Navy Boatswain’s Mate - BM

[@sohard2sea490]

My late grandpa was BM. He could do anything, anytime anywhere. He was the greatest man on earth...the title can be yours now

[@raginggamer2109]

I loved being a boatswains mate. I was always busy, best teammates, best family, best chiefs, best job in the Navy. Where else can you drive a billion dollar yact? In hindsight I wish I retired as BM instead of getting out after several years. 20 years later I still miss that life.

[@NorthCountryOutlaw]

What all did they do I just got home from meps and thinking about boatswain mate job

[@yourebreathtaking5863]

I’m leaving for basic next month and to become a BM. This video is great, it gave me an idea of what I’m gonna be doing

[@eh4977]

It's hard work, but it's worth being on deck. You get to see what the others don't being stuck inside all day.

[@autumnsfunworld9622]

How is the job so far? My son is leaving for basic in a month and I was just wondering how you’re liking the job?

[@mryoung6090]

⁠@@autumnsfunworld9622Being a BM can be fun, stressful and challenging. Stressful because sometimes the people you work with have different ideas of getting the job done, and that can cause a lot of conflict sometimes. Other than that a lot of people onboard treat you with respect simply bc you do the things other people onboard wouldn’t do.

[@eh4977]

More often than not, you're painting😆 loved being a Boatswains Mate💪

[@Zman-000]

Father in law was a BM aboard DD-755 the John Bole. He saw action in the pacific during WW 2, mainly Kamikazi attacks off Okinawa.

[@vallesterfaith]

Getting shipped there next month. Grateful for the opportunities 🙏🏼

[@cedricrodriguez2636]

I’m a BM and I love the job 💪🏿

[@Pianofreak2020]

Cedric The Footballer what do ya do?

[@talonmerrill800]

Are we going to get any downtime?

[@gamingelke6968]

@@talonmerrill800 you will get normal working hours

[@kjr4766]

@@gamingelke6968 plus all of your watches so add that on top and lord help you if you go on port and starboard hours like we did

[@ahsansiddiqui4263]

What's the salary, if you don't mind.

[@redta93kwy]

BMs and HTs are the HARDEST WORKING SAILORS IN THE FLEET. I went the OS route 👍

[@danjoy7385]

You were smart

[@gotham006]

Only Sweepers lol

[@redta93kwy]

@@gotham006 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@victorjose7798]

Hi one question if i want to pilot boats and ships and navigate do watches is os the thing for me or boatswains? For example after i serve i want to be piloting a tugboat or a merchant ship

[@redta93kwy]

@@victorjose7798 Quartermaster, plot out shipping lane, ships position, radar navigation and during special sea and anchor detail and fuel replenishment they take over driving the ship their Master helmsman

[@lightorchestrator]

In my opinion these guys are to the Navy what infantry is to the Army and Marines. A job field for the hard working, usually kind of dumb, but also very enthusiastic bunch with a high esprit de corps. Just as an infantryman is the job for someone who wants to be as Marine as Marine can be so is this job for those who want to be as Sailor as Sailor can possibly become.

[@bravozulu8638]

Simon Schnelle. I would say your kinda dumb .

[@xxbleedzxx2386]

💪

[@terrydawkins9936]

Aye aye

[@BrothuhRabbit]

True. The "Grunts" of the Navy. Although not always dumb. A lot of people that failed out of their A school go to the Fleet to work in the Deck Department. A lot of advanced ratings required 6 year contracts. A lot of ratings with guaranteed A schools required 5 year contracts. If you "rocked" out of your school, you're still obligated to that term. You can go to the Fleet and try to "strike" for any rating, and learn on-the-job, but many just stay in Deck and become BM's. You do work hard, but it can be exciting. You will be a part of combat ops. Standing bridge watches, lookouts. Helm, lee-helm. Underway replenishments. Boat coxswains. On smaller ships, Deck & Weapons departments are combined. The intelligence is more of an instinctive, physical type. Haze Grey And Underway.

[@claytonwade3570]

It’s what i want to do when i join

[@jonomo111]

Hardest Workers period.

[@bmyers6831]

No lie

[@bravozulu8638]

I retired as a BMCS (SW) disregard the limp wristed naysayers ,I have no issue with other rates as they are all needed for the finest Navy in the world, as for me I loved it and advanced quickly and there is nothing unusual to be a BM3 and have 30 men working for you ,through the years I was a craftsmaster on a 375 ton 1600 class LCU , also was one of a few enlisted to qualify as OOD underway and mooring import on the USS SUNBIRD ASR 15 not to mention most of our work were black oops, I retired as the Tug-master of YTB 829 a 440 long ton @ Groton Ct mostly working Boomers and fast attack subs and was offered to start training for Harbor pilot but decided to retire. Ever sailor past and present has my utmost respect and I can honestly say I would choose BM all over again so go be your best at what ever you do . BMCS (BMCS)

[@74myo]

I always like volunteering for the hardest jobs, so this might be the best for me.

[@danjoy7385]

ha ha

[@samuelquintero4475]

ratio

[@jakepicard1442]

My grandpa was a Boatswain Mate in the Navy.

[@RealShrigmaMale]

Your grandpa was a badass

[@MrGchiasson]

My dad was a BM..from WWII, Korean wareing the skipper of a tug boat in Gitmo Bay navy base, Cuba...to missile cruiser out of Charleston, SC. He was everywhere. His tool box had a few tools, ball peen hammer, vice grips, duct tape and one screw driver. If that didn't fix a problem...it wasn't fixable.

[@colezilla7481]

I miss it. I love my civilian job now but I miss doing this kind of work and the teamwork and relationships. Wish I would have made a career out of it.

[@rsclb]

what do you do now?

[@colezilla7481]

@@rsclb white collar duties working with a bunch of silver spoon fed brats that can't even clean up after themselves. Its funny, I get an education via the gibill and I actually prefer the hardwork as a boatswains mate. As you get older things come into perspective.

[@samuelquintero4475]

@@colezilla7481 say youre dumb without saying youre dumb IYOYAS

[@eh4977]

Same

[@jaykorendon2834]

Hell yeah deck department it was fun but some of my shipmates were shitbags lmao

[@sugardaveyyepez134]

My respects for all the BM’s

[@Digital2pulse]

I start bootcamp in dec 16th, im a undesignated pact seaman so im just watching a bunch of bm vids just to see what my lifestyle might be for the next 1 or 2 years

[@americasnavy]

HOOYAH ⚓️⚓️

[@samuelquintero4475]

you got swindled,

[@ltalbo22]

Get another rate bm is a jokes

[@BlueBlaze22]

This job is not for the weak!!….

[@danjoy7385]

Just suckers

[@ethanjohnson8477]

I ship off in 2 months and I got BM for my mos I can’t wait

[@gabeschiazza7605]

lmk how it went

[@danjoy7385]

They got you.

[@Andrade_USA]

@@danjoy7385 😂😂😂

[@ltalbo22]

U need to see head doctor

[@Gardiencotier13]

"The most exciting you'll ever been" 0:20

[@theblackknight9783]

Majority of the BMs I've met, either got dropped from prebuds to try and be seals, or failed or got out of A School from another rate.

[@theblackknight9783]

@Rich 91 no that's why majority of them didnt make it through prebuds

[@danjoy7385]

If you went to buds and get dropped to the deck department, you never qualified for prebuds in the first place🤣🤣🤣

[@henrytoussaint783]

I will be there soon as a BM I can't wait I'm so excited

[@josephbryan2524]

I was undes seaman back in the early 2000s. Made bm3 second try. Made bm2 first try. Bm2 in less then 3 years. With a suspended bust. Read some books. Pass tests and advancement is easy

[@robbiewho4745]

What rank are you currently and how are the hours for this job? Lastly do you get weekends off during shore duty?

[@josephbryan2524]

@@robbiewho4745 shoot my rank right now is civilian. Got out after 4. But generally yeah weekends were off. Unless you had duty or stuff had to get done. Spent plenty of Saturdays preparing for insurv and other things though.

[@michaelhampton5828]

I was in deck division but struck out and became a rm radioman. Boatwain mate is hard work but can advance like every other rate, you can make cheif, senior cheif, or master cheif, so it is a rate and there schools in that rate. But most of it is on the job trainning i love the 🇺🇸 us navy!

[@americasnavy]

🇱🇷

[@jennierubyjane6137]

@@americasnavywrong flag lol

[@illmatic7912]

Proudest rate in the navy

[@awesomeandstuff4698]

It looks like a lot of fun. I dont know why so many people knock this job.. it’s probably the most important job on the ship. I think its cool because if you ever leave the service and have a boat of you’re own you would know how to operate and maintenance it

[@lablabdog]

If you like grunt work and painting ships then this rate is for you

[@CyberTranceHero69]

I was an Aviation Boatswains Mate Equipment. Let me tell you having to sand and grind every piece of every sponsons and the side of the ship with a grinder and breathing in lead paint. Also Carry heavy tools and supplies all over and work from scaffolding. It's a great start if you want to leave and become a merchant marine which pays more than the Navy. All you need is to get TWIC card. I have severe degeneration of the spine and knees. Everyone I know from my rate has this. Some have canes or take nerve pain meds. This kind of work is high wear and tear. Also on Small boys these guys go overboard all the time.

[@johnpappone8610]

Love by Boswain Mates ... Coming from an old First Division Officer in the tin can Navy ..... its the best job in the Navy hands down

[@rickj4808]

Long hours, low advancement and grueling work both at sea and in port. The work itself is unskilled manual labor. Nothing to brag about. Really not much good to say about this rate. But hey, if you enjoy working twice as hard with more hours for the same pay as everyone else, go for it!

[@danjoy7385]

Painting, sanding freaking metal, running rust, sweeping , mopping, going around in endless circles, standing a gazillion watches, beautifying a war ship, figure the odds. If you make the mistake and take this rate, strike out of it fast. Don't allow your recruiter to suggest this job to you. Search RATES/jobs first, or you will be stuck for the duration.

[@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327]

@@danjoy7385 not true,I was a boatswains mate for 20 years.you are dead wrong about being a slave to the ship...after a few years it gets easier.you get used to it.

[@dehvonrennie2096]

Bm work hard I’m a seaman pact and work with them I personally hate the long hours and hard work

[@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327]

@@dehvonrennie2096 its part of life as a Boatswains mate..I have been out since 2007 and I really miss it.long days ,hard work,made many friends...I would not have changed it for the World.

[@BenS65AMG]

I couldn't agree more

[@Its_Esoteric]

This job honestly just sounds like you only do details and call that your job.

[@elwin38]

A hard and demanding job. Not for the lazy.

[@waterhead001]

Do Boatswain mates operate fork lifts?

[@cardielfernandez2771]

waterhead001 no

[@jeremiahgarcia400]

waterhead001 BMs can operate fork lifts if their on shore rotation

[@theblackknight9783]

@@waterhead001 there's a forklift on my ship, and the BMs here drive it

[@ajrhy6243]

@@waterhead001 on the amphibs yes. I was on a San Antonio class LPD and we did a lot of that stuff

[@Bluecharger55]

Who is the COB on the ship? Who has to learn everything about the ship? Can you sail with a Saxton? Who is the coxswain? Who is the most repeated sailor on the ship MCBM that's who?

[@challengecoins4u]

Love making challenge coins for y'all!

[@josephdodds6786]

Do BMs every get to be apart of the Fleet Marine Force (.. the 'green' side)?

[@tippytailmckitty2658]

My Grandpa was BM 1 in WW2.

[@terrenceduren3516]

Respect

[@americasnavy]

⚓⚓⚓

[@stephie5269]

Only right arm rate..My Dad was a BM

[@itperdition]

It is a right arm rate, but not the only one. Boatswain’s mates, gunner’s mates, carpenter’s mates, masters at arms, ship’s stewards and ship’s cooks wore their rate on the right sleeve.

[@blakemusick2952]

Job I want in navy’s

[@jackydspades]

Been there done that. I don’t recommend this rate or anything labeled PACT.

[@jamzzzjamzzz4805]

am 33 about to enlist as a bm in the navy

[@phantom1641]

Anyone know if these guys get promoted quick?

[@patriciaalmendarez7598]

phantom1641 BM rate faster

[@kjr4766]

No they don't. This coming from a BM. To many people in the rate. Its possible to make it faster if you get you warfare pins quick. Shoot for a EP Eval.. that the key

[@theiralltheway5554]

My buddy just became BM2 in just 3 years

[@DoggyBaggg]

@@kjr4766 I saw a BMC with one hashmark in a photo recently... though they seemed to fit into a box employers love to check these days based on nothing more than BS race/gender quotas.

[@kjr4766]

@@DoggyBaggg bro I'm sorry but either he didn't put the other marks on or he just got capped to first class and took the test and made it I can't see that happening in 4 years

[@marckrosly6686]

I’ve just been assigned as a BM, but I won’t stay, I’m going to retake the test and got the jobs I really want😭😭😭😭

[@clcwqhd]

Why don’t you like it?

[@LDyagami]

Do they drive boats

[@BigCheeto43]

You will get helmsman qualified to drive the ship if you want to drive the RHIBS (small boats) you will have to go to coxswain school to drive those boats

[@clioflano421]

I now know what Don Shipley did as a BWM!! When he said I dropped anchor and threw the rope, I thought he was joking.

[@BigCheeto43]

Best Rate in the Navy no debate if you are lazy better chose OS or Yeoman

[@eliass4320]

Or GSE

[@chrismc410]

In the Age of Sail and many years after, the Boatswain's Mates performed the floggings of other Sailors if said Sailor did something wrong

[@Mori8636]

All the hate you hear is from the lazy, don’t listen to the lame ETs ICs OSs and other sitting-in-a-chair rates this is an awesome rate, but very stressful and tiring. Definitely not for everyone, it’s for those who love to embrace the suck, you don’t choose the rate, the rate chooses you.

[@jusskb5]

This is my current rate boot camp in less than a month

[@DoggyBaggg]

Many Able Seamen I've worked with (and even a handful of officers) in the Merchant Marine came from the BM rating. Ships wouldn't get off the dock without a good deck department. I WOULD, however, advise against getting the insignia tattooed behind your ear... 🙄

[@goodwind3190]

Just made that sweet BM2

[@josephbryan2524]

Bm2 is that sweet spot in bm life. Unless your a bm2 and lpo on a cruiser or something similar.

[@leighton5608]

Dude in the middle at the end of the video had a huge lip in haha

[@sladetuner8661]

Boatswain Mate (BM) is a common rate for enlisted Naval Special Warfare Candidates

[@davidjeter5067]

Change my rate to a Boatswain's Mate, chocks and chains and chipping paint...or so my RDC sung in bootcamp

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

So I hurd???

[@cedricrodriguez2636]

Big Boats yessir!!!!

[@CyberTranceHero69]

Hello cousins former Aviation Boatswains Mate 3rd class.

[@702TifosiGambler]

On board Raegan this is the Captain, field day will commence at 0700 #sweeperssweepersmanyourbroom

[@protonneutron9046]

ONLY strike for this is you like grunt work for your entire life. If you have an education and want higher pay, do something like EMN.

[@DoggyBaggg]

Several BM's I knew later became merchant seamen and eventually officers aboard merchant vessels, VERY good wages and quality of life in that sector. Aside from that, BM is useless in the civilian world.

[@protonneutron9046]

@@DoggyBaggg I'm not talking about civilian jobs. I'm talking about a career in the Navy. Getting a cert at 18 and going straight into Merchants is a better way than detouring through the navy as BM.

[@thejosemago1]

nice

[@thegamelover21]

Most the hate coming from the lazy undes or people who hate needle gunning in 100 degree weather lol

[@johnschmedding278]

Introverted Sailor who tf wants to needle gun in 100 deg weather lol

[@nuggetsaltshaker9520]

how is that tattoo at 1:18 approved

[@lovellrodriguez8567]

Drive the ship wow

[@timhill4045]

Hahahahahahahaha! Good luck with that.

[@VIVIDVTV]

All the lazy ones don’t like this job lol

[@danjoy7385]

Who are you kidding its a crappy job, I was BM on an Aegis Cruiser, on That type of ship it sucked, at least under that command. I am certain its much better on a carrier, but when your undermanned it sucks period.

[@AlexLYH]

@@danjoy7385 Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@BenS65AMG]

All those fumes must of gotten to you. What's to like? Chipping paint and huffing rust for 6 hours a day, then hump chains and sweep for 3 hours right before you stand watch for 5. I just described an average day, it gets worse.

[@ajrhy6243]

@@danjoy7385 Lol. You were just commenting saying if they didn’t make it to BUDS and they came to deck then they never qualified on your high horse but you’re no seal. You’re just as much of a BM but more of a shitbag then I’ve seen from the sounds of it.

[@samuelquintero4475]

@@ajrhy6243 dont you got floor to sand?

[@BlackNAVYAmericanVET]

BM EQUALS LOW ASFAB score rate ! Real talk !

[@hulk7272]

U S A!!!!!! U S A!!!!!!! U S A!!!!!!

[@devonmartinski6596]

The job in the Navy with the lowest asvab score requirement.

[@DeltaBeast1525simracing]

What’s the ASVAB requirement for this rate? Also, how hard is it to get this rate?

[@mmcookies1796]

I wouldn’t go for BM. You should try and go for a different rate.

[@xenobell2475]

www.navycs.com/asvab-test.html

[@101ODDeric]

I was un designated DON'T DO IT

[@talonmerrill800]

I’m goin in as BM but thats not the job I wanted, what should I do?

[@AoiGP]

@@talonmerrill800 study harder to retake the ASVAB when you're in.

[@rodgersphd5701]

What job did you strike I’m undes

[@aaronhoftizer8264]

Im about to sing my contract next week and this is the job i go choose look fun

[@ardanndb]

Oh this is like the ordinary seaman in merchant marine

[@DoggyBaggg]

And able bodied seamen... all the same work. Just far different wage scales...

[@THEDEINALEE]

Got offered this and Cs got the bad end of both sticks ugh

[@thomas-7875]

Naval punishments 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@platinumcrysis]

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[@noahmeme2]

Hell nah, this is just as bad as going undesignated.

[@AoiGP]

then you must want a job that sits behind a desk then. This is a rewarding job skill.

[@kjr4766]

Agreed. Hard work. A lot of work. Not for people that want to be behind a desk

[@kjr4766]

@Rich 91 dont want to put the nukes out of a job so they better not swap

[@danjoy7385]

worse

[@edwardbinceleones9786]

tittle of the audio pls

[@gcHK47]

I thought the Quartermaster steered the ship?

[@Nick-ck2yc]

gcHK47 QM here, the person who literally drives the ship is the helmsman who is usually a undesignated seaman or a BM. Quartermasters will stand QMOW (Quartermaster of the Watch) and will log all ships movement, manage the ships position and give recommendations to the officer of the deck in any danger to the safety of the ship regarding navigation.

[@gcHK47]

Nick 9918 Thank you for the information, sailor. Looks like I am another one of Wikipedia’s many victims.

[@Nick-ck2yc]

gcHK47 No problem, glad to help.

[@taylorroberson8120]

QMs navigate the ship

[@katiewright3667]

@@Nick-ck2yc Do you like being a QM or do you feel like you were lied to? Cause I want to be a QM and my recruiters gave me CS so I'm trying to get a DAR for QM.

[@dooboyrises3776]

BMs are like marines with knives

[@смиренный-х2б]

No they're not. That has to be one of the most uneducated military statements I've read in my lifetime.

[@josephbryan2524]

I like that statement. But bms are more like painters with knives.

[@BasiruAbdullahi-p9r]

Bm

[@dwightmcqueen5771]

I wouldn't join while we got these fools in Washington DC now though. I'm former army myself but our leaders have lost there dam minds

[@HunterCihal]

Do yourself a favor. Do not get this job. I worked with some BMs on the Stennis as a cadet and I was dirty sweaty and miserable.

[@awbooth44]

Hunter Cihal why is that a problem? BM’s are the backbone of a ship and the oldest rate in the Navy. Just because you were “dirty, sweaty, and tired” doesn’t mean there are people out there who wouldn’t enjoy that job. Sorry how miserable it was for you while you were a cadet spending some days on a boat.

[@HunterCihal]

A lot of BMs get tricked into the rate by their recruiters. Perhaps I should have mentioned that.

[@Leonx3]

Hunter Cihal true that. The torture is real

[@awbooth44]

You realize that most BMs do hard work until they reach 2nd sometimes 3rd class to which they become leaders and are some of the most respected people on the boat because they lead all boat evolutions, know the ship in and out, and are the true meaning of a sailor. There are 3rd class BMs leading more junior sailors than a first class in another rate. Maybe you should understand the rate and respect the rate before you go off and start mouthing off about something you clearly know nothing about, other than your field trip as a “cadet”. As a first class in another rate, I’ve met many BM’s and they are some of the hardest working salty sailors you’ll ever meet. And they also have had quite the careers around the world. Maybe instead of reflecting on how bad you may think this job is, reflect on all that “hard” work you did with them and understand without them the navy wouldn’t be the fighting force it is today. The Navy needs BMs that’s why this video was created. Every sailor counts. Remember that when you wear that “cadet” uniform...

[@Leonx3]

Oi, someone is touchy. However I digress, since you are defensive and what should have been a good knock on rates in general that most former's really wont care, and get a few good laughs in, cool down man. You know at heart, after work when shooting the sh!ts, we all knock on one another and have neutral respect among all the rates. Seriously man, we all know how much BMs can do, even the ones that go on to become chiefs and warrant officers. Salty as fu=k, yes. BMs clean, scrap, paint, everything on the ship. We know.

[@VanderZats13]

Worst job period.

[@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327]

Were you a boatswains mate?did you hate it?do you ever regret joining the Navy for this job?