Officer Living on US Navy Cruiser

[@frankgordon8829]

I was on a carrier as enlisted. I saw some Ensigns bitching about 4 had to share a stateroom! Their mattress was twice as thick as ours & had more storage than you have. I told them "Step around the corner & I'll show you what it's like sharing a room with 72 other guys!"

[@kennethschlegel870]

On a Ticonderoga "O country" is a great shortcut to other parts of the Ship, the trick for enlisted is to walk through with a clipboard and stop at few fire extinguishers and check their safety tags so people think you're there on official business.

[@NautilusSSN571]

It's so dumb the fact that they esentialy lock a central area of the ship to enlisted people. Don't join the navy guys it's full of suckers.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

I slept in rice paddies during monsoon season in Vietnam. He is golden

[@alansnapp2410]

Navy brings 3 hots and cot with them everywhere, marines and army have to make new beds wherever they end up, and air force calls the front desk!

[@Tyler-z8r]

@@alansnapp2410 airforce controls a drone with an xbox controller from their 2-bed apartment they have to themselves

[@1Barsamian]

This video makes me glad that I went into private industry instead. However, I am grateful to you all for protecting our country. Thank you all for your service to those of you that have served.

[@Tyler-z8r]

Depending on the type of officer you are, you may only spend a few months at sea with these living arrangements, after which you can decide to stay on shore and it will basically just be a semi-normal 9-5 job. Also, this is for a Navy Cruiser, I believe living arrangements on aircraft carriers are better for Officers, perhaps getting their own cabin for higher ranking officers. But yeah, life at sea generally sucks if you're used to sleeping in your own bedroom. That being said, some officers are living like this for months on end, several times throughout their Navy career (or for decades if they have a long Navy career).

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

The Captain on the Midway had a inport cabin that would look like a 5 star hotel room.

[@peteandreas8850]

Its good to be Captain

[@brucenewman6577]

I was First LT on a 542 class LST back in 1959-61. My "stateroom" was positively enormous compared to these spaces. I had two bunks, desk, dresser, closet, storage, porthole, and shared with most junior incoming officer from time to time. He always got the upper, which was a lot of fun for a newby during heavy weather. Officer's country has really changed, I guess, with more modern ships.

[@Faith_Through_Struggle]

Green side navy still has surge capacity and berthing spaces around the upper level below the bridge specifically on LSD’S that are extremely spacious, but I don’t know about other classes of ships.

[@jujuandphil2020]

The smaller the ship, the small everything is. And with the education/knowledge gap getting smaller and smaller between enlisted and officers, sometimes I wonder if a JO deserves more comfortable living or a first class or chief who has been in the navy for decades

[@63stratoman]

@@jujuandphil2020 I was an E6 and believe me when I say we appreciate it when we worked with JOs who throw respect back to those who were their subordinates. We would likely bend over backwards to help you guys become outstanding senior officers as you progress in your careers!

[@rat4spd]

@@jujuandphil2020 Not really.

[@brucenewman6577]

on a junior ship such as an LST, we had maybe 4 E6''s and maybe two Chiefs. As 1st LT, I depended heavily(!) on my senior Boatwain's mate and Gunner"s Mate. As an ensign with zero experience when I came aboard my job was to "keep your mouth shut and learn" Then, one day, several months later I had the wheel for the next 18 months--with an XO who didn't care for college kids amongst other cultural traits. My favorite experience was during GQ. My station was the forward 40mm gun tub. Our one HM knew I had a sense of humor. He stood by underneath he gun tub with a surgical dressing for my behind because he know the XO would show up soon and take a hunk. We all used to laugh about it. We kidded about it 40 years later at a ship's reunion. And those guys still called me "Mister". Great shipmates.

[@tyronemarcucci8395]

On my carrier, Junior Officers sleeping quarters was referred to as "boys town".

[@jujuandphil2020]

Haha we call it the JO Jungle

[@Brooksie997]

6 Officers living in a single room?!?!? Not what I had expected tbh. Nice Vid btw

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Lol. Gotta keep the nuggets together so you don't lose your gold.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Junior officers.

[@BMK500]

Wait till you hear about JO jungle

[@ecclairmayo4153]

This surprised me too

[@foxbodyblues6709]

my ship it had a space like this and called it the “JO jungle”

[@billbeyatte]

Thanks for the tour. I was enlisted in 1964 on the Richmond K Turner DLG-20, 21 people in the compartment, coffin lockers. Not that bad. New construction.

[@wcox4]

I was a top-racker when I was onboard the USS O'BANNON {DD-987} that is currently and permanently sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic about 400 miles ENE of Myrtle Beach, SC.

[@jujuandphil2020]

Nice! This ship is currently getting decommissioned as we speak!

[@dthebassman7999]

1980-1984, Ensign to Ltjg, I was an engineering division aboard an old LSD (Dock Landing Ship), amphib hauling Marine and their equipment all over the Pacific Ocean. My state room was huge compared to the DDs, DDG and CGs.

[@LifeInMontana]

Semper Fi Mate. I enjoyed my times aboard as a LVTP-7 crewman. The navy was very good to us! Good chow, and berthing. Navy are badass! 1979-84! Camp DelMar.

[@seattlesteve1588]

Thanks for sharing…brings back memories living in JO berthing on an old Adams Class, DDG 21 in Yokosuka.

[@jujuandphil2020]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RonaldoSanchez-g1y]

my dad was a master chief and the best thing about the goat locked, Officers could not just walk in.

[@wfwillis]

I was in a two-man stateroom in Warrant Officer country while serving on the USS Chicago CG-11 as a new CWO2. The best ship I ever served on. CWO4 USN Ret.

[@howarddavis685]

USS Cowpens CG 63! I was on the commissioning crew. I love this ship. So sad to see it is getting decommissioned soon.

[@abercrom21guy]

I just saw an Hsl51 patch. I served in that squadron in the late 90s

[@JacobAndJamal]

Comfort is relative I guess 😂. I’m a Navy JO (prior enlisted Air Force who was with Army most my career) . I’ll take a cot & tent in the desert or FOB over a ship any day . But it is what it is . It has been a hard transition getting use to Maritime world

[@jujuandphil2020]

So true! Everything is relative!

[@BalakeHart-nh4xh]

😅 I had 12 years of sea duty..retired Chief.

[@danielcurbelo7526]

Howdy Juju and Phil!! Love y’all’s videos! Could you please do one on what SWO’s do on a deployment? Maybe a day in the life video? Thanks so much! God bless! :)

[@sushidog7323]

Yes, Please

[@hartindc]

I was use to 2-3 JO's per stateroom. More Tech must mean less O'Country Space. Dept Heads get two bunks per stateroom with may the senior DH's one per stateroom. When the Helo Flight crew embarks.....Ah Man, maybe the Ensigns sleep on sleeping bags on foam pads on the decks.

[@Richard-od7yd]

I did MESS DUTY in the WARDROOM and had to collect the laundry and garbage in OFFICERS COUNTRY on the USS LUCE DDG 38 back in the late 70s and you guys have got it worse !! There used to be 2 to a room on my Ship . Y It looks like the NAVY took a page out of LOWER DECKS and put Jr. Officers in a BERTHING COMPARTMENT !! And its a SCUTTLEBUTT and DOWN LADDER not sink and down stairs .

[@jujuandphil2020]

Haha yeah. I think the difference between officers and enlisted is getting smaller and smaller. I have enlisted with college degrees. And honestly, a good second class petty officer is so much more valuable than an unqualified junior officer!

[@Richard-od7yd]

@@jujuandphil2020 My Captain called me by First name when I was a 3rd class BMOW on the Bridge when he wanted to talk to me semi officially. It was usually a question about the News or scores or to just point out how beautiful the Sea can be when you know what you're doing.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I was enlisted in the Navy. I never went on a ship and the most I ever had in a room was 4. One base I was at there was 2 to a room and a bathroom shared with the room next door. Every room had its own sink. When not deployed I just lived off base.

[@kirk2767]

I was on a Tico from '87-'91. Funny, how I can tell where you are from the bit of the passageway you show at :23. Starboard side, right? And the door opposite leads down to the main deck. You go forward from there and its where the enlisted mess is.

[@jujuandphil2020]

haha, you are basically mapping the ship!

[@ilovepotatos]

Looks awesome! Congratulations on making Officer Stauts young man! Enjoy your brilliant career in the United States Navy. 'Merica🇺🇸❤🦅

[@jujuandphil2020]

Much appreciated!

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

"brilliant career" to look forward too? For all we know, his ship could end up being USS Liberty 2: Electric Bugaloo

[@martinbachmann6283]

Only ship-berthing I ever experienced was as enlisted on a nasty ol' non-nuc carrier. This was a really cool video! As a side-note: I would bet that the "handy-sink" in officer country also served as a pretty convenient um.... urinal at night time too perhaps? 😁 😂

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Thank you for thr video and thank you for your service!

[@jujuandphil2020]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidchew4352]

When my dad joined the navy in 1939 he slept in a hammock on the mess deck.

[@jujuandphil2020]

some submarines still do hot rack!

[@rvdareyet7201]

All I'm gonna say is that if our stateroom ever looked like that, we'd have been in hack for 3 months!! ROFL. CG-58 here.

[@bski1611]

Kind of surprised by the lack of use of nautical terms. Door, bathroom, wall and not hatch, head, bulkhead?

[@Daniel-pu1dw]

In 1961 I had a rack and a 24x38 inch locker That was it, Cpo mess was better but a empty rack was the rule. Work was on the deck and get to it. So when the going gets tough I can sleep anytime anyware

[@280StJohnsPl]

I was an E-3 in 1st Division aboard ship....we were only allowed in officers country to clean the officers staterooms and passageways.

[@billmatters1831]

Room=compartment. Downstairs=below. Water fountain = scuttlebutt.

[@JLTJr.]

Wow if that's the officers billets , I don't even want to see how the enlisted guys live . No wonder recruiting numbers are down ; they must have seen this video .i guess it's true : the worst shore duty beats the best sea duty . True patriots to put up with these living conditions . All I can say is God bless the US Air Force . 20 years active duty and Air Guard and I'd recommend it to any young person who asked .

[@jujuandphil2020]

Haha, I agree that AF definitely has the best quality of life!

[@Tyler-z8r]

I mean who really cares. Sure if you're going to be going the full 20-30 years you don't want to be living with a bunch of dudes, but if you're only doing a standard 4-6 active duty, it doesn't really matter all that much. You're putting money in the bank and focusing on your job.

[@rmeighan3761]

I slept in supply berthing , on the top rack ,onboard the U.S.S. Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) from ‘93-‘96. Thank god for the “ OH SH*T!! “ straps during rough seas.

[@jimmccormick6091]

was she still in Philly? Had a frind on the Sprague in the mid 80's

[@rmeighan3761]

@@jimmccormick6091 The Perry was turned into scrap metal

[@rmeighan3761]

@@jimmccormick6091 I also served on the Sprague

[@oleboy7615]

A lot tighter than the zero living quarters onboard USS Kidd (DDG 993). They all had much more room and nicer beds.

[@davidlooney621]

I was a damage controlman on the Lincoln, I don't really remember officers doing anyting except drinking Red bull lol

[@jujuandphil2020]

lol pretty much 😂

[@jeffreywolf8332]

Heh. LoL. Not very observant, were ya? 🤣

[@SAVY_JAX]

The Warlord Det sticker cracks me up. Lol!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

No disrespect meant, but these quarters seem to be just one step above a prison setting. I know it's designed to be totally functional, and this isn't a Las Vegas hotel suite ... but my claustrophobia would be kicking in so hard there, haha. But I am grateful that people receive a calling to join the military life. It's important.

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Enlisted below him is much more cramped

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@ecclairmayo4153 Makes me shudder, lol

[@jujuandphil2020]

Yeah….. it’s not easy living….

[@howellwong11]

I was a naval officer, but I have no idea about officer country, since I never had shipboard duty.

[@jujuandphil2020]

Gosh you are so lucky!

[@neutrino78x]

omg sir, that's three or four times the size of officer staterooms on submarines! 😲 I was enlisted, STS3(SS), [SS = "submarine specialist" aka "Qualified in Submarines"] and on a Trident (Ohio class), which is the bigger type of submarine we have, this was 1999 to 2003 ....but the officer staterooms are about the size of an office cubicle and hold up to three officers, usually two (it depends on how many officers are aboard). There is enough room to for each to stand up, and then there are two fold out desks. Enlisted rooms are also the size of office cubicles, but hold nine enlisted members. Three amidships, three forward, three aft. There is a separate area for E-7 and above, "The Goat Locker", it's about the same as E-7 and below, but fewer people. The Chief of the Boat, which on a surface ship is called "Command Master Chief" has his (or her....there's a female COB on at least one submarine that I know of) own office on a Trident, but his sleeping area is with the other E-7+. 🙂 This is probably true of cruisers as well: the Captain is the only one who gets a stateroom all to himself. 🙂

[@IvAleksandrov]

great videos! success in the service!

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

Funny, we called it a head when I was in the Navy, not a bathroom.

[@dennythomas8887]

Maybe a little bit too "PC"? He kept saying people and not men. When I was on the boat it was a 4 "man room" 6 "man room" 60 "man berthing" nothing and I repeat nothing was tagged officially or unofficially with "people". Female Officers lived in a 4 "man stateroom" Female Enlisted lived in 30 "man berthing"

[@wyskass861]

The water fountain is also apparently a "sink"

[@ThisIsCrazyGamer]

Yeah many said bathroom others said head. No one gives a crap what you call it

[@doitnow3291]

I left the military after 12 years…could not stomach anymore the class distinction. My Chief Master Sargeant had more brains..more class, more everything…than the people he had to salute! Didnt get it after a while and saw no future as an enlisted man..E6 when I got out with no slots available to advance..I do miss it though..the comradary!!

[@michaelkroner8964]

Good god that stateroom is a shitpit with all the gear adrift!!! It truly is a new Navy from when I served active duty. And or perhaps just shows the differences in standards enlisted are/were held to vs officers for gear adrift?

[@jujuandphil2020]

😅 let me go knife hand Philip real quick

[@theodoreskaff1209]

​@@jujuandphil2020😊😊

[@sjtanman]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

[@glennday7802]

You can tell he's a newbie. He mistakenly referred to the scuttlebutt, i.e., water fountain, as a sink. 🤣

[@electrician248]

Nice video LT JG! When I was an IC-2 in the navy sometimes I had to go into officers country to repair a sound powered phone. This was years ago. As far as racks go, I found mine to be very comfortable with an air conditioning vent and a reading light. I wonder if sound powered telephones are still used on navy ships?

[@Faith_Through_Struggle]

In the spaces it’s more of a landline, or a old phone where you spin them to the right number and rinse and repeat, on the weather decks, exterior and bridge to name a few there are still sound powered phones.

[@electrician248]

I found them to be very reliable and seldom had to service them. A typical repair would be replacing the handset cords. They are very simple in design .@@Faith_Through_Struggle

[@jujuandphil2020]

Yes we absolutely still are! In the nuclear navy and the conventional navy. I was in charge of IC and ET on my previous ship (my title was ICE-T) . Very found if ICman, great hard working people

[@electrician248]

@@jujuandphil2020That is great. By my experience, the sound powered telephone systems were just about indestructible. I loved being an IC man. I was petty officer second class. I worked with the EM's and the ET's. I had heard that the IC rating was no more. I have never heard of ICE-T rating. It must be something new. I regret that when my commitment was up and was ready to be discharged, I should have "Reupped" and stayed in the navy.

[@Rocky-or4rz]

Did he just call the head a bathroom?! Actually you have an enlisted warfare pin on your uniform, prior enlisted?

[@jujuandphil2020]

I was not a prior some other officers were tho!

[@TheRecipientsofHonor]

Awesome video!

[@screechowl75]

Is there more living space on a carrier? I served on a DE out of pearl and it was pretty tight anywhere you went!!!

[@peterrynish6131]

Show the "berthing area" of the enlisted. "Officer Country" is like living in a motel room by comparison. A homeless shelter is more luxurious than enlisted berthing where 50 to 80 people share a bathroom the size of a Walmart bathroom. Imagine living/sleeping/pooping/showering in a run down YMCA or high school locker room(including smells.)

[@paulcrenson577]

Have a Canadian in the berth. With that photo of the CN tower on the door ?

[@Golfer5824]

Downstairs? You mean below? What stairs? They’re called ladders. What do they teach you boots at the Academy? I spent 3 1/2 as an E5 on the last all-gun cruiser. You probably wouldn’t understand the lingo. I guess that’s progress 🤷

[@martinbachmann6283]

Golfer5824, oh MAN! Those absolutely BEAUTIFUL All-Gun HEAVY CRUISERS! Never served on one, but they were awesome warships! I think our Navy made a huge mistake in taking the All-Guns out of the fleet, just like they screwed up when they eliminated "Lighter-Than-Air" squadrons (ZP) in the very early 60s.

[@rickandhelenrobinson1280]

Yeah. “Outside”? “Wall”? Weatherdecks and bulkhead.

[@psansoucy]

If you think this is cramped for six, you would not believe the berthing for Marines embarked for deployment. Bunks 4 or 5 high and gear on the bunks during the day, on the deck at night.

[@andrewhatton1606]

My father was a officer and enlisted. I don’t understand why people are upset with the officers. My dad aged so fast when he commissioned. There’s a lot of responsibility involved when you’re an officer.

[@edkrach8891]

Ticonderoga class cruiser.

[@briangulley6027]

Ask me again why I joined the air force.

[@jeffreywolf8332]

If Navy life and mission were easy, we'd let the air force do it.

[@briangulley6027]

@@jeffreywolf8332At least we don't need the Marines to baby sit us.

[@jeffreywolf8332]

@@briangulley6027 Neither do we. In fact, they can't even get to the fight without us.

[@robertherron3002]

When did they install walls on ships? Was that before or after they put doors on the ships to replace hatches?

[@ictpilot]

The JO bunkroom. How senior do you have to be now to get into a two-person stateroom?

[@d.nutter4950]

As Enlisted Flight Crew in the USAF, I got a single room. 😅

[@jujuandphil2020]

Sometimes I really think AF is the way to go.

[@d.nutter4950]

@jujuandphil2020 highly recommend..

[@edwardpate6128]

That's why it's called the Chair Force.

[@d.nutter4950]

@@edwardpate6128 yep... when you can end the entire world, while sitting in a chair, playing x- box, the other services get jealous.

[@chrisakins692]

JO Jungle. Much smaller on FFGs.

[@earlgeorge7573]

thank you for your service. Other than the CAPTAIN of the ship, what rank do you have to be to have private quarters?

[@Mathemagical55]

I'm shocked at how little personal space officers get.

[@jujuandphil2020]

well, officers or sailors, we are all human and some are just more privileged and luckier to become officers

[@jeremyc803]

Closet? They're called lockers lol

[@KaiserSoza-lw9nx]

This officers area is known as "Boys Town" where the junior officers sleep. When you get to be a more senior officer you get a stateroom with one roomie. Department heads usually get private staterooms.

[@jujuandphil2020]

Haha we call it the “JO jungle” and on a small boy, it’s not rare to see a first tour JO sharing a room with a DH!

[@GaZonk100]

are the mattresses hard or soft? what happens if you can't handle the bedding style, because truly that can wear you down over time

[@jujuandphil2020]

Yeah… navy is more or less and young man’s job

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

A lot better than being enlisted stacked 3 high!

[@mickeyhicks1732]

why's that?

[@carlhicksjr8401]

I hope the Lieutenant and his Lady will accept the respects and regards of an old cavalry corporal. A tip of the Stetson to you.

[@Efunderburk]

What do ensigns and other junior officers do on a ship like a destroyer. I’m wondering if I should go into the navy after collage.

[@markalexander4611]

No comparison to enlisted that’s for sure, same as the food

[@Tanglangfa]

What sort of jobs would a junior officer do?

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Getting yelled at by O-4s and lots of powerpoint.

[@pdailey1950]

The US navy is definitly light in the loafers.

[@eikskjold]

Fun fact... you can stuff someone in the coffin rack and close it. The more you know.

[@jimmccormick6091]

I will tell you this, and I think many will agree with me- Those grey, wool blankets? The one current active duty sailors HATE? There will come a day when you will MISS those damn things... (at least I do)

[@tylersatterwhite2034]

I launched the missiles in the thumb nail haha no joke

[@notapilot1]

The 'nooks and crannies' are probably better for privacy so you're not all six of you in each other's hair, but otherwise it is a visually difficult environment and my guess is, full of afterthoughts and designed by committee. Feel like an officer should have no more than one roommate.

[@jujuandphil2020]

I agree. But it is what it is at times...

[@davidrosenblum2178]

Looks like the three-man on a Spru-can I was assigned to on a Med cruise in ‘94. Boy, I miss those days…not!😂

[@EdgarStyles1234]

CN tower poster???

[@sushidog7323]

Can you do a video about Naval Academy Nominations and how they work?

[@james-pierre7634]

No, figure it our yourself like we all did!

[@sushidog7323]

@@james-pierre7634 yo chill this was ten months ago and it was before I looked more into it

[@james-pierre7634]

@@sushidog7323 The point is you still asked someone to do the work for you.

[@sushidog7323]

@@james-pierre7634 I just thought they might have some insight

[@63stratoman]

If our Enlisted berthing ever looked like that, we'd get our asses chewed out big time by our Div Officer and probably have our liberty secured! Nowadays, young officers such as yourself would be old enough to be my kid so these days I would likely call you "Son" rather than "Sir!" 🤣Thank you for your service!

[@charlesnowak7486]

I agree, lot's of gear adrift.

[@jimbob100-d3l]

Classic boomer

[@SkydivingSquid]

Oh, man. Bro, fuck that lol. DDGs get 2 to a room. Flashbacks to when I was enlisted berthing. DDG life is where it's at!

[@aleximalmgren5301]

You are a Mustang Officer ?

[@jujuandphil2020]

Nah straight out of high school to the academy then to the fleet

[@paulcalhoun6339]

Downstairs?

[@hudsonjamesc]

Whats the temperature like?

[@forrestnorman9359]

Have a field day. Clean your stateroom!

[@288theabe]

Why is there a picture of the CN tower on a US ship? 😂

[@Ava44322]

Drake album cover

[@Jake-be9ji]

No shot.

[@arneldobumatay3702]

How many bunks are occupied over the course of 24 hours? 2-3 per work shift?

[@jujuandphil2020]

That really depends!

[@sc1]

Did you need permission from the CO to post this video?

[@guypuglia3375]

Gear adrift EVERYWHERE

[@domenik8339]

"Living" he says. Pretty low bar for that term I'd say.

[@johnkrebs3198]

You guys need to make an Eighth Amendment case. A prisoner has a Constitutional right to more space.

[@jujuandphil2020]

lol a lot of enlisted sailors have worse living condition than we do

[@kenbadoian2476]

Downstairs, hey down below salty

[@petecarson2029]

Most Royal Navy are single occupancy

[@BeachsideHank]

Do they still get Grog?

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Yah I was on a Nimitz class carrier. You know there are about 30 staterooms that are for "dignitaries" or visitors, and are almost always empty on a day to day basis. I KNEW that they are not serviced or checked up on. They had keycard locks on the doors, but that wont stop an electronics specialist (hhehe it's not gonna stop an AT). I used those rooms about a hundred times over the years to bang girls, as it was one of the few places on the boat where I could get privacy. I mean nobody ever found out, it was great. And just think, all the "elites" on that boat, all the chiefs, the officers, and even the captain were all INCELS while I was getting LAID left and right. It was quite a thrill to get away with than and an awesome privilege that I carved out for myself.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

Sickening that enlisted have to clean officers quarters

[@arthurjohnson7382]

Downstairs? When did that become a Naval term on a warship? Not in my navy.

[@jujuandphil2020]

#NotMyNavy #LowerDeck

[@almoemason]

The berthing you showed in this clip was an absolute pig stye. You would have never gotten away with living like in day, not even in O country.

[@NewarkBrickCity1970]

A sink?? Try scuttlebutt!

[@edwardpate6128]

No, a scuttlebut is a drinking fountain. A sink still a sink.

[@navylostboy]

go mustang!

[@Bamaboy813]

I'm glad I joined the Army lol