I love Navy docs, my late Paps was in 1965- 1972 and was a communications officer and this is the first I have ever seen this. Takes me back to stories of his service time
@kenloomer439112 жыл бұрын
my acting debute........I am that FACCON person "LOOMER" ..... took my nearly 40 years to see this......hilareous....glad i didnt give up my day job.
@lanceschoenbaum1358 Жыл бұрын
I must say, I love this. I was a 20 year Signalman, 1983-2004. We were just gettin over the horrible Zumwalt uniforms and all the druggies when I hit the fleet. But to agree with several other comments, the Communications Officer NEVER touched any equipment or stood Comm Watch Officer, that was done by RMC on a carrier and RM2/RM1 on the small boys. As for the Signals Officer being on the Signal Bridge during GQ, HA! On the carrier he might have been on the bridge as JOOW and concurring with whatever the SMC said from the Signal Bridge. Never the less, great memories, nice to see the Indy Maru (CV-62) and NOB Norfolk crowded with all those different ships. I served mostly PACFLT, CV, LHA, BB, FF, FFG, LSD, AO, AOE. Lance Schoenbaum SMC USN Retired
@KutWrite5 ай бұрын
As a former JO on a DD, Radio Officer on the Blue Ridge, and Signal Officer on the Kitty Hawk as a reservist, I agree with all you said! I got off ACDU when this film was made. I think it was a great time to have been in the Nav. Not sure how much I'd like the "Mother May I" attitude of today.
@Bozovich11 жыл бұрын
Love this video! It took me back down memory lane. The COMMO's on my ships couldn't have set up a circuit if their life depended on it. COMMO managed the COMSEC account and stood watch on the bridge :-)
@101greasemonkey54 жыл бұрын
My brother in law is the signal man on the deck look out at 17:33, Don Elliot tells him "well done Crader" He retired from the Navy as a Chief.
@davidlucasmachado28314 жыл бұрын
And why are we supposed to believe you ????
@bbface214 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this and imagining the sound of the film projector in the background.
@michaelbuss57314 жыл бұрын
Fond memories having served on both a carrier and the FF. The chief's salute, the wheel book yes indeed!
@mr.duckplucker535310 ай бұрын
Outstanding film, thank you for sharing this.
@PeteMcCorvey2 жыл бұрын
I've served on both a destroyer and a carrier, and you can give me a destroyer anyday over carrier duty any day.
@DanDaManZ0613 жыл бұрын
I am in the Navy now and i gotta admit i this is so funny watching how the looked back in the day. The Navy in this video is a completely different Navy now.
@survivorandlover6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it is. Worse. .. thanks to strangled budgets, myopic planning, incompetent leadership and and op tempo that demands too much of sailors barely half as trained as the old school ones were.
@dysfunctional_vet20 күн бұрын
i worked comms, and while not on a ship, a lot of that equipment was so familiar...missed the reperf tape though, and the speaker watch... that was turned up and we got a fair share of distress calls. miss the life, it was always good
@rgloria40 Жыл бұрын
The communication officer did not control the internal communication system. In some case, they did not handle the maintenance, installation, and operation for radio equipment for external communication. There was the Signals Officer, Classified Material Officer, Electronic Material Officer, Electrical Officer, Combat Information Officer, Internal Communication Officer and even the Auxiliaries Officer who require a STEM degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Basic Engineering Degree. Most CO assign a ENGLISH major for writing and reading messages and be just a glorified secretary. Typing has become very important to this job...
@robertfallin97337 жыл бұрын
There was no mention of ships with outdated equipment. There was no mentioned of the giant suck of radioman to Vietnam leaving many ships with half a dozen rated radioman running port and starboard watches. Rm3, 1963-67. God bless those how stand the watch.
@tyronemarcucci69915 жыл бұрын
20 years as a signalman.never saw my comm boss,except when he wanted to "peek" through the "big eyes" like a tourist.
@jameskaras43454 жыл бұрын
flag form at the dip
@jameskaras43454 жыл бұрын
EX2-25X (EXECUTE EXER ...(25X IS FROM TABLE ..PAPA)
@snipe10664 жыл бұрын
Two westpacs (72-74 ,75-76)onboard DE/FF 1066 Marvin Shields , we never wore Dixie cups except during dress inspections , hated those dark blue work uniforms. Good times though.....
@fourfortyroadrunner8 жыл бұрын
Actually, LMAO most of those guys would have probably done just fine without Ensign Elliott interjecting
@rainysunday61865 жыл бұрын
fourfortyroadrunner and the ensign would Never ImI Never talk to the watch standers. He only talks to the chief . .. . .
@joeclark18714 жыл бұрын
the best COMMOs stayed out of radio, let the chiefs handle it while the COMMO worked on his SWO quals.
@Apolyion4 жыл бұрын
I'm digging that groovy 70's music. Small mention- FF-1084 was not a DD. USS McCandless was a Knox-class frigate, a true "tin can". I know, I served on the U.S.S. Paul out of Mayport.
@josephjannuzzi17112 жыл бұрын
FF was the later designation, they were originally commissioned as a DE, Destroyer Escort. They were neither fast nor a frigate.
@KutWrite5 ай бұрын
As a former JO on a DD, Radio Officer on the Blue Ridge, and Signal Officer attached to the Kitty Hawk as a reservist, I agree with all you said! I got off ACDU about when this film was made. I think it was a great time to have been in the Nav. Not sure how much I'd like the "Mother May I" attitude of today.
@dace9387 жыл бұрын
I served on USS Mt Whtiney 74- 77 ... we ALL wore ball caps. Are we sure this is 74 ? Not sure seeing all the traditional dixie cups.
@barrybuchert13457 жыл бұрын
We had ball caps when I was in too that time. We never ran to GQ during a drill like these people did.
@redwatch1100Ай бұрын
I dig that music, cat. That's some happenin jazz, Sam... lol
@josephjannuzzi17112 жыл бұрын
Those Zero's haircuts would have never passed when I was in.
@IronPiedmont11 жыл бұрын
My brother is a communications officer in the Navy.
@mikejones-tf6zo27 күн бұрын
think of a number between 1 and 3 and you will get it lol
@mcds542 жыл бұрын
Memories.... served as RM... discharged as RM2 72'-78'... 2 AEs, a DE, and a couple of NavStas.
@dace938 Жыл бұрын
INT QRK
@rohnkd4hct2604 ай бұрын
Very good video.
@briansmith64455 ай бұрын
Love that groovy 70's music! 😛
@dwmorse785 жыл бұрын
Okay, 5 or so minutes in and I see a Chief that can't salute worth a damn and an ENS talking at parade rest.
@walkerblaney18455 жыл бұрын
I spotted that parade rest thing, too. I’m thinking, that can’t be right! RM3 1994-1998
@davidlucasmachado28314 жыл бұрын
Love the music !! Groovy
@Schiff192612 жыл бұрын
I am not sure what is worse...a "Commo" touching equipment & asking about the 'Broadcast' missing numbers...or the gawdawful music!
@gregderozier38464 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to get into the NSA platform operations.
@davehake8552 ай бұрын
Dang, I thought that was my ole gal the Indy! Saw the patch on the steward serving coffee. I was QM3 on her in 72-73'.
@stevephilips11752 жыл бұрын
I was COMMO, Afloat for a VP Squadron (with VPU Attached) in 1975. Nothing like the this video
@Schiff192612 жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy in '74 and I agree, too funny.
@TheSpritz03 жыл бұрын
How was it in 1974 in the Navy? A lot of friction between guys who served and those who were newbies I bet!!! I served many years later...
@graystoke82292 жыл бұрын
The COMMO on the destroyer asking individual sailors about the status of broadcast is bypassing the chain-of-command. Those questions must be directed to Communications Watch Officer (CWO), as it's his responsibilty to ensure smooth operations in radio central.
@ricmon79644 жыл бұрын
USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64 77-78 razor blades now
@joygomez97722 жыл бұрын
I was on the Connie too made one West pack on her attached to v165 and I was a cook
@bonzo87410 жыл бұрын
you would have thought radio officers would know how to spell receiver !!!! at 6 :30
@CompetitiveAudio9 жыл бұрын
bonzo874 FUNNY...Good catch.
@adkforever69976 жыл бұрын
"I" before "E", accept after "C"---even at sea. ;)
@Schiff192611 жыл бұрын
OMG, the haircuts were terrible and the uniforms on the carrier looked like crap...when the carrier rang "six bongs" for the admiral it sounded like the dude picked up his coffee cup and hit it with a pencil.
@jameskaras43454 жыл бұрын
the same nowadays ,more modern i say. i was 5 years old in 74
@nosaltadded25305 жыл бұрын
Dolphin breach at 18:06.
@TheRdeanpeek4 ай бұрын
hull number 34 at 1:47 seconds USS Biddle CG-34 ...(The Hardcharger)...steered many a course on her I did...1977-1982...
@xcreeseseater382 жыл бұрын
What is the guy doing at 12:18-12.24 sending signal to someone onboard
@sgs1262 Жыл бұрын
He's a signal man I watch them do it all the time telling their buddy what to but them at the hotdog stand on the pier
@aaaht38102 жыл бұрын
We would have passed the word "CARDIVSIX Arriving" not "COMCARDIVSIX Arriving" when the admiral came aboard.
@modtwentyeight7 ай бұрын
Looks like Zumwalt's Navy. What a disgrace.
@billhuber29645 ай бұрын
If the Russians wanted to attack us "issue would be in doubt" for us.
@patmcdonald7662 ай бұрын
This is what I did in 1975 and 1976 P3 and tactical support of P3's and did crypto like the ensign. I brought crypto and set gear for talking to planes. Set Frequencies and listened to 36 radio receivers. Handled all Test Check PRE FLIGHTS with all P3 on Diego Garcia.
@josephjannuzzi17112 жыл бұрын
Ten-hut was never the command, it's A-Ten-shun.
@josephjannuzzi17112 жыл бұрын
Weird era of the Navy, Zumwalt haircuts and a weird mix of work uniforms, dungarees and utilities, half the sailors are wearing a combination of rating marks from one on the other, really weird.
@toastnjam7384 Жыл бұрын
I know. I left the Navy 1973 which was when they change the enlisted dress and work uniforms. The new sailors coming out of boot camp/schools had the new uni's so it was a mix. I thought the new uni's look awful.
@ratbazturd1843 Жыл бұрын
They started testing them out in 1971. I was at GLNTC for EM P and then A school back then. I didn't get one. I have a pic of me, though, wearing a short sleeve version of those godawful pull-over shirts sometime in summer 1973. I don't recall the circumstances under which I acquired that set, but the visual proof is there, can't deny it!
@raybin68733 жыл бұрын
The Navy looked like it was lotta fun back then... 😆
@PeteMcCorvey2 жыл бұрын
For real it's too bureaucratic now.
@johnnybravo10223 жыл бұрын
5 ships under my belt, 1 as LPO, 2 as LCPO. We all know who runs the radio shack. We train those junior officer's, just enough knowledge to be dangerous! Guess my skippers didn't trust the JO's with the crypto as I was always the CMS custodian after I made Chief! RMCS SW USN RET.
@davenelms689 жыл бұрын
Radioman USS Vesole DD 878,,,,1972.
@dace9384 жыл бұрын
INT QRK
@davenelms684 жыл бұрын
@@dace938 5 by 5 Dave
@dace9384 жыл бұрын
@@davenelms68 Roger That !. Thanks ! (me: RM3, USS Mt Whitney - '73-77
@NickPeters-ug7vk5 жыл бұрын
The crew looked pissed off ... perhaps being swacked in vietnam had something to do with it ... !!!!
@zawir_usaodpowiadausa33545 жыл бұрын
That funny after these wars, these guys were to some extend antiwar :)) These was 70s...
@jameskaras43454 жыл бұрын
RU 2 - 34
@landtuna34692 ай бұрын
3 years on a DD mid-60's leaving as an RM2. This is a laugh. Our Chief's kept the Comm officer out of the radio shack. Only time I remember one entering was to tell us JFK had been shot. Otherwise they were useless.
@djackmanson3 жыл бұрын
12:15 I wonder how much vodka is hidden inside that melon
@ratbazturd1843 Жыл бұрын
I mailed myself a bottle of vodka back to the ship during a shore leave in Hong Kong. That was sometime in December 1972. USS Enterprise, WestPac 72=73
@ratbazturd1843 Жыл бұрын
1970=1974 USS Long Beach, USS Camden, USS Enterprise. EMFN and EM3 Ball caps all the time. Pretty sure the weenies directing the film told the crew to wear "those little white hats" and also told the ensigns to walk around bothering, I mean, interacting with the crew. That was not the department officer's job; that was for the 1st Class or the Chief. Don't diss too much on the personnel here, maybe there was a hawt babe onn the film crew and they did it just cuz she asked them to, LOL! Also, Daddy Zumwalt was in charge of the Navy back then and he was progressive af, and I signed up at just the right time. In a way it was like relaxed grooming codes, not quite, but close to it. Hence the wide array of facial grooming. I wonder if some of the rebellion/backlash of the 60's against the establishment seeped into all ranks of the USN, and as long as the work was done and nobody eff'ed up, and nobody was blatantly unconforming, maybe middle management didn't rag on us. At least on my ship. And of course the officers didn't deign to notice us enlisted.
@josephjannuzzi17112 жыл бұрын
When I was in, the Radiomen were all drunks and druggies.
@dace938 Жыл бұрын
That was me ! RM3 Mount Whitney 73-77. Smokin' it in Trans one.
@TheSpritz03 жыл бұрын
Not too much haircut/facial hair standards back then I see!!
@pitsnipe55593 жыл бұрын
Zumwalt era. Need I say more.
@jameskaras43454 жыл бұрын
zulu msg
@rainysunday61865 жыл бұрын
This is crap. All the Commo does is bridge watches. All he knows about comms is what the chiefs tell him and what he reads out of NTP3 Officers never, IMi, never stand CWO watches. They sit in they’re office. Petty officers stand the watches. I was radioman on two different ships - USS GUADALCANAL 75-78 (amphib navy) and USS CARL VINSON 86-89 never did a officer come into communications but to walkthrough.
@rainysunday61865 жыл бұрын
Don’t care. It is still a lie
@rainysunday61865 жыл бұрын
What does any kind of experience have to do with the truth.. . .. . Evidently you have neither served on a ship or in a communication shack or you wouldn’t be making stupid comments
@zawir_usaodpowiadausa33545 жыл бұрын
Hello. I'm ham radio op. Did you ever copied CW broadcasts at your times on board? Or everything was RATT etc?
@jerrywilliams9865 жыл бұрын
Not crap at all. This was filmed in 1973 in Norfolk. How do I know? I was the technical advisor for this film. My background? Communications Officer USS EPPERSON DD-719, 2 WESTPAC CRUISES 1968 AND 1969. DESRON 8 Staff Communications Officer 1970. NCU LONDON Communications Operations Officer 1971-1974. COMNAVCOMM wanted a film to entice NROTC and NAVOCS grads to try for shipboard comms billets. You weren't on a small combatant so don't generalize. Others have correctly pointed out this was "Zumwalt Time". Officers certainly did stand CWO watches, mostly on major staffs. I did at CINCUSNAVEUR. I was selected navy wide for the TA job. I get a kick out of seeing this masterpiece now; times were what they were - I still have fond memories of my sideburns.
@rapman53632 жыл бұрын
@@jerrywilliams986 You tell him Jerry!!
@KG84C Жыл бұрын
Combine transmitter AN/URT-24 with receiver R-1051/URR, what do you get - transceiver AN/WRC-1 !