Navy Rites of Passage

[@user-mu8bp7yw2k]

I'm a female navy veteran, and became a shellback in the early 90s. I remember that day like it was yesterday. One of the greatest honors I had,defending my country.

[@danieloriley9684]

68-72 VietNam Service Medal, Navy Combat Action Ribbon Battle of Dong Hoi 7 Campaigns 3 Westpac Cruises LST1073,LPD 5 and DLG31 Signalman 3rd Class! Never got to many exotic ports to busy and never crossed the Equator to be a shellback! But I'm proud of my service!

[@benscoles5085]

As You should be, Distinguished Accomplishments. Well Done, Thank You.

[@Tet68]

I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE NAVY ESPECIALLY THE CORPSMEN AND NOW FOR ALL THE SAILORS.👍

[@bonnford9164]

My son was ij the Navy for 21 years retired at CPO and instructor. The days are long especially when on a cruise the Navy works very hard in not in luxury conditions. They have mt respect forever.

[@geoffsmith9924]

Thank you allies. Ex CPO Royal Navy

[@luisluis6044]

This pilot talking is the one who saw the UFO

[@stephenrivera9883]

Yeah CAPT(Ret) David Favor

[@tallwalls76]

It’s David M. Fravor. FRAVOR not favor

[@lostmind4615]

Hes also the only one the landed on a pitching deck in a single pass. At night.

[@rickjason215]

@@lostmind4615 He flew attack planes, before going to Top Gun and learn fighters. He had hundreds of hours of flight time over the guys in his command.

[@GD0759]

I remember buying the DVD set of this at the Goodwill. I still have it.

[@TheJd195555]

How many to the set?

[@GD0759]

@@TheJd195555 I have it put up. I think 2 o 3 DVD's

[@TheJd195555]

What is your utube channel? Thank you.

[@landocommando8]

The salsa dancing Marine is very endearing. I hope he’s doing well now!

[@tonyalston4838]

He could either be a Walmart greeter or mass murderer

[@mediafury60]

Back when the Navy uniforms looked like Navy uniforms. All you needed was the dixie cups.

[@stephenmccandless5113]

Just like women, which would love to change the navy colors to PINK !

[@WOODY11780]

Thank You !!! .... U.S. Marine Aviator 1972 -1978

[@squarebarrel]

It’s very tame Crossing the Line. I’m actually a Golden Shellback which is Equator and The IDL at the same time. I remember every single minute of it. The Captain and XO were Wogs and did the full participation. The clean up sucked.

[@ericmickle4087]

I still remember MSGT Grabowski from the Carl Vinson 2003 westpac. Cool cat.

[@Jatojammer]

The statement that the army does not know how to use naval assets is absolutely freaking true. The statement of the targets are hard to find and disappear quickly is absolutely false. In the right asset you could follow the bad guys around for hours

[@donaldpereira2652]

Old school destroyer Navy...Engine room watch team... N

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

I'd be willing to salute that red headed Ensign whenever she wanted!

[@scallen3841]

Yes mistress lol

[@stephenmccandless5113]

I would NOT take orders from a woman!

[@AK-hw9ij]

“I’m married, she’s married” lol. Rings don’t plug holes, especially in the military. Hahaha

[@darealtundah]

WHAT? Sus

[@joerhodes213]

Cheating is a way of life in the military. Anyone that doesn't admit that is just fooling themselves.

[@markoconnell804]

Thank you Col. David Fravor for your commitment to your air wing.

[@DowntownDeuce2]

THE NAVY HAS COLONELS NOW?!? YOU REALLY SHOULD LET THEM KNOW; THEY ARE UNAWARE OF IT. BUT YOU'RE THE EXPERT, NOT THEM.

[@markoconnell804]

@@DowntownDeuce2 you are right - Commander.

[@KjTheGemini]

That was my home from 04 to 08...💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@Dr__Money]

If you were there in November '04 then you were around when the UFO incident happened 0_0 Thanks for you service🙏

[@Me-eb3wv]

@@Dr__MoneyWHAT? Drop the story man 😮

[@jhare18]

Beautiful Presentation

[@ALSNewsNow]

Cmdr. Fravor is a superior human being. Period.

[@rickjason215]

He also chased a UFO along with Dietrich.

[@robertburnam885]

Dayum! Cleaning Stations on the Nimitz. Set tape zebra! Polish the same piece of brass for an hour ! lol That part, I dont miss!

[@scottmwilhelms2437]

"Shipmate!" I remember that voice. 😄

[@Me-eb3wv]

Was u there 😮

[@scottmwilhelms2437]

On the Nimitz no, my ships were the: Belleau Wood, George Washington and Eisenhower, but I remember Master Chief Penton from the first one. We believed he'd call that out across the hanger bay just to see which guilty sailor looked his way. 😂

[@dansprague2]

I wish this was available somewhere online, but all I can find are bits and pieces like this.

[@hugogarcia1234]

Randy got moves

[@h.eduardolosoya9493]

Damn.. I was in 6th or 8th grade when i used to see this xD im surprised this still airs lol

[@rontreen3278]

From pollywog to shellback 77 Cruze to Rio De Janeiro

[@gtc1961]

18:53 that sure as hell wasn't happening when I was on a carrier! LOL

[@jhollie8196]

Wonder if that is Admiral Dunleavy son? He was our CO on the Coral Sea and awesome CO… This coming from a Marine who was assigned to the MarDet 77-80

[@tommynikon2283]

@17:54+ Cmdr. David Fravor, of Tic-Tac UFO fame. THE pilot.....who chased one.

[@shawnestyhoughton6515]

I served on the Nimitz on the east coast did med and north alantics

[@rontreen3278]

Been there done that USS America cv-66 75 to 79

[@stephenrivera9883]

We where there but for some reason the Capt detoured elsewhere so I didn't get the chance to be a ShellBack

[@ilduce5874]

18:30 two steppin at Billy Bob’s in the Fort Worth stockyards hooyah

[@christophermaine4085]

I’d love to see the rest of the series

[@bobmolloy1545]

it's so difficult to find the rest of the series. Used to be easy but they seem to be hiding them now-a-days

[@dansprague2]

@@bobmolloy1545 The problem is they're on PBS site but they require flash, which doesn't work anymore.

[@jeffharder8706]

Holy shit the Shellback ceremony was pussied down fro my day in the mid 80’s. This wasn’t shit!

[@devildoc225]

Anything remotely resembling the "old Navy", disappeared 7 March, 1994. The day women reported aboard combatant vessels in the Navy. Since then, it's been a steady diet of "EEO" training, non-stop. Do an "old" Shellback ceremony as a CO, or CMC, and your career ends. Anything REMOTELY considered hazing, your career ends. Anything "triggering", and your career ends. The military is one big "corporate" mess. That's the reality.

[@jeffharder8706]

@@devildoc225 I got out back in ‘93 so I miss the good ol’ days lol

[@garycamara9955]

I am a Shellback, 1968!

[@gunndish]

You know that's right! Geez ... I crossed the line on Connie in '78 ... weren't no picnic!!!

[@calneigbauer7542]

Wombat is in this series cmdr favor bunch of guys that you can listen to on KZbin now

[@seanjones3551]

Yeah...I was '09/10 wespac when I went from pollywag ("Wag") to Shellback My name was "El Sancho Wag".🤣 '11/12 wespac, I made Golden Shellback🇺🇲

[@RogerRamjet156]

WOG!!! From Shellback '83

[@Stacey.B]

Com. David Fravor!!! Before or after he saw the tic-tac UFO??

[@Bum-gh2zi]

I was stationed on USS Chancellorsville CG-62 96-99. Was on her when she was an all-male crew and then when she became coed big difference.

[@jeffbeck8993]

I was on the west coast, took a contingent of young female enlisted sailors for a week long test at sea. Complete s**t show. Felt bad for the small boys on the pier around us when the integration order rolled downhill. Jumped through their butts to create female berthing and head zones, on a tiny Frigate, before any shipyard reconfiguration was done. "Make it work, and we don't want to hear about any of your problems. Suck it up". First time I happened to be out on the pier at knock off, all the boys and girls came off the small boys, walking down the pier laughing, giggling, holding hands; it was like end of the day at Jr. High School, but in dungarees. Felt the hand of First Lady Hillary Clinton. A palpable G.I. Jane political vibe going on at the time, and good old Bill Clinton clearly didn't get the memo. LOL. He managed to keep his job and finish out his tour in the White House, while the Navy kept feeding warm bodies into the experiment like a human meat grinder. Very Pavlovian training method. Dangle a bone in front of a dog and then smack him if he tries to take it. "The beatings will continue until morale improves", came to mind. I started taking type 3 orders overseas to avoid the whole scene at sea. Punched out as soon as I had my 20 in. Dodged a bullet.

[@andrewhart6200]

Commander Fravor is in so many videos looking back - none of the civilians who watched Joe Rogan will get it....I guess he ended up being with a 3 letter agency int he end - Hooyah ;)

[@johnneveu1718]

That's my favorite part of the whole Navy UFO gun cam video situation: The pilot who filmed one of them is involved in a 10 hour PBS documentary series of him just being a normal military dude. He is clearly a humble dude and that makes the UFO thing crazier because he seems totally honest!

[@prancer1803]

@@johnneveu1718 I agree

[@bahrummohammad5956]

where's the rest episodes 🤔

[@kaylie8515]

Cafe Sevilla SD down town lol❤

[@ericwagner581]

If you went through the Crossing the Line after the mid 90s and didn't "Kiss the Baby", go through the "Fashion Show", swam the garbage shoot and ran the gauntlet, then you're not a REAL Shellback. -QMC (SW) Retired.

[@jeffharder8706]

I totally concur!! I can’t even imagine what crossing the equator is like now

[@scallen3841]

I went through it in 1989

[@scallen3841]

@@jeffharder8706 They hand you a certificate that says your a shellback, they don't have to earn it

[@jeffharder8706]

@@scallen3841 seriously? Jesus I heard the military was getting soft….that’s bullshit. We had a guy on my ship that swore up and down he was a shellback but he didn’t have his card or could prove it. He was terrified of the ceremony. We made him do it anyways. 😂

[@scallen3841]

@@jeffharder8706 Lol I did it as a wig in 89 then in 90 we crossed the line again , and did the ceremony as a shellback . I still have my card and I got out in 92

[@jesse6468]

Well I suppose it was either college or the military for them...

[@sicario684]

where r they now in 2023?

[@DeclanHiggins__]

37:30 It’s Jell-O!

[@iMatti00]

*QUESTION - Does anyone know where I can watch the other episodes of this series for free? This is one episode of the series Caxrrxier from the Pxbxs channel? (NOTE: remove all the “x” letters from those two names to read this comment. I wrote it like that to prevent them from finding this video and removing it b/c four days ago has already been removed by pxbxs since they owe it. Pxbxs searches for and removes this content like crazy.* Also, a question, why did the owner of this channel only upload one episode of the series? And thanks for uploading this episode? 🙏

[@iMatti00]

colombiadude1 - Thank you but I don’t think that site lets you watch the videos. It looks like it does, but it doesn’t. At least as far as I can tell. There were 2-3 episodes in KZbin but that was it. I just ended up buying it on Amazon Prime. 😞

[@vinyltapelover]

@@mudkipper1 " pirate bay . rocks". 5 yr xkodix userhere. Tor only or with a db acct?

[@vinyltapelover]

@@iMatti00 I lucked up and recorded this series to dvds when it first aired. I like to help others out trying to view it. At the pbs site, I got an error message that Adobe Flash Player is Blocked. I’m using Chrome on a pc, windwos 10. I googled searched and found a solution. It works and I am able to view all ten episodes. I am viewing/listening to the videos as I am typing. Be advised support for the Flash Player stops December 2020. So you are going to have hurry up to get your binge watching on. I had to go into Google settings to enable Flash Player. This is a cut and paste of what those instructions look like. I hope it helps. To instruct Chrome to allow Flash Player to run, perform the following steps. Open Chrome, from the Customize and Control Google Chrome menu (three dots in upper right corner or browser window) Select Settings Select Privacy and Security Select Site Settings Select Flash Move the slider next to "Block sites from running Flash (recommended)" to Ask first (this will add the website you are using to the Allowed list) Chrome will now allow you to click on the player to run the Flash content: Followed by this pop-up: (You will see the example when settings reading all this) Click Allow and Chrome will run the Flash content. When you close and reopen Chrome for a new browsing session you will see this reminder: DO NOT click on the Turn off button or you will have to start the whole process over again!

[@iMatti00]

@@vinyltapelover - Thanks for that information and all the detail. 🙏

[@hiroshi138]

What senior citizen chose the background music?

[@TyStyckify]

USS BOHICA (CVAN-68) _plank owner_

[@electrical5]

Kinda curious what happened to the guy who crossed the deck during landing.

[@jasonmercado4261]

Still curious lol? I know who it was

[@gerchop9304]

@@jasonmercado4261 tell me ese

[@jasonmercado4261]

@@gerchop9304 it was a chief of mine cause he said he needing to go to the bathroom

[@tallwalls76]

@@jasonmercado4261 before or after he talked to the Air Boss? (Snicker)

[@slayinbass2396]

I always assumed fighter pilots were perfect and always landed first try on the carriers.

[@charliesmith643]

Not at all. It takes a lot of training to stay sharp

[@saenzperspectives]

Lol it’s fun to watch when you are onboard especially watching the newer pilots

[@patrickfurlong9169]

That master chief runs his mouth too much.

[@glennsoucy4359]

He's an ass clown

[@asnark7115]

Damb shame about those new Shellback rules..

[@6StringsTheory]

Landing crews on aircraft carriers should be given incentives. The more successful landings the more rewards you get.

[@scallen3841]

It's just a job

[@BMK500]

they do, its called "hazardous duty" pay. Everyone on the flight line including the pilots automatically get it. when in a combat zone, the entire crew gets it

[@hawkeye681]

The satisfaction of good landing grades comes after every line period during Foc’sle follies when the pilots with the best grades are recognized by his/her peers… For a Naval Aviator there is nothing better. It’s all about competence and competition. We did it for the challenge and thrill and serving the country in a pretty cool way. USN retired Former tailhooker.

[@BillyColeII-dr6dk]

Shellback initiation kind of weak...TM3 Billy Cole, USS Brumby FF 1044, initiated in Aug 1975, UNITAS Cruise....Pacific side and back up on Atlantic side....

[@robertwnorrisii9143]

BOLTER. Wave Off. HAWK.

[@smudent2010]

lol so many people would face disciplinary action for their comments here today. We have become way too restrictive of speech

[@SamGouldsboro]

Greesed in 77 shellac 78

[@jackwinemiller8358]

that crossing the line ceremony was a pathetic joke, I crossed in 83 on a helicopter assault carrier (LHA-3 USS BELLEAU WOOD) and it was brutal by the end my hands and knees were a bloody mess from crawling on nonskid all day my ass and legs numb from getting beat with 3 foot pieces of fire hose the slop chute was 50 yards long and the royal baby's belly was covered in the foulest shit imaginable. but next time I crossed as a SHELLBACK and that made it all worthwhile lol

[@jpyke231]

I was right there with you on the Wood. I wouldn't trade that for anything.

[@col.strayga1389]

That's the lamest crossing the line ceremony I've seen.

[@F1god04]

Watching this makes me think that Enlisted live crap lives, and Officers live good.

[@riconeverlackin5122]

Coming from a sailor it’s kinda true.

[@jameslong2006]

Honestly from this old salty dog they live the same life enlisted do with a tad bigger racks unless your a dept head they have their own full size bed fold out that turns into a couch. But the O1-O4 have racks with a few more inches than enlisted. Their food is better because the wardroom cooks for less than the enlisted main galley.

[@GrowMasterGeneral]

@@jameslong2006 I don't know what Navy you were in, but Officers' lives were vastly different than Enlisted lives. Officers get paid quite a bit more. An Ensign makes about as much as a Chief. On the ship, they get staterooms. And if they're 0-4 or above, they usually get a stateroom to themselves. Only junior officers had to share. And even then, it was like 4 max per room. Going on liberty, they always got off the boat first, had no curfew, and didn't have to have a liberty buddy. There weren't any Chiefs lined up as they got off the boat looking them up and down to make sure their civilian clothes weren't frayed or "inappropriate". I mean, do I need to keep going? I could write a book. I served on the Nimitz from 04-08 (yes, I'm actually in this documentary) and I couldn't help but feel like a black person in pre-civil rights era. That place was toxic. All the racism, sexism, etc. Officers lived a decent life. They had something resembling a normal job. Enlisted lived like abject slaves. All the working parties, cranking in the galley, getting treated like shit. It felt like a prison sentence with hard labor.

[@johndeere8594]

If you want too live an officers life take your Ass to school. Quit complaining and do something about it.

[@jeffbeck8993]

​@@GrowMasterGeneral The old saying is true. It's not for everyone. My experience as an E4 and below nobody was 1987-1990 on forward deployed carrier out of Yokosuka. Tend to remember all the cool adventures in Yoko/Tokyo chasing JN girls around the block, and love hotels. Get underway (a lot), and have a blast in the Barrio in P.I., Pusan, Singapore, Sheilas calling the Dial-a-Sailor phone in Australia to order up a Sailor like a pizza from Dominoes. The first time I walked out onto the catwalk at dawn, at anchor, and there was Africa right in front of me. Africa! First time we steamed through the San Bernadino Strait in the Philippines, seeing the smoke from small villages and hooches was like a looking glass back to the Stone Age. How many Americans would see or do the stuff I was about to experience, before I was old enough to shave; but still did because you had to. Sure. The at sea periods were long. Some were really long. Like 2 beer days, and a couple times just a few days shy of the 3rd. On a ship older than my parents, smashed nut to butt in a funky smelling berthing with little to no a/c. 12-16 hour work days on the flight deck rain or shine, ground hog days out in the NAG playing peek-a-boo with the Soviets or Iranians while on water hours, running out of vegetables and milk, so you live on canned ravioli, sliders and beans until the next unrep ship or Mrs. Piggy was in range - and maybe get some mail too. A few close calls, learning about the ever-present reality of death when you're a bullet proof teenager. Getting crabs during a miserable yard period, mess cranking, duty days, the first drunken bar fight, lying to each other as to why we were at Medical the first day out of Subic, and how Doc grinned as he pulled out that extra long Q-tip...... LOL. All that stuff is a blur now, but was an important part of changing from a teenage boy to a man. Builds character and an excellent work ethic, if you let it. Shut your pie hole, suck it up and git 'er done. Last but not least, as I retired from active duty in 2007, was reminded how good I'd had it compared to all those who came before, and at the time, being a Soldier or Marine in the suck, many of whom faced the daily/hourly potential of waking up dead in Iraq, or on some forgotten mountain in Afghanistan. Mess Cranking? Pffffttt! All day. No sweat. 😎

[@Bum-gh2zi]

Watching their shellback ceremony sucks big time. It is PC big time.

[@missumenimsatanass]

So funny watching the girl pilot trying to act like one of the guys. She even tried to act like them by chewing gum the way they did. Haha. David took the flight because she wouldn't have been able to land again. Btw for those who don't know David happens to be the pilot that filmed the UFO that the pentagon released. Small world...🤭🤣

[@artkahn888]

🫡🇺🇸

[@sopwith]

Клоуны/ с этими мы справимся🏁

[@stephenmccandless5113]

I am tired of WOMEN in the armed forces being in the forefront ..Anyone who complains about my comment, just doesn't understand what the government is doing to us all!! Protection and security is a mans duty, and womans role is to be the cornerstone of the family unit ! I was in the navy during VN, and I NEVER received respect for it by any woman for 30 years. Men have been mutilated killed, and terrorized in keeping our country free (until recently) ! I don't see 90% of woman respecting this FACT ! God help us if women were given a replacement role in the service. It's bad enough that the government wants to replace the armed forces with illegal aliens (no English), they also want to make us all subservient to them ! The armed service has a tremendously vital role in preserving our freedom. The democrats (NWO) want us gone! This reminds me of the academy cadets forced to wear high heels a few years ago ' which was an insult to ALL veterans !

[@glennsoucy4359]

Get over it!

[@user-nn7mb4ip4l]

I Agree 100%

[@user-nn7mb4ip4l]

​@glennsoucy4359 pipe down Smoke mouth...Women DONT BELONG IN THE MILITARY!!!

[@user-nn7mb4ip4l]

I'm sorry,Today's U.S NAVY is Pathetic. THANK GOD for the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS!!!

[@jeffbeck8993]

I can hear Fox News blaring from your TV in the living room. 😵‍💫

[@user-nn7mb4ip4l]

What's with all the women???