Naval Submarine School Groton CT

[@RandomIdk]

Current sub school student. We still march every Thursday and I for one love it. Morale goes through the roof.

[@classiclistener01]

Thank you for posting this! My Dad is on "Eternal Patrol" after serving on-board USS HARDHEAD (SS-365); USS COBBLER (SS-344); and, USS JALLAO (SS-368). "There is a touch of the pirate about every man who wears the dolphins badge."

[@degenerateWA]

Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! Surface life is not for me Give me water give me sea Dry land take away from me Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! Blue skies are not for me Land lubbers are pretty boys With their shiny shoes and their fancy toys Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! We are like a mystery Where we are no one knows But where they need us we will go Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! We are tough and we are mean If you cross us you should know To depths you will go!

[@notislandboi4325]

Yes! Thank you 🙏

[@degenerateWA]

@@notislandboi4325 no problem. I wrote this cadence in 2010 while I was in NAV-ET "A" school. I'm pretty sure the only reason I didn't fail out of the SECF program was because I was the only one with half decent tempo to call cadence.

[@concordiaranger2169]

Attended in 1975. Don't recall any marching but it was a "Zumwalt" Navy then. Wore "utilities" but eventually back to dungareeish work uniforms. Completed 20 years in SS service and retired. FTG1(SS)

[@renedevilliers2388]

As a son combat infantry sergeant Korea I studied the Submariners They are a special committed breed of Americans

[@robertwonsley370]

Love it. Retired Old Submarine Chief. Bob Wonsley

[@terryharrison4118]

My grandson reported to basic dec.6 ,goin to groton after basic ,am so proud of him have tears ,one proud grandfather

[@fandh]

More then 2... My Dad was in the US Navy retired in 89. I l lived 11 years in Groton.. A dad now myself still respects ALL the US Military. I loved Groton and the being a Navy Brat!

[@beerlao5005]

My boy just got there saturday, oct 6th, proud of him serve in the navy. missed him very much. from texas

[@michaelweinmann3679]

Reported to BESS November 4, 1977. Aside from boot camp (Orlando, Fla.) I don't recall ever marching in formation again. Miss the look of dungarees and chambray shirts.

[@OneRyLove]

IM not going to submarine school but any video like this makes me even more proud to have joined the Navy. Future Hospital Corpsman here shipping 19 Feb 2013. Hooyah!

[@jusme2038]

you might still go to Groton lol

[@jusme2038]

Oh this comment is 10 years old you’re probably out

[@BorckBorckBorck]

i was one of those men marching on those very streets about 7 years ago i miss it...

[@GregBroadbent]

A lot of respect to everyone serving in any branch.

[@historiesweiss4785]

Unmatched high energy and morale in this video. Close to shipping out as a mms on June 22nd 2023 can’t wait

[@SoundcheckPresents]

Certainly as I remember it in the 70's and my deepest thougths to my fellow WWII submariner brothers ! You have my deepest respect and brotherly love

[@georgebell7103]

I don’t recall marching anywhere in sub school 1975

[@USSTOLEDOSSN769]

I graduated from BESS in November 1997. I'll never forget the Pre-Trial Confinement Facility. Almost ended up there. You see, I didn't transfer directly from RTC-Great Lakes. If I had, I would have been much more disciplined. After being kicked out of Nuclear Power School after about 6 weeks, I arrived at BESS as an E-4 (big mistake, they should have busted me back to an E-1). So as NCO, I thought that the rules didn't apply to me. Took me a while to get that chip off my shoulder...

[@JacobTCannon]

I don't know why, but blue digital camo is very aesthetically pleasing.

[@cainprice7482]

Subschoolers still March to GMT every two weeks, the whole base is loud as fuck for like 20 minutes

[@america8164]

Damn good Memories U.S Navy Veteran Logistics Specialist I was E4 Served 5 Yrs 2007-2012 🇺🇸😎!!!!!

[@patrickclark2300]

America 81 my son just enlisted as Logistics Specialist Submarine. How was your experience in this job on a sub

[@AlexZ-lc6nl]

Grew up in Groton, CT. My dream was always to serve in the armed forces. Navy always looked sharp.

[@ILDan316]

Definitely a newer video. I went to sub school and sonar A school on the same base and we never did this... when we did march is was always in much smaller groups, and we wore working blues, not camouflage. We also did not carry flags. It was 2002 - 2003 when I was in sub school / sonar A school. Only ones who wore camouflage were in ASF, which you could not take part in until after graduating BESS. Basic Enlisted Submarine School.

[@1boatsailor]

Graduated sub school in 1967 qualified 1968 made 7 patrols on a boomer..... when did the Submarine force go Army?

[@thriftyasianmom6382]

My son just got there Thursday , May 6,2022.

[@keyshawnbrown4799]

What’s his name, im probably here with him now😂

[@nomore-ls1wt]

@@keyshawnbrown4799 are u still at bess

[@OurLongRoadHome]

BESS was the best part of the navy, 2 hour lunches had my own room on the first floor, and we were out of class by 3 fuckin sweet plus 6 section duty! sweet!

[@michaelyoung8382]

Yeah Bess was shitty for me I just graduated a week ago we got released at 4 the earliest and we never got to march cause of covid and there’s 4 duty sections now with well over 100 people in each probably closer to 200 and barely any are qualed

[@OurLongRoadHome]

@@michaelyoung8382 wow times have changed

[@michaelyoung8382]

@@OurLongRoadHome yeah sadly they have

[@OurLongRoadHome]

I was in bess july 2009

[@mize5676]

thought youd get a kick out of this, for the first time in 12 years, 4 section duty lol

[@aabaabcbaabcdcba]

@zRev1983 Hah. That incident saying that to the COB at GMT. Was it circa... 2006? Cause yeah, when i was still in the navy before my cross over to the army, i remember someone in the upper level of the auditorium saying that and i remember everyone around me turning their heads in shock to look up at said sailor. x)

[@kieran12101]

I marched on these streets 8 years ago and miss it to this day. I also miss the fried hamster balls at the galley

[@ThePraetoriansGuard]

IS THIS BESS? Was in submarine school (BESS) in 2001 and we did this every Friday. @Desecrator09 yea they give you leave before your next command. Of course it is to "there discretion". OMG just listining to the cadence brings me back. OOOOO rahhhhh BESS!!!!

[@mpullen99]

Much different than my time in SUBSCHOL in 1971. We marched in real Navy uniforms. Then again, as a Nuke, we didn't march anywhere. We watched Victory at Seas movies and other movies about submarines. Does the "modern" submarine school even teach the history of our heroes of WWII, or is that too sensitive for the younger generation?

[@notislandboi4325]

No it still does guy. Calm down us Submariners don’t associate with the sensitive part of this clueless generation. Rest ashore who ever steps foot aboard a nuclear submarine isn’t a pussy

[@Chris_at_Home]

I never marched after boot camp either in 1971. I wanted to be a Sonar Tech on subs but my older brother was teaching Sonar School in Key West as a Chief and I think that was the reason I didn’t end up there. Instead they sent me to school and made me an avionics tech on P-3s out of Maine. I grew up about 20 miles from Groton. What’s funny is about 1/3 of our A school class were Marines and they marched everywhere, had inspections before class and did PT every Saturday. Got out as an E-5 after four years.

[@hoaxial2090]

good ole GMT march

[@kaivrzy4462]

I certainly miss the Sub Base from living on it for 7/8 of my life, I remember walking with my father in one of these little walks

[@XOXO-sk6mv]

Went thru sub school in 1963 and don't remember any close order drills

[@bbser]

Graduated BESS in the summer of '78 - a lot has changed since then.

[@marionhunt70444]

BESS used to march every day back when I was there (95), course, we didn't wear BDU's either.

[@P40NWH]

They march after boot camp? Man, the Navy has really changed!

[@agochoa]

I remember marching in Utilites, when did they change over?

[@thomasiw22]

@CaptainCloud8 Hooyah! You're leaving Oct 5th? My ship out date is Oct 6th! Man I'm lookin forward to Boot Camp, and Sub school. So freaking excited

[@supremevbm1]

@randomldk im currently getting abojt to enroll in the navy what are the requirements to go to sub school? Or should I just talk to.my recruiter the next time I see her?

[@Aces21folife]

i feel the same way about leaving i jst wanna get outta here and get there already ... i ship out on the 25th of July and im goin as Logistics specialist for subs! GO NAVY!

[@hoaxial2090]

How was Meridian for you?

[@submarinevet4895]

I went to BESS in 1982 and my class had no more than 30 sailors. These classes are really large. I wonder why so many in each class. Looks as if the submarine fleet is growing. Thanks for your service, now get hot and get qualified. Buncha nubs.

[@xXinsaneboyXx]

The reason is pretty obvious. 75% of them will tap when they get to the sub.

[@jusme2038]

Bonuses

[@Thadude701]

Wow the uniform change is a big difference from my days going to sub school in 84

[@SportDogg2008]

Submarine Vet i believe last week 100-200 kids gradulate from bootcamp (RTC) and with the economy right now its hard to find jobs and go to college with the money. and many of them im sure joined up because of 9/11. I'm joining to earn money for a college degree! and some of them come from parents who have a hard time of supporting them! they are big now because most of them been sent to A/C school and put on holding while waiting to either class up or for there classes to form!

[@subvet694]

In 21 years I never saw a blue colored bush in the ocean I might need to hide behind…

[@Chris40997]

What the name of the cadence that the first and second company is singing?

[@RobinhoGreat25]

Im shipping out May 24, going to be a MT! Do you get enough time to workout, exercise and pt?

[@ThePraetoriansGuard]

IS THIS BESS? Was in submarine school (BESS) in 2001 and we did this every Friday.

[@NucleraSoldier]

Pretty cool seeing where ill be in a few months down the road. Shipping for boot camp next week!!!

[@barberryman]

Fkn LOVE you Guys!!!!!!! Hooyah shipmates!!!!!!! Make us proud! I KNOW YOU WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheStrazy]

Man this has changed alot, We never marched anywhere.

[@jessechapman273]

Is that thrasher hall in background at beginning

[@anthonybabcock8443]

Must be on their way to GMT call on a Thursday

[@Huh8778]

Thank you, if a cadence exists for Carl Vinson year 82 hit me UP

[@desecrator09]

hey did you guy have to go right to sub school after basic, or did they give you like a week to go home and then go ?

[@RowdyRoddyManhammer]

Rotten Groton! I sure do miss that General Tso's chicken.

[@davidwolf226]

Hehe...

[@SportDogg2008]

@Aaaron Ya i believe after you gradulate you fly out or go across to great lakes a school and you get to send a little bit of time with your family. i believe is that you go straight to A/C School than off to the fleet now!

[@DesignPunkStudios]

Yeah I'm down here in Kings Bay a couple months from graduating C School. You'll get to meet MT2 Carter :P I personally think Groton is better but most people disagree with me. There are a TON of great beaches down here (I know beaches, born in Fla and lived in the Outer Banks). Jacksonville is cool, lot's of shopping and lot's of clubs. Groton got shitty after I left though, they just force retired a master chief and knocked down a chief to first class so everyone is on the freak out for rules.

[@beatngo710]

2 questions...why are there guys in tan uniforms throughout the video in random parts of the march? And why are there a few guys running like they were late and being punished? Is that just the norm?

[@ראובןלוי-ד1ת]

Glory to USA Armed Forces Defence to Whole Democratic World GOD BLESS AMERICA ❤

[@joerunyan3942]

Sub school in 69 qualified in 70 on SS requalifeid 72 on SSN. Sub school was nothing like this we were there to learn and train it was a very rigid course but none of the Micky mouse shi- shown here. I wandered about those BDU'S they wear now, I guess they need the blue camo so they can be spotted more easily if knocked overboard, or maybe they won't scare the fish. I can say I am proud to have served in the period of time that I did. Carry on mates. An old TM

[@pass2pass17]

the name of the song at the end!!????

[@desecrator09]

not leavin til August bored as hell! Anyone know if this is the basic sub school or the pipeline school?

[@osoc8935]

Does anybody know any good submarine marching/running cadences?

[@Clell65619]

Submariners don't march.

[@charlottefunk1691]

Did they tear down the officer "BESS" building because they got tired of us pointing the deck gun at it? Get qualified NUBS!!

[@CaptainRonRico]

Charlotte Funk still there

[@desecrator09]

yep, I'll be heading out to boot camp on Aug. 16th cant wait! How long does the primary sub school usually last?

[@robertgrant2934]

how did your adventure go?

[@dodgecowboy97]

Down by chiefs barracks. I remember that curve in the road. Headed to the bar. Lol

[@1boatsailor]

You going to the Reunion in Aug? I was in "A" gang ......made 7 patrols on the Marshall.....you bet!...... some not so good and some great memories! Still glad I was a part of it!

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[@charlesburke2379]

One of the critical missions of this school is to identify and weed out guys prone to panic.

[@AppalachianKnight77]

Some people say "don't rot in a sardine can!" Others say "this ain't WW2 grandpa, we have better subs and love our brothers very much!"

[@coldwarsailor]

Man how things changed. In 1966 is was not like this at all. No marching, no army clothes. just dungarees, We didn't even call it Bess back then. It was submarine School period. 41 for Freedom!!!!!!!!! for ever & ever The best Boats ever made! Hand made by Electric Boat.....We were the guinea pigs of the missile Boats back then. the true Coldwarsailors..Long Live the 654, she was a good boat

[@bbser]

@coldwarsailor I was the IC LPO on the Marshall in '86/'87 - great memories!

[@DesignPunkStudios]

When I was there we didn't really march to GMT that much in the six months I spent there. I liked Groton, it's a lot better than Kings Bay, that's for sure lol.

[@zRev1983]

Just a tip for you new underway buddies, don't say whiskey tango foxtrot to the cob at gmt for any reason, even if you've been squatting in acu for 3 months. Lol. Just saying, that might have happened years ago

[@garycreekmore9967]

Like it was yesterday.... hello hello submarine!!!!

[@chrismitchum18]

@RobinhoGreat25 i ship on the 25th of may and im gonna be an MT also.

[@pelicanbeater6100]

Why don't they show the "dolphin mart liquor store"???

[@hugochavez238]

Where at? Is it the the store located on Gungywamp Rd. meat RT. 12? Great question.

[@ThePraetoriansGuard]

I miss BESS, marching to chow every morning. sigh

[@DesignPunkStudios]

Are you a Missile Technician? Groton has a lot of stuff around it (NYC, Boston, Providence, New Haven, Hartford, etc.) and it has stuff to do in it (you'll learn about the wonderous Gold Club lmao). Kings Bay has nothing to do in it, and only Jacksonville nearby. I had a lot better time in Groton, personally.

[@zRev1983]

@aabaabcbaabcdcba that is absolutely correct lol. everyone was like, you did not just say that. p.s. the cob was krisman, who turned out to be a plankowner on my first boat the Columbia. I didn't notice until i saw his name on a placard by the goat locker a few years since i had been there. now that i think about it i remember him saying things about the Columbia. The submarine world is a small one.

[@sagman14]

@thomasiw22 I go to basic Nov 23rd so I'll see you guys around lol you got a jump start on me though

[@fasfan]

UNSAT!!!! Sleeves up OR down. You're in formation. They should all be the same.

[@kaiserrex9506]

The way it works now is all sailors with rolled sleeves are in the front and sailors with sleeves down are in the back.

[@starshade7826]

@beatngo710 The guys running around are trying to be row guards to halt traffic in some parts of the road. This march to GMT thing happens regularly. The tan uniformed guys wear those ordinarily or were just getting off a watch which requires a more "dressed-up" uniform, and are put at the back of the formation for uniformity. Personally I think they should just secure this marching balogna, but nobody pays attention to my opinion anyway.

[@Somnium101]

@r0nTher3alkid bess= two months. ATT=month, TCNO = month. ET/ST/FT= 18 weeks.

[@tomtaylor6163]

I was at BESS in the 1980s. We never marched this wtf is going on .

[@1Kurian]

Gotta love marching to gmt.

[@elijahvalongo9528]

I ship out to ITS rate with basic training June 1st

[@nomore-ls1wt]

did you make it

[@elijahvalongo9528]

@@nomore-ls1wt I did

[@xXinsaneboyXx]

ill be doing this tomorrow..........again...

[@drbysktr0312]

i dont even think they do tht anymore. been awhile since ive seen it.

[@desecrator09]

awesome video by the way, damn I cant wait to get there even though its gonna be cold as hell (I'm from SoCal)

[@TheSoccerangel321]

MY BROTHER 'S IN THERE!

[@smokypotbear]

Going to be here in about 5 more months :)

[@phoenixbaker1224]

Pink badge

[@patriotamerican3069]

Pink badge means they have highest security clearance to access very very highly classified information.

[@amyreynolds3619]

I enjoy bess and we never march in 1983. I always walk down the stairs to the sub school. get qualify nubs get the duct tape out

[@kylemcguire3360]

Crazy I know where this is actually at

[@richardvee9093]

I was shoveling snow on that sidewalk last week lol

[@Dba5675]

I can't say I'm a fan of the "Marineization" of the navy.

[@silentcomic4672]

awesome, I haven't been able to find Hail hail submarines anywhere . If anyone knows one of the lyrics though. hail hail submarines..blue skies are not for me... (I don't know this line) something about sissy boys.... shiny shoes and their fancy toys. thank you so much in advance! it's muffled just enough in the video from some wind .

[@degenerateWA]

Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! Surface life is not for me Give me water give me sea Dry land take away from me Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! Blue skies are not for me Land lubbers are pretty boys With their shiny shoes and their fancy toys Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! We are like a mystery Where we are no one knows But where they need us we will go Hail Oh! Hail Oh! Submarines! We are tough and we are mean If you cross us you should know To depths you will go!

[@ncrdisabled]

Let see it has been a while since I went to sub school it was in 1982 I think lasted 9 weeks if I rember right. I went to electronics school and advanced elec. school then my first boat SSBN 134 stonewall jackson 3 years then SSBN619 stonewall jackson spent 7 years in got out as a IC2 (SS) a little rough at first during qualifying main subs then qualified 6 other stations. The food is a lot better on subs than anywhere else in the NAVY . r ember the top 10 in in subs.

[@StreamingKnowledge]

Nothing like a sea of NWUs.

[@halllwd94]

It's almost like being in a concert hall. Haha

[@turkghost72]

April 5th is my ship date sub school 2 months later

[@bieberle4]

i am going to do this :D