’s anal and the navy is oral

[@johnwahan9086]

I live in Virginia Beach VA. NAS Oceania is near me. You hear the Jets all the time. Especially at the oceanfront. I live on the Chesapeake Bay Side at Cape Henry. You can hear the Jets even late at night sometimes. It never gets boring seeing the jets. I grew up here and can remember the F4 . F14.. A6.. E2. Thank you For keeping me and family safe .

[@amirkazemi2517]

Thank you for your service. making america proud.

[@rwd2213]

9 deployments on Carriers in 22 years. It got real old. Glad I did it, but I'm glad it's done. I've been retired for almost 10 years now, and I still don't miss it. But I can appreciate the memories. Retired FC1(SW/AW) USS Saratoga (CV60) 1990-1994 (3 deployments) USS Constellation (CV64) 1997-2002 (2 deployments) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) 2005-2012 (4 deployments)

[@gjsilvano]

Thank you for your service.

[@antiquebowieknifechannel4611]

I actually go to go inside that ship once! It was amazing.

[@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC]

Thanks for your service to our country.,

[@joet7136]

What did you not like about it? The politics? The food? The job itself? I did a year of active duty training for my mos and wasn't crazy about the army way of doing things(lots of hurry up and wait) but if I had my own place or had to share it with a roommate it wouldn't seem so bad to me.

[@rwd2213]

@@joet7136 Like any job, it just got old after awhile. I went to Dubai 13x, for example. My rate was an FC, I was a CIWS tech. It was fun shooting the guns, don't get me wrong, but I never really wanted to be a tech. I met some great people, and some not so great people. Over the years, the politics crept in, but not as fast as the outside world. One big collateral damage to the military life is my children basically grew up without a dad. I was gone, A LOT. Later, in their teenage years, they didn't seem to connect with me as much as they did with their uncle, who was around more.

[@glyndablackledge4810]

If anyone gets to go on family day on these ships go, I was blessed to go on the Truman family day and it was awesome to be out at sea with the family and seeing the jets land on the ship and at peace in the middle of the ocean watching the dolphins. God bless our Military men and women 💞

[@joereyna3992]

My son is a Petty Officer on the Truman.

[@TheMistysFavs]

@@joereyna3992 -- My son was on the Truman (my daughter was 20 years ago) and now he is on the Lincoln..At this point, I wish he stayed on the Truman..God bless!

[@michelleparsons6068]

I'm going to family day in August, excited to see my Sailor and what his daily life now entails!⚓🇺🇲⚓

[@boatlover2296]

My son is a petty officer on the Ford would love to do family day but I think Covid screwed that up

[@maryanndragoo2977]

Extraordinary video! Thank you! 🇺🇸

[@YR7A]

this isn't one bit what it's like. you will work the hardest and shittiest jobs, and be forced to sleep with dozens of other people in a space no bigger than your living room. You will sleep anywhere because you are perpetually exhausted. everybody's BO mixes into a concoction that will gag a fly, you will never be "clean" from a shower because the water has been recycled 100s of times and smells like chemicals, and the walls of the once metal shower stall are caked with hard water and god knows what else. You will get maybe 5 hours of sleep, 6-7 if you're lucky, you will never have "alone" time, there's always someone 5-10 ft from you. The food is barely "food", it's worse than school lunches in middle school, I have never once seen an officer with a mop, so you can cram that "everybody cleans" statement right up your ass, and none of the higher-ups give one shit about you. this is what they _want_ you to see. Think of what they don't want you to see. oh, and fun fact, the "dust" you see everywhere is dead skin cells, we shed 7 pounds of them a year. Now think about how much dead skin is on a boat crammed full of over 1000 sailors.

[@LadyK007]

LxV3nDeTtAxX 😳😳😳 Thank you for your service

[@TheGiantswin]

LxV3nDeTtAxX , Thank you for your service,. Last I saw it was an all volunteer service.

[@frankieelder3210]

A bitchy sailor is a happy sailor......fucking crybaby what do you want a participation trophy? Maybe a a letter of commendation for doing your job?

[@Scott-ig1zd]

Recycled Water LOL They have 4 distilling uuits 2 in each engine room. The Nimitz class and later can make up to 400,000 of fresh water a day.. USS Nimitz CVN 68 1976-1980.

[@frankieelder3210]

Scott H I do believe that recycled water is called urine.....lol! Great explanation of the water system on a cvn.

[@sync7639]

Imagine training for months to become a sailor just to be called *skittles* scattered in the rain

[@zacharywicklinemedia]

"Sailors love it, sailors love being sailors and love being out here" -CO Eeeehh, No. We do it because we are obligated to fullfil a contract. Being on a carrier is aweful

[@casonjohnson1838]

Zach Wickline exactly, Carrier life sucks, small boys is the way to go

[@whiteribbonman1]

+Cason Johnson Can you clarify?

[@tori9365]

Can you have sex on the ship?

[@kopistedik3542]

@@tori9365 yes babe wants u

[@jsm530]

@@tori9365 it's presumably gay sex since all the guys are bored and depressed. Sounds worse than prison tbh. I love my private sector job

[@Robertmacmedia]

Great to see the deck of the aircraft carrier,and a thank you for serving our great country USA 🇺🇸 to all service members active and or Retired 🇺🇸

[@billybill6604]

God bless murica

[@ryanh.739]

💯🔥🔥😂 The news anchor knows that the rain and the bad weather made this piece even more special. He freaking loved it.... all he could think of is the ratings he's gonna get in his local city.

[@ErGamesOfficial]

1:43 Captain America, is that you?

[@Saurabh____]

Yeah he is

[@internettroll7497]

More like gronk

[@AnnieMustange]

Doesn't look like him at all??

[@BB-te6qm]

It’s a lie when that co says “the sailors love it out here” we hate every.single.second. The food is miserable, we take cold showers more than warm, we don’t get to do laundry often so it gets backed up and shut down, there is no phones or computer to talk to family whenever. And to top it off we make about 26k which is piss poor for that type of sacrifice.

[@humaninterface7153]

Put you have Smartphones right?

[@rickeys]

You're pretty stupid if you think it's like that all the time. And family separation is part of the job. If you didn't know that, you deserve the heartache. Awww... No phones or computer? You sissy.

[@abcdef-kx2qt]

MAKE MILITARY SERVICE MANDATORY TO ALL !!!!!!

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

Pussy. You have it made compared to when I served, and you stil lbitch like a little girl.

[@End-of-Winter]

I mean, he's saying it like it is. It does suck. Y'all are strangely defensive and act like anything we say that doesn't paint the navy in a positive light is a personal attack. It's not. You're not that important. That's what happens when you enmesh yourself completely with the navy.

[@TheMatrixxandRhodesShow]

I was in the Navy. No one loves living on the ship.

[@LICobra]

exactly that's why I was in the Seabee's

[@WarriorsfanDubnation]

LICobra was the Seabee life okay?? I’m thinking of joining

[@LICobra]

I liked it when I was in, although back in the late 70's to early 80's, we had it much better then the fleet guy's in my opinion. Even when deployed with an NMCB we had plenty of opportunities for Liberty...

[@johnnydoe9969]

Then why everyone wants to join the navy and also the largest branch

[@ArmyGuyDan]

My old man said the same thing when he was on a carrier in Vietnam

[@rogerpedrosa1854]

May God bless these sailors. Especially my son who is on U.S.S. Ronald Reagan...🙏

[@maridelarchibald8698]

Bless you.

[@maridelarchibald8698]

Be glad that your Son to serve his Nati

[@semco72057]

That must have been nice to see what goes on with the crew and aircraft aboard the aircraft carriers. I was in the Air Force, but got to see the F-14's and F-18's stationed at a Naval and Marine Corps bases in Southern California while working with them.

[@kingofnothing1433]

I was a QM when I was in the Navy. For those who don't know, QM means quartermaster. But unlike the other branches of the military, if you're a QM in the Navy you work in navigation. This of course means you work on the bridge where the captain is most of the time. I didn't mind working on the bridge because that allowed me to be about the only enlisted person on the ship who could tell the officers (Politely of course) where to go so that the ship would be where it's supposed to be when it's supposed to be there.

[@melodycjefferson1323]

I loved this video. Great job!👍

[@antm64]

Visited my daughter and son-in-law when he was a Supply Lt. on a carrier based out of Norfolk, VA. Daughter and I did a harbor tour...I'll never forget seeing 3 gigantic carriers lined up at the Naval base...IMPRESSIVE!!! Didn't have the opportunity for a Tiger Cruise, but I did get to do a ship tour...INCREDIBLE FLOATING PIECE OF HARDWARE!!!

[@maxwellmauro1]

Hello 🌹🤗

[@terrystephens1102]

Well I’m grateful for those willing to serve on these incredible vessels - can’t underestimate the importance of these vital defence assets.😃👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@rosskemp8322]

US Patriot: "Vital defence asset" 90cent N95 paper mask :Hold my beer...

[@raiyu9623]

"Sailors love being sailors." A definition of fake news.

[@rickeys]

Sissies complain. Sailors do their jobs.

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

I did 22 years and I loved it. I would do it all over again.

[@petebondurant58]

@@rickeys Every sailor complains constantly. What the hell are you talking about? No one loves the Navy, until they're out of it.

[@abcdef-kx2qt]

@@rickeys lifer

[@ma.johnscott55]

Love the Navy best life out there. We're can you go on a cruise for free and see different states.and free clothes and a good meal. All that and a pay check.show me a civilian job that would do all that.serve 20 great yrs I wish could have stay longer.made some good friends, we all like family. Navy is not a job it a adventure.be proud you protecting your country.

[@potomac5448]

Very very intersting comments. I had spent a night on one of the carriers, as a visitor. Unmatchable experience. The courtesy shown to us by each and every one was immense and awsome. Unforgettable experience. Had fun. Great job u people r doing. Wish u all the best.

[@jokesonyu7975]

Damn this man really called the highly dedicated people “skittles”? Lmfao😂

[@bcatypical]

No he didn't. He said they LOOK like skittles. Stop being an idiot.

[@krisraps]

Sailors Everywhere? NO WAY!? On A Navy Ship?

[@RTH-xo6gl]

Officers love it! Carving stations!

[@Lavender_Cordle]

1:55 CDR Fix! My old skipper from when I was stationed at FACSFAC VACAPES. Great man!

[@alfredolivares7265]

i was on the Ike, and spent 4.5 years on that boat. I did love it. Of course, I was single and did 2 med's and the beginning of operation desert shield. Was some of the best times of my young life. I was in Air ops as well as an Air Traffic Controller. Worked departure and Marshall.

[@jimmehlich6093]

Everytime they do these Navy interviews they never mention the heart of the ship the machinist mates who below decks in which the ship depends on them to keep the going. Everything runs off of the ships power plant from weapons to launching jets and navigation. Even taking showers.....

[@MM-cp4tw]

I remember years ago they had a documentary on one aircraft carrier, the people fixing electronics hadn't been above deck "in months".

[@Petersthetics74]

2 westpacs with this boat, 93 and 95...good times.

[@cowboyupnow63]

Mckenzie Frenzy good ole days back then ports were awesome 3 cruises one in 86 and 2 in the early 90’s Carl Vinson was the 1st then the 2 in the 90’s were Enterprise then the Lincoln..AIMD P/P all 3..

[@EmansAdventures]

What a great video, greetings from Massachusetts, I'm Steve Carlin,I have an uncle named john Carlin from Springfield MA, keep up the good work,stay safe,

[@geraldmurphy1428]

Been on USS Franklin D Roosevelt. 1976 it's a whole World. Best 6 months and enjoy every Moment. Retire Navy Veteran. ⚓⚓⚓⚓

[@XVNRX]

I got out the Army in January n watching this feels so refreshing lol

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

VNY D Lol

[@mafiosoquan8170]

How was it

[@XVNRX]

@@mafiosoquan8170 it wasn’t all that I was stationed in Kansas n I didn’t even do my Mos Lol and I worked with a bunch of dumbasses but it was literally 9-5 for me , I didn’t deploy or anything

[@Bafila]

Why does the guy in the thumbnail look like a CG character from an early 2000s video game

[@LightYagami-wt1jw]

Lmao he really does

[@nlrenzo9432]

Nathan Bongard lol

[@jonathanstiles6072]

"The sailors love it". As someone who was on that ship at the time and knows exactly what the command climate and morale was: BULLSHIT.

[@heno02]

Do you want to know more? [x] Yes [ ] No

[@astral1845]

@@heno02 +1

[@redandinata4568]

@@heno02 +1

[@jonathanstiles6072]

​@@heno02 I was onboard from October 2016 to January 2020. Around this time we were regularly heading down off the coast of Florida for workups to deployment. To be blunt: bureaucracy and waste in the United States military is do the detriment of our actual mission capability, and when you run a command by railroading offenders of the most arbitrary infractions either out of the military or down in rank for the sake of... Instilling discipline? Maybe just boredom?... anyway, you get a lot of disgruntled subordinates. Also, the food sucked, fuck Iran, and fuck Duqm

[@heno02]

@@jonathanstiles6072 Bureaucracy is a hallmark of any military (I've served myself, not an American). It's also entirely dependent on the personality of the commander if you are going to be railroaded with bullshit. Luckily my NCO's and officers where pretty cool, so my service was a breeze in that regard. But from what I've heard from others it's a dice roll. On a related note, I recommend "The Hill" (1965), it touches a bit on the subject and is very good, if you ever have time and the inclination.

[@ronvavra]

I served on the Constellation CV 64 and the Saratogo CVA 59. Contrary to many commenters, I didn't hate it. It's an experience of a lifetime. Some good, some not so much but all in all, glad I had the opportunity.

[@jerrydiver1]

Lexington, Saratoga and Forrestal for me. There's sure a bunch of panty-waisted crybabies commenting on here, huh?

[@davidreed7718]

Cva59 was the USS FORESTAL

[@davidreed7718]

And the Roosevelt

[@ronvavra]

@@davidreed7718 yup, don't know why I typed 59. Saramagoo was 60.

[@nathanh.4263]

"The sailors love it" -no... we don't

[@brownjoshua7]

Yeah no joke!

[@nathanh.4263]

@@airwipe1639 If I could advise you on anything, it would be to not join. It would take pages on pages to explain why we hate carriers, going out to sea, being away from family, getting paid shit to work 12 hrs 7 days a week. I'm not being mean when I say this but that list goes on and on. I have so many pictures of the ship running out of food and serving only rice. Having a berthing at 110 degrees in the Persian gulf, leadership that doesn't care unless you have tits and an ass, etc etc etc.

[@airwipe1639]

Nathan Herbert well that pretty much sums up everything of why you would hate it, and now I even hate it!

[@sovietkrab1871]

@@nathanh.4263 exactly true

[@normandy3065]

@@nathanh.4263 oh man, I look forward to that. At least if you always eat rice, then it'll prepare you for Pacific deployments for when you arrive in Japan or some other Asian country

[@gogogravity]

USS Midway CV 41 82-85 here! Yes, loved being out at sea.

[@rogerwilcoshirley2270]

I'm so envious, you lucky (sea) dogs!!! For sure, whether you get out or stay in and make a great career out of the USN , you will reflect back on this great experience almost each and every day for the rest of your life ! I'm retired Army and was well suited to a life close to the bosom of Mother Earth but if i could do it again ( and certainly wish i could) it would be with the USN , of course i would request carrier service but a tin-can way way out in the Pacific as far as possible from the incredibly weird fretful masses would be great also.

[@johnschneider4160]

🙄

[@mattgiguere5638]

Thank all of you who do what you do to protect OUR FREEDOM! THANK YOU! 🇺🇸

[@sivione]

what a BS

[@robertferguson3020]

Was on 6 carriers, f14 tomcats, 16 yrs in navy, made lots of west pace, don't miss it

[@maridelarchibald8698]

I think when your job is your passion you feel great. I love watching the Jet taking off and landings.

[@asmrpebbles8749]

Love the way the planes stop. dangerous, 3 seconds.

[@maxwellmauro1]

How are you doing beautiful lady ❤️

[@ronwescott7284]

wow bigger ship with more room...was on a older carrier and the ships store was not that big....it was just a room...no rowing machines...only officers chiefs and first class had bunks like that...so this would be paradise for us old sailors...and the mess decks were weapon transfer stations

[@rodneycaupp5962]

4 YEARS...., 2 Great ships, with great Captains.... and 3 years at sea ? It turns out that was enough for me.

[@veekatore8983]

I was a contractor and spent a lot of time on the USS Carl Vinson. And a little on the Abe. A few times went out to sea and I can't convey what it's like being on deck when Jet fighters are taking off and landing. It basically will blow your mind. It's just too much to comprehend. Then to see all the perfection and excellence in the support to make that happen as well as every thing else is stunning. I once got lost and went into a restricted area which I'm sure someone got in trouble and by the way these carriers have very, very serious marines on board..lol You have no clue what's protecting our Freedom. Also some of the best food I ever ate.. Thank you to all of our men and women protecting our nation and the world for that matter..

[@mikegracie3212]

One of the most dangerous places to be working outside of combat is the flight Deck of an Aircraft Carrier during flight ops. I spent 4.5 years on Carl Vinson when she was young

[@veekatore8983]

@@mikegracie3212 Were you on it before they integrated female sailors? People have no clue what the flight deck is like. There is no way to actually describe it. I was on the Abe once but never on it's flight deck.. Thank you for your service. I will say I had some of the best dinners on the Vinson..Best rib eye steaks and even Lobster once.. lol

[@mikegracie3212]

@@veekatore8983 I was there from 84 to 88. I used to run on the flight Deck for exercise and even if the started an aircraft engine for a maintenance turn I was out of there. We had a couple of awesome gyms while I was there and even a functional sauna. I went there after a ship with a crew of 350, what an adjustment.

[@veekatore8983]

​@@mikegracie3212 Thank you for your service. That ship like all other Aircraft carriers are. It's absolutely amazing. There is no way to explain what the flight deck is like let alone how that Carrier operates. Like and how professional and competent all the crew and officers are and the ability to work as a team.

[@mikegracie3212]

@@veekatore8983 good teamwork on the Flight Deck literally the difference between life and death.

[@Thomrigg]

I spent 3 years on the Coral Sea CVA-43 and loved every minute of it from the moment I stepped on the afterbrow until the minute before I stepped back on it to leave the ship.

[@aukusti3761]

Thom Rigg Dang! Shame that my country dosent have aircraft carriers. I guess in couple of years when i complete my military service ill do it on a small fregate

[@KAMZA.]

@@aukusti3761 where are you from? Hows sea life? :)

[@SimplyStrength043]

I love how the first guy being interviewed looks so casual wearing a normal sweater and looks like he is about to watch Netflix with his daughter

[@tylerjack4243]

Aircraft carriers are actually incredibly fast. They can get across the Atlantic in two days if needed

[@Donnie9by5]

Cody Sutton not true! Sail on two carriers USS AMERICA AND USS HANCOCK! Both westpac cruises one from Virginia and one from San Francisco! On the America did around the world cruse back to Virginia!

[@peterstewart7332]

@William Runyan 4-5 days at best speed. Carriers can sustain 30+ knots for extended periods pretty easily and its about 3,600 miles to cross the Atlantic. Issue becomes escorts keeping up though. Burkes and Tico's are designed to do 30+ alongside but blow through fuel at incredible rates when they're moving that fast.

[@mikestalberg6591]

Besides the obvious advantage for quick deployment, carriers need speed to launch and recover aircraft. By heading into the wind, every knot the ship plus wind makes is one that the aircraft don’t have to achieve.

[@danielshaw8049]

@@peterstewart7332 That's what I figured. On a ssbn we crossed from Scotland to New London, CT in 4 days traveling at 21 knots.

[@garyquidort621]

@@Donnie9by5 i was on the america 1966

[@Valeij221]

"looking like skittles scattered in the rain." The skittles:

[@60vanbaker]

Glad I joined the USAF not the USN. In Thailand we had house girls to clean our rooms shine our shoes make our beds. Life was good🙂 I worked 16 hours on 32 off.

[@jerrydiver1]

Yep, there's a crap-load of these kids who should have joined the USAF instead of the Navy. They miss their house-girls (well, their mommies, just between us) and can't understand why there's nobody cleaning up their room for them like they used to have it (dare I even say it!) as Civilians.

[@steveparish4209]

Did it for 4 years back in the early '90's. Hated it then but relish the memories now.

[@kryptoekid]

Top bunk directly underneath cat 1 was no picnic, but eventually you get used to the late night sorties. Crossing the line of death was a heart pumping adrenaline filled adventure as well.

[@lostsoul3154]

Love my US Navy but glad to have taken my chances on the ground in 'Nam -- US Army.

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

This can't be that bad if a submarine is worse than this

[@mcrunnin1737]

Michael Garcia correct

[@bestamerica]

hi M G... ' ussr russia kursk submarine was the big worse disaster

[@DaveL188]

Worked the flight Deck on a aircraft carrier, it's exciting for the first 3 days, 125 launches and recovery each day then it gets old real fast.

[@rosskemp8322]

US NAVY: "When this thing with its 50 strike planes shows up nations are in fear!!" COVID19😂..OH YEAH ..HOLD MY BEER...

[@stephenperkins3294]

Have a smoke.....😎

[@stephenperkins3294]

And another... .

[@leomartin5965]

Carriers are an engineering marvel.

[@Gonzino22]

“The sailors love it” says the CO with his own stateroom

[@chaplainpaul5326]

Good story. Aircraft carriers are amazing

[@trwashere5906]

Thanks, I enjoyed the 5 minutes of this experience, but not one minute more.

[@williambaumbeck7048]

To the proof readers: Explosive weapons are called ordnance. Ordinance is a written law or directive. Spellcheck isn't always correct.

[@melvillbrown2021]

Much respect and appreciation for our men and women in service. Keep protecting America, we are behind you.

[@herbie747]

They don't protect America. They go abroad to start shit with other countries.

[@puppethound]

Best and most powerful Navy in the history of the world.

[@ianjenkins8114]

I’m amazed a man with the literacy level of John Carlin can obtain a news anchor position. Slipping standards.

[@jamesdoran9423]

I loved it. Been out since 1983, and miss it every day. For you whiners, just remember- a bitching sailor is a happy sailor!. Also, those coffin racks are great - relatively speaking. My 1st 2 bird farms (of 8) had canvas stretched between pipes, with a thin mattress, a mattress cover, a blanket and a pillow. Racks were stacked 4 high in some places. Top rack was best because we didn't have A/C and you could tie a tee shirt around a vent pipe in such a way as one sleeve would send the air one way, the other sleeve the other way and the neck would blow it tight on you. You could also stow stuff in the overhead - cigs, lighter, butt kit, flashlight, books, etc. Dress Blues were folded inside out and placed on the canvas under the mattress, that way you could press them in your sleep. Everything else you owned except your Peacoat and your Raincoat went into a 3x3x3 foot locker. After reveille we really did trice up our racks, they swung up and locked to the stanchions. Our berthing compartment was also the after air launched missile assembly room with two bomb elevators in it. My ships were CVA-14, CVS-10, CVA-64, CVN-68, CV-59, CV-67, a Spanish Navy Carrier formerly USN CVL-28, and CVN-69. Only did the first two as a white hat, the others I did as a Gunner (W-1, CWO2, CWO3, CWO4).

[@jackrose5077]

Holy SHIT that's impressive! Mad respect.

[@gjsilvano]

Thank you for your service.

[@spearofconquest]

sounds like you enjoyed it because you had to, not because you wanted to. Military works like that. Indoctrinates dumb young adults into being mindless drones that take pride in doing menial shit nobody cares about, but that is necessary. I mean who else in the world but a mouth breathing soldier could handle being told what to do like a child for years upon years with no freedom in the middle of an ocean?

[@anthonygonzales1897]

US Navy looks awesome !!

[@petebondurant58]

Yeah...go enlist and serve on a ship. It isn't really all that awesome.

[@rodolfomorenoiii135]

@@petebondurant58 You think army is better than navy?

[@petebondurant58]

@@rodolfomorenoiii135 No. The military sucks all the way around.

[@rodolfomorenoiii135]

@@petebondurant58 Then why do people keep serving over the years?

[@petebondurant58]

@@rodolfomorenoiii135 Welfare. The military is a welfare state. If you make it through your twenty years...you have a decent pension. If you get out clean after four years, you get paid to go to college, and there are hiring preferences for government jobs.

[@dougpoulton5544]

I was an ET with TSEC clearance on the Kitty Hawk in 1967-'68 but if I went into CIC on a modern ship today I wouldn't even know what I was looking at. I can't recognize a single antenna array on the island of these newer ships, much less what system they're associated with.

[@bobcarr5497]

I did 3 years active duty on two ships USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 in Alameda CA from January 1988 till April 1989 and a 6 month west pack including 120 straight days in the Indian Ocean. Then went to the USS Iowa BB-61 Norfolk VA April 1989 to September 1990 and a 6 month Med cruise with only a two week leave in between to visit home before reporting to the Iowa and another six month deployment. My experience had its high points and struggles but i was proud to serve my country and was fortunate to have a LPO 1st class Adams that took me under his wing when i arrived on the Vinson from boot camp and trained me on the " real navy" which helped a young kid that thought he knew everything but actually knew nothing. Lol. There was others of course but Po1st class Adams i remember the most.

[@tallguy3708]

Did a tiger cruise on board the CVN-72 when my oldest returned from overseas. You have no idea the size of these things. 3 days on board to tour, see how these youngsters live. My Petty Officer 1 just left the service and is home with her family. A debt of gratitude to those who don't get to come home.

[@rickeys]

They're not youngsters, but yeah...

[@tallguy3708]

@@rickeys It's not an insult. To this 50+ year old guy, they are youngsters.

[@justmeeagainn]

It’s a PR fluff piece. Of course it’s going to be all happy talk. Why is everyone so surprised?

[@LMGRedacted]

Fuck no I hated my life on the lhd’s.

[@garyjohnson8026]

Loved serving onboard a carrier; didn't love the power hunger premadonas I had to work for. Chiefs throw their weight around and officers have no clue what it is like to be a blue shirt. Plenty to do while you're not working and you can get a meal almost 24 hours a day.

[@thepleiadianlightgridproje4337]

I love how they carve the meat for the Officers at their chow hall during the brunch.. It is important to recognize the officers as they never get the credit they deserve for being the leaders and the backbone of our military.. I have heard former enlisted and non coms call them zeros and all I think is jealous much.. The officers do not get near enough perks for the four years of hell in college they had to go through to earn that degree nor do they get credit for their 90 day grueling OCS... I have an Officers appreciation group i just started on facebook called the Commissioned Officer's Club!!! If anyone is interested...

[@TheBatugan77]

Way to go, bootlicker! 👍👍👍

[@thepleiadianlightgridproje4337]

@@TheBatugan77 That was a brilliant response. Its not bootlicking im not in the military there partner just telling it like it is. they deserve those perks for what they had to go through to get to where they are at

[@kevinhoward9593]

I love how the enlistment personnel sleep in a tiny hole, while the officers get a 250sq foot apartment.

[@davidpierce9949]

No they don't. It's bigger thsn the enlisted but its still small.

[@MrStaybrown]

Officers do get rooms that resemble suites in a hotel. They do not get coffin racks.

[@jerrydiver1]

Would that be the same officers who have to get up and fly a plane off that deck in the dark, fly a six hour (or maybe longer) mission and put that plane down on a pitching, heaving and rolling deck in the dark, debrief, eat and get ready to do another one in 6 to 8 hours? Or would it be one like the XO or Cheng, who work their asses off 16-18 hours and then are on call for every emergency (and scheduled drill) every day of the cruise? I've seen a lot of J.O. staterooms; never one bigger than 8ft wide by 12ft long. I'll help you out with the math; that's 96sq ft. And it's 'enlisted' personnel, by the way.

[@zacharymiller8789]

“Sailors love it” Lmao no we don’t

[@josephwilliams3185]

I was on one once, Hated every minute of it!

[@rickeys]

The real sailors have no problem with it. The pansies complain.

[@jonasthemovie]

Zachary Miller Sailors love it. If you love it, then you are a sailor.

[@willtomlinson6817]

Voluntary service correct?

[@petebondurant58]

@@rickeys You've posted this same comment a dozen times. Pansies are the ones who re-enlist and spend twenty to thirty years screwing over junior enlistees, because they couldn't make it as an assistant manager of a 7-11 if they didn't spend three decades in the Navy...collecting their welfare check. The smart ones get out. The morons stay in.

[@charliehorsenm3446]

My cousin flew A7s from the USS Kittyhawk during the Vietnam years. He described landing on the carrier as a "controlled crash where little or no damage to the plane occurs."

[@bigfellaoo7]

My uncle was in the Navy reserve. Me and several exended family toured the Abe on July on 4th 2007. Nice ship.

[@cadetwolf1234]

Yea, lets not talk about the real heart of the ship, the reactors! You want electricity (steam or deisel): Reactor! You want hot showers and hot food: Reactor! You want to fuel and launch your planes: Reactor! You want to the ship to move: Reactor! Anything and everything runs on Reactor! The Reactor Officer is the real MVP on the carrier, backed up by the largest department on the ship.

[@antm64]

One of my brothers served a long time as a submariner...running the reactor on his sub. Personally, he was a difficult brother, but I had great respect for what he did.

[@tyranta.devillier1791]

So much sea men and women Now that’s a solid combo

[@jahzealjr6810]

😂😂😂

[@ralphkress8236]

I flew as aircrew aboard the USS Wasp from 1961 to 1964.The ships have gotten bigger and so have the planes.We then kept track of landings.I was told that I had 160

[@filbao8113]

Damn 1961

[@nihongochild]

I’m on the Wasp right now!

[@julianp2868]

What a brilliant post in the way to see these men and women to what they have to endure. Geez think what about a Submarine is like!!!!