As a retired ship serviceman now known as a retail service specialist, I know how important is to assist with the morale of the ship's crew; from laundry facilities to running the stores, barbershops, and vending operations. Kept me in shape but I would have to say the best reward I got was actually from my shipmates thanking me for doing my job and keeping snack machines and soda loaded and working. I would do it again if I could. SH2 R.C - USN ret " candyman"
Man look…. as a jarhead I know I damn sure appreciated it. After being in the sand after weeks and weeks with no hot chow or showers and then you come back aboard and hit the ships store…. Best damn feeling in the world. Thanks for everything you did shipmate! 😊
My father is gone now, he was a WWII vet, he served on a carrier in the navy. He never talked about his time in the navy and I thought it was because of trauma that he didn't want to remember, but no. He worked in the kitchen and was ashamed of "just being a cook". He had a scar on his arm and he tried to pass it off as being a wound from dismantling bombs but he simply burned his arm on a hot pot. Dad, if you can hear me, I love you.
My grandfather was a mechanic for the coast guard during ww2. He never talked about it either. Just that he was a mechanic and the type of ship. That’s about it.
What a stupid comment! The Navy does things to deep moral up! Food is an essential component! This is why they have Starbucks! I want to Thank all the service men and women and veterans out there for defending the USA!
@@shecandance9500 Good lord. Humor is also something that keeps up morale. Pretty sure no service members were offended by this comment. How are you possibly offended by a comment that has nothing to do with you? Lighten up, Francis. I hope you find something that makes you smile today. 🙂
So different from time I served during the Gulf war. It is very positive to see the Navy moving to an Air Force approach for the personnel's benefit while at sea. Anchors Aweigh!
My husband was assigned to a fast attack sub in the old days. When he came home after being underway his sea bag smelled so bad (diesel and food oil smells mainly) I washed it three times in ammonia and detergent, dried outside in the air, then chlorox and detergent, then just detergent. Seeing that laundry facility, just wow. Of course the sub only had a crew of about 120. Everything in this video looked so clean and nice.
Meanwhile the submarines escorting the carrier are submerged for months with no sunlight, no fresh air, and providing underwater cover 24/7. Most of the surface sailors didn't even know where their submarine escorts were, but the subs knew exactly where everything in the ocean around the group was. It sounds crazy, but I'm proud that I served onboard submarines where we didn't have all these comforts. I'm glad to hear that the Navy is trying to make life a bit easier on the sailor on the big ships, but for the rest of us it's just work as usual - the coffee on the mess decks is available 24/7 strong and black.... the way it was meant to be.
I was initially suppose to be on a Sub. Right before boot camp graduation my orders were changed because I only has 20/30 vision. So I went to avionics A school in Millington Tennessee.
The things I sometimes I take for granted or even get annoyed with, are what keep you grounded and stay close to home. I honestly can’t even understand what you must be feeling, let alone your loved ones. Thank you for your service.
Bless each and every one of these brave men and women. They may look like they are having fun, but when that dark day calls, they will step up. Thank you, each of you for what you do for country.
As an Australian, we can never give enough thanks to the men and women of the US military that does most of the heavy lifting that gives us the security that has fostered the great life we have all over the world today. That gratitudealso extends to all the military pursonell of all wester nations too. These people put themselves in harms way, to keep us safe. We are eternally in their debt.
As a Norwegian I wholeheartly agree, while we do have a small military it is our NATO membership and cooperation with the americans that keep us safe, we know or atleast up to Trump is elected... we have known that if someone attacked us we had the american's help. We where under USA's nuclear umbrella. As a former armyguy who served my army and did my duty, I am also proud of our allied forces who on a daily basis safeguard our peace around the world.
@@arcticblue248I don't think you need to be worried about Trump not backing up Europe and leaving Europe on it's own. He's a smart man who knows what the result would be of leaving Europe and Nato to fend for it'self. I believe (hope?) that he is just talking tough to make the countries who don't pull their weight do their fair share.
@@Ozgrade3 So true pal, President Trump knows that are allies are a huge factor when he's making efforts to make sure the U.S and all our friends are safe from terrorist.
@@Cmon-Manthat's mate, it's always nice to get compliments of ones country. We give Americans a lot of stick......but we do deeply care for and respect our American cousins.
I served on the Yorktown and Sara. If you wanted coffee or sodas, you got them from your shop's coffee mess. This helped pay for the squadron parties. It tasted like real coffee too.
Absolutely correct. We had a fridge in our shop and kept it full of pop/soda. We used it if someone had emergency leave and needed a few more bucks to go home. Would replenish when liberty came around.
I remember those days when my dad was on the USS Saratoga, He would bring me to work and I was able to see what he does. I also loved those family days when the ship leaves port and heads out to sea. I loved those days
Worked with a RAN veteran. Served on Australia’s last real carrier. HMAS Melbourne. Would regal me of fun stories of steel beach, or when they would lay off a small Island and take the day. Bring equipment ashore for bbqs, cricket , football etc. His favourite was “splicing the main brace”. Navy Rum. Thick as treacle and watered down. You could have your daily ration, or if you were smart; defer for a few days so you could have a session with your mates. Navy was wet till ‘75. Dry after. Heads figured, correctly, alcohol and missiles don’t work well together.😀
First, remember, it's a ship so the crew has the same needs as they do ashore. My cousin was on the Midway in the early 1970s and they had an amazing stereo store. All top-of-the-line gear, Sansui, Sony, Aiwa, Akai, all the top brands. You'd buy the equipment and it would be shipped to your house. It was that way in the 80's. I knew a PN2 who had a stereo worth as much as his car. They also sold cameras and lenses and other equipment, Nikon, and Canon. Then there was the uniform store, the geedunk store that sold junk food and snacks, and the regular dry goods store. When our ship went to Naples, guys were going to the NATO PX and buying Beretta shotguns for half the cost. I bought two of them and sold them for double when they were delivered to my house after the cruise. We had an E6 win $48,000 (In 1986) playing craps and he went to the BMW military sales kiosk and bought a car that was ready to be picked up in Boston a week before we got back. When I was in, they broke out tax free cigarettes for $2.00 a carton. The price in the store was .20
@@scotsman242 Yes, I know an Ensign that just got back and bought his dad a Beretta ACS BFAST. The procedure was different though I just bought the shotguns and filled out a form of sale and that was it. They asked me if I wanted to take it with me. I told him I would get back to him. I asked the XO if I could store a few Beretta shotguns in the small arms storage, he looked at me and said, "Sure, but if they go in there, they will be used for skeet shooting for the crew." I didn't want 250 guys shooting them.
The only store on my carrier was what they showed in the video. Like a convenience store. Could order things through the NEX back on base but the pricing wasn't much better than you'd catch with a good sale.
Dad served aboard the Independence, Forrestal and Intrepid, 1956-1960, Norfolk Va., VF41 BLACK ACES, Top GUN winners 1959, Point Magu California. From the north Atlantic to Florida and Cuba. The accommodations have changed dramatically. Dad also flew for the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 22 years. Grandpa also served in the Navy in WW2. My deepest respect to all of those that have served and those that still do. Go Navy.
Cushy little job I..my sons in the merchant navy as a cadet officer 🇬🇧 the only shop they get is a bond shop which is only open on various days when he's at sea.
I served from '78-'82, and spent the majority of my time aboard the USS Constellation CV-64. Man, things are sure a lot different from my day. The "Ship's store" was a small compartment that carried only the basic necessities, a hand full of junk food, and, of course, Connie swag, but that was it. We had another small store, lower aft, that had some electronics. Most of our shopping had to wait until we hit the beach, which wasn't very often. Starbucks? Are you serious? LOL! Yep, times have changed - a lot.
I agree about the camo's. The modern Navy has this thing about needing to be like the other branches. I was in when they issued the lower enlisted breasted dress uniforms and billed hats, early during my time they finally brought back the Cracker Jacks. I wonder when they'll bring back the dungarees?
Many of the crew seldom if ever visit the flight deck on normal days so steel beach day is also chance to get acquainted with a part of the ship they do not normally see and it is a lot of well Needed fun.
That looked like a FOD walkdown in the video. Always jumped at the chance if it was nice weather. Most of us are specifically not allowed on the flight deck.
I met a few Navy guys while I was at Fort Carson. They where local recruiters so we started talking about life at sea. I was told sometimes they would let a random company go to the flight deck and do "rifle training." It was mostly an excuse for the officers and higher NCOs to catch up while the enlisted and lower NCOs got to shoot some guns for a few hours and then just hang out and play gold with the officers. He said sometimes when your company got chosen it was the first time you had fresh air in a week or so and sometimes a months on rare occasions.
Wow, the Navy has changed since I was discharged back in 1992. We had a ships store on USS Saratoga CV-60, one store we called the "Sara Mart" you could purchase uniform items, ships logo items, misc. toiletries, etc. The "gee dunk" store was just a walk-up window with limited snacks, etc...Wonder if today sailors could handle the old Navy (no cell phones, internet, "Starbucks", etc...Go Navy!
My 4 years in NJROTC really helps me understand the Navy as a US Army Soldier haha I love y'all the most because y'all are the ones to bring the heat to battle when we've been pinned down. Ahh the sound of a ship's cannon and the explosion therein after and the smell of Charred enemy makes me go CRAZY ❤ Y'all are awesome and that last part I said was a joke, but I still love the Navy 😊
Cell phones and internet are not available unless the ship is at or near a port because their use gives out the ship's position. The Ukrainian military killed a lot of Russia's top generals and their staff by picking up the signal from the cell phones they were using.
during deployment in 71 & 72 to vietnam on the Connie CVA 64, there wasn't even room for chow. after being replenished at sea, you'd go to the chow hall and sit and eat meal on the 500 and 1000# bombs instead of table and chairs. they couldn't get the ordinance put away fast enough.
I was an Ordie in the late 70's early 80's, G-1 Div., on the Connie. Even though we weren't at war during that time, we were always on high alert it seemed. Yep, those mess decks doubled as weapons transfer areas and got pretty busy on a regular basis.
I served in the 7th fleet and was in the Western Pacific for 28 months straight, pf course I did get 2- 30 day leaves and easily flew home both times but yea it was hard being gone that long
The coms to call home are so much better now. We had one sailor phone on the main deck. Buck a minute for satellite call. One way communication at a time. People making tons of noise in the background. Better than nothing. Now they have email, cell phones, etc. Much better and glad for them.
We have beer and wine on His Majesty's Ships. Two Can Rule - Two cans per person, per day (perhaps😉). In the Indian Ocean , when we had some US Navy people come over to our ship for a few days, they all got proper sloshed on the first night.
We do not get alcohol rations in the US Navy. Unless we go more than two months at sea with no port calls, then we get two cans of beer each. A cruise in which you never get a port of call is called a "six pack cruise". The US drinking age is 21 so I think a lot of our young sailors would handle alcohol rations poorly. There is alcohol in the Admiral's mess, though.
What the hell is crazy about this store? When I was in the Army in the field, we had a small store with pogee bait, soda and the like. It was purchased through the px/commissary system using unit funds for sale to the troops.
Because they didn't start putting in Starbucks shops on carriers till around 2008. And to make room for them, they sacrificed where a typical snack shack would be, or part of a First Class mess.
If you think about it, this is TERRIFYING for the US' enemies. I mean, our navy is so powerful that not only are we unmatched, we're so powerful, we can forgo some firepower in exchange for a friggin' Starbucks.
Actually when you thinking about joining the Navy or any other Mil branch you should absolutely think about skill level transferability to the civilian sector. As an example Helicopter overhaul, modification and repair. When you leave active duty you're instantly employable, that sort of thing..
Uss Oldedorf DD972 We had coffee available 24/7 free. I would buy a case of ice coffee in Yokuska before we got underway. Starbucks was not around yet in that time.
Not the size of a supermarket but the size of a convenience store. The one on Big E was smaller than that, being a really old carrier, so they would limit the number of people that could be in there at the same time. I was khaki so not required to wait. Always felt a little bad walking past all those waiting in blue but RHIP as they say.
Sounds interesting but I have to ask what does being a khaki or blue mean, I assume different service branches but do they have different privileges as well?
@@GreySectoid Blue means blue uniforms worn by enlisted personnel E1-E6. Khaki is the color for uniforms worn by officers, senior enlisted (Chiefs or E7-E9) and warrant officers.
@@GreySectoid Yes,sorry, different privileges but from the very bottom to the very top. I was an O-3 so I had a very different life as opposed to most of the enlisted. At the ship's store, for example, they had to wait in a long line for their turn to shop whereas I could just go to the front and walk right in. Sure, I heard muttering from time to time over that. Officers above me usually got their own staterooms and other privileges, like reserved parking spots.
My Dad enlisted in the Navy as soon as he graduated from high school at 17. He served in the South Pacific during WWll. He was from Ohio and I don’t think he’d ever even seen the ocean!
This is one reason the generic saying, " thanks for serving our country" doesn't hold nearly as much weight as it used to years ago when you said it it was because our men were fighting and dying overseas however recently the majority of the service members the majority of the working population is doing. Serving coffee, food, doing laundry, cleaning, cooking, transporting goods from one area to another, 90% of our service people are literally just doing civilian stuff and not putting their lives in danger at all
They are paying for specialty items. Regular coffee and snacks would be available for free at the mess hall. Same for all branches. Chow is free (while deployed at least) and copious but stuff like this is an add on.
The US military seems like it gets a ridiculous amount of funding, but in reality there is barely enough to keep things from completely falling apart. R&D and the manufacturing of ships, vehicles, weapon systems, ammunition etc. eats up a huge amount of that. If the military had to pay for each of the 1.328 million active service people to receive daily one Starbucks coffee (drip coffee and regular snacks are abundant and always free in the mess) and some candy or chips, even if at a discount they were only paying $5 each for that (which is lower than what they are paying) they'd have to pay $2.4 billion a year. That's insane - the entire aircraft carrier costs $13 billion, for comparison. A Starbucks trip a day adds up, as many people discover if they ever sit down and make a budget. "Why am I always broke? Oh wait, I'm spending $250 a month at Starbucks?! No way!"
Didn't have that on the Indy. We had a geedunk store where you might be able to buy a Snickers that was hard as a brick. They ran out of everything in a few days out of port. You could get industrial strength Kool Aid that burned your throat. If we were anchored out in a port guys would come out in boats with pop and candy. You'd drop a line down with your money and they'd tie on your stuff. They never ran out of cigarettes. .25 a pack. (no tax)
Thank you all, especially.....E7 FCM Jedidiah Loyd (13 years Navy, Carrier Abraham Lincoln) and PFC John Loyd, (1 year Army) 13 Mike, Fort Liberty (Bragg), NC. Proud of My Boys!
I remember while underway in the coast guard and the smaller aircraft carrier . I think it was the kittyhawk (not sure ). We got to gitmo the day before them and they told us to get everything we need at the stores because everything will be gone after they get here lol
Crazy stuff. I made two Westpac deployments with a carrier air wing in 67-68 and 68-69 aboard the USS Ranger, Vietnam war. We never had anything like the luxury these dudes have. Good on them. Starbucks and all the rest seems over the top. The one thing that bothers me is the work uniform. The navy is trying to look like the rest of the military. Stop the BS. Bell bottom dungarees and colored sweat shirt to identify who and what you are when on a carrier. When back on land wearing a light blue work shirt and the custom bell bottoms. That once was the signature clothing for the navy only. Aw, those were the good old days.
@@thomaskiely-oz4bp Back atcha. Welcome home. I like you, was not welcomed home by anyone other than my family for 20 years. Then one day a fellow said those words. Welcome home and thank you. It really had an impact on me, even 20 years after the fact.
The 2 most emotional days like of my life was when my dad retired after hitting his 20. Close behind on the emotional scale was attending USS Ranger's decommissioning.... And yeah when I found out she was going to the breakers a few more tears. She didn't deserve that fate. My dad was with RVAH-7 when the Ranger met "mis"-Fortune in the Straits of Malacca in 1979. And both of you.... Despite my not being born until 7 years after the Fall of Saigon..... Welcome Home. Fair Winds and Following Seas sailors.
Yeah get rid of those funky looking black and tan uniforms too. Working whites or blues no more of those funky blue berries too. I came across a Navy recruiter with the black and tans on and I thought they were part of a JROTC unit...
I served on multiple carrier deployments. The saying of, the more the Navy tries to make life aboard feel like home. The less it feels like home. Fly Navy.
I know a old Navy Retiree he went 30 plus years . Retired master chief third highest ranking enlisted in the United States Navy when he retired in the 80s .Shoutout to Leslie Merritt
These are the additional things sailors want beyond basics. We have stores so they can lunches those items. It can be toiletries/sundries, snacks, memorabilia etc.
Nope. All military personell pay for their uniforms and toiletries. So does their Commander in Chief who has to foot the bill for the groceries, toilet paper, garbage bags and other household items that they consume while in office.
Blast from the past Marine style. Radar tech (6231) Chulai 68. Thankful when we got warm food / coffee for midnight rats on the flight line instead of cold cheese sandwiches and Cool-aid. Marines can write poetry, yes, I do eat the crayons when done. Purple is my favorite flavor. I don't eat the brown or yellow ones. I save those for the Navy😛 "Americans should be grateful they have people like us to protect then from people like us"
Pretty neat to see the various shops and events used by folks on the carrier. One item I don't agree with is hitting golf balls into the ocean. I know the ocean is vast but I also know those golf balls don't break down and could be bad for the sea life.
No I've never been on a cruise ship. And the more I look into it, seems hitting golf balls into the ocean was banned back in 1990. So, I'm assuming the golf balls being hit into the ocean nowadays are biodegradable.
There is almost no sea life in the middle of the ocean. The vast majority is very close to the coasts. The ocean is impossibly large. If you had any idea just how much the Navy has reduced the amount and type of trash it dumps from ships you'd never mention this.
I'm sure the Navy has reduced the amount of trash it dumps in the sea. Why do you think that is? Because it's bad for the environment. Not too hard to figure that out. Ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It all started out with one bottle, one trash bag, one straw, one golf ball...........now look at it. I get the ocean is quite vast but over time the actions of thoughtless people add up.
yea i can see the pilot rushing to his plane handing his ROI a mocha putting his own in the cup holder before strapping in and asking the crew where am i going again?
Please add my sincere appreciation to all the men and women who serve, not only in the Navy, but in all the military. I was unable to serve -- I was 4-F -- but I would have been proud to serve the country. My dad was in the Army Air Corps and was discharged in the early part of 1941. Then, in February, 1942, he got a letter from his favorite Uncle inviting him back into the new Army Air Force. My brother was in the Air Force and ws discharged when his enlistment was up. He was called back when there was a little disagreement known as the Cuban Missile Crisis was threatening the world. He said he served his hitch and mine since I couldn't.
Not being a curmudgeon. I think it's great they have a Starbucks on the Carriers these days. I made 4 deployments on two carriers during my career and we felt spoiled that we had an espresso machine in the mess. But I do wonder how they manage all the paper cup and plastic waste with trash already a problem on ships. ;-)
Air Force here. I recall my first deployment to Iraq (Nasiriyah) in 2005. It had a Green bean Coffee Shop, Burger King, Pizza Hut and many others. It was an odd experience as we lived in tents at the time. Trash for us wasn't an issue. It got sent to the burn pit...along with chemicals, paints, and other dangerous items. Little did we know at the time that those burn pits were killing us...literally.
This is hilarious! I don’t think too many modern sailors could put up with what we didn’t have in the Royal Australian Navy back in the 80s! We had a tiny ship’s canteen to buy the basics and a few sweets through a hole in the wall(ok, a counter in the bulkhead with a roller shutter) from the main passageway, but that opened once a day only when the one Chief(he was a great bloke, BTW!) who ran it was available at seemingly random times and only stayed open for 15 minutes each time! You’re on watch and hear the pipe that it’s open? Too bad! 🤣 Instant coffee, tea bags and sugar were always available however, right near the water boiler in the junior sailors cafeteria, which seated way less than half the ship’s 170 or so junior sailors. There was a fridge near there with milk(full cream only, and most likely to have been frozen prior). The fridge was near the one vending machine(goffa machine) which had Coke, Fanta, etc. Those drinks were collectively known as goffas. This is just my experience of life aboard an RAN DE, or River class Destroyer Escort, as these were the best years of my life! I must say I envy the amenities on USN CVNs, but I loved my time. We could usually have 2 beers each night at sea! Or unofficially more if one was the “beer bosun” who took the beer issue orders from those who wanted it each night… yep, that was me taking those orders for my mess(which is our berthing spaces in American speak and we had 15 bunks in my mess). 🇦🇺🤣 I should stop rambling…
@@NoName-ds5uqMet an Aussie DEstroyer in Guam and we played softball in the rain. My ship brought steaks for the Barbie and the Aussies brought the beer-wow. The beer was reg. Australian and I was used to the US 3.2 beer. After a while I quit going in from the outfield and played right field the rest of the game. Great time with a great bunch of guys👍👍👍👍👍
@@steventrostle1825 I remember a game of cricket similar to that(no rain nor steaks though) against another Australian ship in Hong Kong… the standard of play degraded as the game went on, but we all had a great time! I also have great memories of having a few(a lot) frothies with you Yanks. Great times! Yes I know not all Americans are Yankees, but to us ignorant Aussies you’re all Yanks, and in rhyming slang, “Septic Tanks”, or “Septics” for short… Don’t be offended, we’re like that with everyone we like. You should hear what we call our Kiwi cousins! 🤣
These new sailors are spoiled compared to what we had back in the late eighties on board the USS Coral Sea , Worked the flight deck 12-14 hours a day with our airwing but it was cool thou , Our water in general on the ship tasted like jet fuel and showered in it as well , Would give almost anything to do it all one more day , Have fun out there squids !
Me too. I was an airdale attached to a fighter squadron in CAW 2 aboard the USS Ranger (top gun fame). Two Westpac deployments, 67-68 and 68-69, Vietnam war. Every time I see carrier flight ops on TH-cam I reach back in the old memory bank. One more ride on the flight deck during night ops. I did time on the flight deck while operations were underway. There is nothing like seeing an F4 phantom being launched off the angle deck during night ops. We had no luxury, that is for sure.
@@jimpowell2296 Roger all that Jim , F-18 ordie here and yes nothing like it on earth , Take care and thanks for your service , I loved the F-4 but she was before my time !
@@kellywilson8440 Thank you for your service also. Most airdales did like serving in a squadron and deployment on a carrier. Being in a war was ideal as you saw how well folks truly worked together. Having a jet leave the cats and return is a great feeling. You never wanted a plane shot down, but it happened. I wish war on no one. But if it happens you do your job. I was an AQ, which back then meant I worked on the radar systems in the F4 Phantom. 12 hours a day 7 days a week plus a few unreps. One unrep was 18 hours. So I was up a straight 30 hours then finished my shift and hit the rack. We were young. Now we have great memories.
Grocery stores and Starbucks? Not in my time. Plus I gotta know how long supplies last on deployment till the stores are empty and you gotta get a hook up from an MS..
I was on the Reagan in 2017. Wed usually get UNREP/RAS about every 2-3 weeks. The stores would typically be pretty barren after about 2. There was also a per visit limit on what you could buy. Most of the time after two weeks the only thing left in the store was like plain fritos and peanut butter crackers. Never went to the starbucks. It wasnt very good and there was a long line typically. Galley coffee or energy drink machines were my source of caffeine
I served on the USS Independence. We had nothing like this. Store was half that size and had very little. I was snipe, EM. Ships company. We had our own coffee maker or you could always get a cup on the mess deck if you could get past the taste of fuel. There was no other food than the 4 meals served in the mess. I always liked the mid rats. As far as the steel beach and beer, everyone was allowed 2, I would sell mine. Some fellow squid, after months at sea, no alcohol unless he knew how to or someone that did make some. Yeah, that did happen. After their 2 beers, thirsting for more. I could get $20.00 for a can of beer
Ha. I was ship's company on Big E. Got used to the slight diesel taste in the water. The smell of diesel engines still reminds me of the liberty boats, meaning it smells like freedom.
A far cry from when I was in, i was in just over 12 years until I was medically discharged. i was on three carrier and the stores were nothing like this and no Starbucks LOL. But we did have steel beach.
As a Ranger in the Swedish Air Force we where happy to get food at least once a day. There was not so many Starbuck in the forrest around our Airbase I can say. But Go Navy! 😂
As a retired ship serviceman now known as a retail service specialist, I know how important is to assist with the morale of the ship's crew; from laundry facilities to running the stores, barbershops, and vending operations. Kept me in shape but I would have to say the best reward I got was actually from my shipmates thanking me for doing my job and keeping snack machines and soda loaded and working. I would do it again if I could.
SH2 R.C - USN ret " candyman"
Supply folks were our best friends on the carrier. Retired A-Div MM here. Thanks for your service.
Thanks for your service SH2! I got out of active as an SHSN, but retook the ASVAB to do IT in the reserves.
Man look…. as a jarhead I know I damn sure appreciated it.
After being in the sand after weeks and weeks with no hot chow or showers and then you come back aboard and hit the ships store…. Best damn feeling in the world.
Thanks for everything you did shipmate! 😊
The most important person in any military branch are the food services workers!They can make or break morale easy.
I guess they don't put a beer in one of the soda machines anymore. they did that on a LSD I was on and a DDG.
My father is gone now, he was a WWII vet, he served on a carrier in the navy. He never talked about his time in the navy and I thought it was because of trauma that he didn't want to remember, but no. He worked in the kitchen and was ashamed of "just being a cook". He had a scar on his arm and he tried to pass it off as being a wound from dismantling bombs but he simply burned his arm on a hot pot. Dad, if you can hear me, I love you.
My grandfather was a mechanic for the coast guard during ww2.
He never talked about it either. Just that he was a mechanic and the type of ship.
That’s about it.
An army marches on its stomach
They were called “stew burners”
@@jenniferyoungblood905
He'll be with you.
@@jenniferyoungblood905 Nothing wrong at all with being a cook.
Support staff is so important. And often times under appreciated.
“Daddy, what did you do in the war?” “I was a barrista son. My mocha was sweet and ready.”
😂😂
Came here to see if someone made this comment 😂
we can not win without your coffee！so thank you so much！😂
What a stupid comment! The Navy does things to deep moral up! Food is an essential component! This is why they have Starbucks! I want to Thank all the service men and women and veterans out there for defending the USA!
@@shecandance9500 Good lord. Humor is also something that keeps up morale. Pretty sure no service members were offended by this comment. How are you possibly offended by a comment that has nothing to do with you?
Lighten up, Francis. I hope you find something that makes you smile today. 🙂
So different from time I served during the Gulf war. It is very positive to see the Navy moving to an Air Force approach for the personnel's benefit while at sea. Anchors Aweigh!
0:46 if an aircraft carrier can have this, then all those skits of the death star having a coffee shop is realistic.
Eddy Izard. 😂😂
@@Linusgump , I’ll have the Penne Arabiatta 😂
My husband was assigned to a fast attack sub in the old days. When he came home after being underway his sea bag smelled so bad (diesel and food oil smells mainly) I washed it three times in ammonia and detergent, dried outside in the air, then chlorox and detergent, then just detergent. Seeing that laundry facility, just wow. Of course the sub only had a crew of about 120. Everything in this video looked so clean and nice.
I remember the New London laundry marts had signs on the window saying “no patrol clothes “
Been there, done that and got the T-shirt.
Thank you for your service while he did his service.
Try white vinegar
Diesel sub fuel got into the pores too. It took a long time to get clean.
Wow! The Navy sure has changed since I retired. I'm not a coffee drinker, but put a Baskin and Robbins on a carrier, I would be there all the time!
the ID plate above the door to the aft ship's store on the kitty hawk said "ice cream plant"
@@kipplebits8619My deceased brother served proudly on the USS Kitty Hawk in the late 70s.
My dad was one 2 different carriers in WW2 and they had soda fountains on them.
Lies again? App Store AVN SaiGon
They have soft serve machines that areup more than McDonald’s
We still have issued coffee…. Blacker than night which works for me😊
Meanwhile the submarines escorting the carrier are submerged for months with no sunlight, no fresh air, and providing underwater cover 24/7. Most of the surface sailors didn't even know where their submarine escorts were, but the subs knew exactly where everything in the ocean around the group was. It sounds crazy, but I'm proud that I served onboard submarines where we didn't have all these comforts. I'm glad to hear that the Navy is trying to make life a bit easier on the sailor on the big ships, but for the rest of us it's just work as usual - the coffee on the mess decks is available 24/7 strong and black.... the way it was meant to be.
SSN 650 & SSN 674 here. Thanx for your service! 😊
Choose your rate, you choose your fate.
You picked your poison. Way to try to make this about you.
I don't know how long you've been out but submarines now have like the best food in the fleet.
I was initially suppose to be on a Sub. Right before boot camp graduation my orders were changed because I only has 20/30 vision. So I went to avionics A school in Millington Tennessee.
The things I sometimes I take for granted or even get annoyed with, are what keep you grounded and stay close to home.
I honestly can’t even understand what you must be feeling, let alone your loved ones.
Thank you for your service.
Bless each and every one of these brave men and women. They may look like they are having fun, but when that dark day calls, they will step up. Thank you, each of you for what you do for country.
As a young Marine I loved being at sea on aircraft carriers. From a very old retired Marine Corps GYSGT.
As an Australian, we can never give enough thanks to the men and women of the US military that does most of the heavy lifting that gives us the security that has fostered the great life we have all over the world today. That gratitudealso extends to all the military pursonell of all wester nations too. These people put themselves in harms way, to keep us safe. We are eternally in their debt.
As a Norwegian I wholeheartly agree, while we do have a small military it is our NATO membership and cooperation with the americans that keep us safe, we know or atleast up to Trump is elected... we have known that if someone attacked us we had the american's help. We where under USA's nuclear umbrella.
As a former armyguy who served my army and did my duty, I am also proud of our allied forces who on a daily basis safeguard our peace around the world.
@@arcticblue248I don't think you need to be worried about Trump not backing up Europe and leaving Europe on it's own. He's a smart man who knows what the result would be of leaving Europe and Nato to fend for it'self. I believe (hope?) that he is just talking tough to make the countries who don't pull their weight do their fair share.
@@Ozgrade3 So true pal, President Trump knows that are allies are a huge factor when he's making efforts to make sure the U.S and all our friends are safe from terrorist.
Ported in Fremantle, spent time in Perth on our way to deployment in Iraq. Had a great time there. You Aussie’s are great people. Beautiful women.
@@Cmon-Manthat's mate, it's always nice to get compliments of ones country. We give Americans a lot of stick......but we do deeply care for and respect our American cousins.
When I was serving on the Forrestal if you didn’t have a little film of “something” floating on top of that coffee it wasn’t coffee 😂.
Usually JP5
Same on CV-67 John F. Kennedy, added foam, before "Starbucks" !
It made that coffee lip smacking good. Just don't hold an open flame close to it.
Soot? ,,, A Jacksonville Native
JP5 in the bug juice! USS Ranger
I served on the Yorktown and Sara. If you wanted coffee or sodas, you got them from your shop's coffee mess. This helped pay for the squadron parties. It tasted like real coffee too.
Absolutely correct. We had a fridge in our shop and kept it full of pop/soda. We used it if someone had emergency leave and needed a few more bucks to go home. Would replenish when liberty came around.
@@jimpowell2296 back in the real Navy
@@prigs750
Roger that!
I remember those days when my dad was on the USS Saratoga, He would bring me to work and I was able to see what he does. I also loved those family days when the ship leaves port and heads out to sea. I loved those days
Yeah, I served on that ship as well during the 1990's.
My son's first ship was the Sara in 1988, stationed in Mayport 330 miles north of Ft. Lauderdale. He retired after 21 years as a CPO & AO instructor.
Worked with a RAN veteran. Served on Australia’s last real carrier. HMAS Melbourne. Would regal me of fun stories of steel beach, or when they would lay off a small Island and take the day. Bring equipment ashore for bbqs, cricket , football etc. His favourite was “splicing the main brace”. Navy Rum. Thick as treacle and watered down. You could have your daily ration, or if you were smart; defer for a few days so you could have a session with your mates. Navy was wet till ‘75. Dry after. Heads figured, correctly, alcohol and missiles don’t work well together.😀
In the USN steel beach was a cookout on the flight deck. Lots of activities. Lost a few volleyballs over the side.
Why not?
First, remember, it's a ship so the crew has the same needs as they do ashore. My cousin was on the Midway in the early 1970s and they had an amazing stereo store. All top-of-the-line gear, Sansui, Sony, Aiwa, Akai, all the top brands. You'd buy the equipment and it would be shipped to your house. It was that way in the 80's. I knew a PN2 who had a stereo worth as much as his car. They also sold cameras and lenses and other equipment, Nikon, and Canon. Then there was the uniform store, the geedunk store that sold junk food and snacks, and the regular dry goods store. When our ship went to Naples, guys were going to the NATO PX and buying Beretta shotguns for half the cost. I bought two of them and sold them for double when they were delivered to my house after the cruise. We had an E6 win $48,000 (In 1986) playing craps and he went to the BMW military sales kiosk and bought a car that was ready to be picked up in Boston a week before we got back.
When I was in, they broke out tax free cigarettes for $2.00 a carton. The price in the store was .20
Soooo....... Do they still allow this kinda thing? Might need to do a branch change lmao
@@scotsman242 Yes, I know an Ensign that just got back and bought his dad a Beretta ACS BFAST. The procedure was different though I just bought the shotguns and filled out a form of sale and that was it. They asked me if I wanted to take it with me. I told him I would get back to him. I asked the XO if I could store a few Beretta shotguns in the small arms storage, he looked at me and said, "Sure, but if they go in there, they will be used for skeet shooting for the crew." I didn't want 250 guys shooting them.
The only store on my carrier was what they showed in the video. Like a convenience store. Could order things through the NEX back on base but the pricing wasn't much better than you'd catch with a good sale.
OMG really? My Dad was also on the USS Midway during that time. The ship's store was were my dad bought my mom her wedding set.
Dad served aboard the Independence, Forrestal and Intrepid, 1956-1960, Norfolk Va., VF41 BLACK ACES, Top GUN winners 1959, Point Magu California. From the north Atlantic to Florida and Cuba. The accommodations have changed dramatically. Dad also flew for the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 22 years. Grandpa also served in the Navy in WW2. My deepest respect to all of those that have served and those that still do. Go Navy.
incredible, both of them
@@toddwheeler1526 my dad served in the intrepid cv-11 and I served in the Saratoga cv-60.
I don’t hear intrepid very often.
Cool.
Imagine being deployed and your job is being a starbucks barista
Ship's Serviceman is the actual rate, they are also barbers, and hair stylists, run the laundry, and stock all the vending machines.
There are a hell of a LOT worse jobs ......
Imagine not joining anything and shitting on the people we love the most
Best jobs actually 😅
Cushy little job I..my sons in the merchant navy as a cadet officer 🇬🇧 the only shop they get is a bond shop which is only open on various days when he's at sea.
GO NAVY! Thank you all for your service.
I served from '78-'82, and spent the majority of my time aboard the USS Constellation CV-64. Man, things are sure a lot different from my day. The "Ship's store" was a small compartment that carried only the basic necessities, a hand full of junk food, and, of course, Connie swag, but that was it. We had another small store, lower aft, that had some electronics. Most of our shopping had to wait until we hit the beach, which wasn't very often. Starbucks? Are you serious? LOL! Yep, times have changed - a lot.
I just can't get over the uniforms. The Navy stood out with the bell bottom dungarees and dixie caps. BM-2 Cox US Navy 1984-90
At least they have their names on their shirts so the Barrista's know what to put on their cups.
Agree. The camouflage puzzles me. Why????
@@icedriver2207 🤣
I agree about the camo's. The modern Navy has this thing about needing to be like the other branches. I was in when they issued the lower enlisted breasted dress uniforms and billed hats, early during my time they finally brought back the Cracker Jacks. I wonder when they'll bring back the dungarees?
Why do I find this so heartwarming? These brave Men and Women work so hard, and to give them something from Home means so much to them.
Many of the crew seldom if ever visit the flight deck on normal days so steel beach day is also chance to get acquainted with a part of the ship they do not normally see and it is a lot of well Needed fun.
I was an airdale, so I was on the flight deck often. Whether during flight ops or after launch or recovery.
That looked like a FOD walkdown in the video. Always jumped at the chance if it was nice weather. Most of us are specifically not allowed on the flight deck.
I met a few Navy guys while I was at Fort Carson. They where local recruiters so we started talking about life at sea. I was told sometimes they would let a random company go to the flight deck and do "rifle training." It was mostly an excuse for the officers and higher NCOs to catch up while the enlisted and lower NCOs got to shoot some guns for a few hours and then just hang out and play gold with the officers. He said sometimes when your company got chosen it was the first time you had fresh air in a week or so and sometimes a months on rare occasions.
Wow, the Navy has changed since I was discharged back in 1992. We had a ships store on USS Saratoga CV-60, one store we called the "Sara Mart" you could purchase uniform items, ships logo items, misc. toiletries, etc. The "gee dunk" store was just a walk-up window with limited snacks, etc...Wonder if today sailors could handle the old Navy (no cell phones, internet, "Starbucks", etc...Go Navy!
"Old Navy" Sound like my dumbass dad. I did 21 years, these Sailors can handle it.
Calling 1992 the old navy is funny.
The tough guy act of being older isn’t cool anymore.
Get over it.
My 4 years in NJROTC really helps me understand the Navy as a US Army Soldier haha
I love y'all the most because y'all are the ones to bring the heat to battle when we've been pinned down. Ahh the sound of a ship's cannon and the explosion therein after and the smell of Charred enemy makes me go CRAZY ❤
Y'all are awesome and that last part I said was a joke, but I still love the Navy 😊
Cell phones and internet are not available unless the ship is at or near a port because their use gives out the ship's position. The Ukrainian military killed a lot of Russia's top generals and their staff by picking up the signal from the cell phones they were using.
I was the.barber in the USS Ford for 10 months loved it got $5 -10 tips from the Sailors my ranked as a Corporal .
You still cut ?
during deployment in 71 & 72 to vietnam on the Connie CVA 64, there wasn't even room for chow. after being replenished at sea, you'd go to the chow hall and sit and eat meal on the 500 and 1000# bombs instead of table and chairs. they couldn't get the ordinance put away fast enough.
I was an Ordie in the late 70's early 80's, G-1 Div., on the Connie. Even though we weren't at war during that time, we were always on high alert it seemed. Yep, those mess decks doubled as weapons transfer areas and got pretty busy on a regular basis.
Wish they had that when I was on a carrie back in '65-69r. Sometimes it did get very difficult to be so far away from home for 6 mo at a time.
Morris we had a cigarette store though, lol. ($1.70) a carton out past the three mile limit. USS Ranger CVA-61 same years as you.
I served in a fighter squadron for two Westpac cruises, 67-68, 68-69. Aboard USS Ranger.
I served in the 7th fleet and was in the Western Pacific for 28 months straight, pf course I did get 2- 30 day leaves and easily flew home both times but yea it was hard being gone that long
@tallwalls76 danang 1971 smokes a nickel a pack. Did not smoke but were good for trading on patrol
The coms to call home are so much better now. We had one sailor phone on the main deck. Buck a minute for satellite call. One way communication at a time. People making tons of noise in the background. Better than nothing. Now they have email, cell phones, etc. Much better and glad for them.
Thank you for sharing and thank you to all of our men and women serving our nation!
We have beer and wine on His Majesty's Ships. Two Can Rule - Two cans per person, per day (perhaps😉).
In the Indian Ocean , when we had some US Navy people come over to our ship for a few days, they all got proper sloshed on the first night.
The RCN is the same.
Thanks for hooking the US navy guys up on your ship!
Same as the RAN too
@@bluedog1052 not anymore they don't. only on special occasions eg Anzac day
We do not get alcohol rations in the US Navy. Unless we go more than two months at sea with no port calls, then we get two cans of beer each. A cruise in which you never get a port of call is called a "six pack cruise". The US drinking age is 21 so I think a lot of our young sailors would handle alcohol rations poorly. There is alcohol in the Admiral's mess, though.
What the hell is crazy about this store? When I was in the Army in the field, we had a small store with pogee bait, soda and the like. It was purchased through the px/commissary system using unit funds for sale to the troops.
My Brother
The Stennis didn't have a Starbucks when I served from 01 to 04. Wow, that was pretty cool.
94 to 98 Stennis had none either.
Because they didn't start putting in Starbucks shops on carriers till around 2008. And to make room for them, they sacrificed where a typical snack shack would be, or part of a First Class mess.
As a young Marine I loved being a sea one aircraft carriers in the sixties and seventies.❤
This is GREAT so Glad out Sailors get some of that Home style love.
Did 3 years in the nav. Hated shipboard life. Really sucked out loud.
Never seen anything like that on a submarine. Spent 8 years underwater on subs and my convenience store was my rack and my locker.
If you think about it, this is TERRIFYING for the US' enemies. I mean, our navy is so powerful that not only are we unmatched, we're so powerful, we can forgo some firepower in exchange for a friggin' Starbucks.
Bro a party on a aircraft carrier looks wild ❤🇺🇸
Starbucks lower pricing, finally our tax dollars doing something valuable! Thank you for your service, have a cuppa!
Shoot, I don’t need a Starbucks. I’m happy & content w/tap water & Great Value instant coffee
Thank you guys and gals for your service. Stay safe always.
I remember standing in those long lines. Good times
Actually when you thinking about joining the Navy or any other Mil branch you should absolutely think about skill level transferability to the civilian sector. As an example Helicopter overhaul, modification and repair. When you leave active duty you're instantly employable, that sort of thing..
Amazing presentation!!! May God always bless and protect our men and women in uniform!
Uss Oldedorf DD972 We had coffee available 24/7 free. I would buy a case of ice coffee in Yokuska before we got underway. Starbucks was not around yet in that time.
Not the size of a supermarket but the size of a convenience store. The one on Big E was smaller than that, being a really old carrier, so they would limit the number of people that could be in there at the same time. I was khaki so not required to wait. Always felt a little bad walking past all those waiting in blue but RHIP as they say.
Sounds interesting but I have to ask what does being a khaki or blue mean, I assume different service branches but do they have different privileges as well?
@@GreySectoid Blue means blue uniforms worn by enlisted personnel E1-E6. Khaki is the color for uniforms worn by officers, senior enlisted (Chiefs or E7-E9) and warrant officers.
@@GreySectoid Yes,sorry, different privileges but from the very bottom to the very top. I was an O-3 so I had a very different life as opposed to most of the enlisted. At the ship's store, for example, they had to wait in a long line for their turn to shop whereas I could just go to the front and walk right in. Sure, I heard muttering from time to time over that. Officers above me usually got their own staterooms and other privileges, like reserved parking spots.
My Dad enlisted in the Navy as soon as he graduated from high school at 17. He served in the South Pacific during WWll. He was from Ohio and I don’t think he’d ever even seen the ocean!
*Thank you, for your Service, to each and everyone* !
Looks like a fun time
The steel picnic.
We have family that was in the navy. They enjoyed there time at sea. We heard lots of stories.
Having Lab Retriever is a Great Moral Booster..
I wonder if it is used to find illegal drugs on board.
This is one reason the generic saying, " thanks for serving our country" doesn't hold nearly as much weight as it used to years ago when you said it it was because our men were fighting and dying overseas however recently the majority of the service members the majority of the working population is doing.
Serving coffee, food, doing laundry, cleaning, cooking, transporting goods from one area to another, 90% of our service people are literally just doing civilian stuff and not putting their lives in danger at all
Carrier beer day used to only be allowed after 45 consecutive days at sea.
In the seventies, Australian Navy had beer rations. I don't know if they still have them.
Excellent insight stuff you just dont think about well done
Starbucks on ship was put into play when I was in 06-11 it was nice getting coffee then going to muster.
The fact that our MILITARY has to pay for coffee/snacks is RIDICULOUS🤦🏻♀️ BLESS YOU ALL FOR SERVING❤️❤️
They are paying for specialty items. Regular coffee and snacks would be available for free at the mess hall. Same for all branches. Chow is free (while deployed at least) and copious but stuff like this is an add on.
They get VA home loans they're good lol
@@MrTmenzo VA loans aren't that much better than conventional...
The US military seems like it gets a ridiculous amount of funding, but in reality there is barely enough to keep things from completely falling apart. R&D and the manufacturing of ships, vehicles, weapon systems, ammunition etc. eats up a huge amount of that. If the military had to pay for each of the 1.328 million active service people to receive daily one Starbucks coffee (drip coffee and regular snacks are abundant and always free in the mess) and some candy or chips, even if at a discount they were only paying $5 each for that (which is lower than what they are paying) they'd have to pay $2.4 billion a year. That's insane - the entire aircraft carrier costs $13 billion, for comparison. A Starbucks trip a day adds up, as many people discover if they ever sit down and make a budget. "Why am I always broke? Oh wait, I'm spending $250 a month at Starbucks?! No way!"
You’ve never had Navy coffee, been 50 years but I’m sure it hasn’t changed. It taught me to use sugar & cream 😄
Didn't have that on the Indy. We had a geedunk store where you might be able to buy a Snickers that was hard as a brick. They ran out of everything in a few days out of port. You could get industrial strength Kool Aid that burned your throat. If we were anchored out in a port guys would come out in boats with pop and candy. You'd drop a line down with your money and they'd tie on your stuff. They never ran out of cigarettes. .25 a pack. (no tax)
JFC what year was that?
@@cvn6555 70-71 in the Med
@@cvn6555 70-71
Give them everything they need. God bless them for defending our country.
Thank you all, especially.....E7 FCM Jedidiah Loyd (13 years Navy, Carrier Abraham Lincoln) and PFC John Loyd, (1 year Army) 13 Mike, Fort Liberty (Bragg), NC.
Proud of My Boys!
6 moths at sea is a very long time.
You pull in to port every two weeks or so. It isn’t all that bad.
I work at cargo ship for 9 momths contract.
You caught the spelling error as well.
So is 12 hour shifts 7 days a week.
@@gwhiddon1 most likely 8 hours for 7 days a week no holidays plus overtime
Magnificent! Go Navy.... We Love our Military. Thank you for everything you do to protect us. We are working on getting that raise.
At Ft. Carson Colorado every year the whole post would enjoy a fun time called "IRON HORSE WEEK"..I LOVED IT!
What an interesting video, there should be more like this showing us ex service guys in other countries how you guy do it,, I take my hat off to you
Announcer, whoever you are… You have a beautiful voice. I thought somebody should tell you. That person is me. 😊🇺🇸💙
It’s computer generated.
I remember while underway in the coast guard and the smaller aircraft carrier . I think it was the kittyhawk (not sure ). We got to gitmo the day before them and they told us to get everything we need at the stores because everything will be gone after they get here lol
Crazy stuff. I made two Westpac deployments with a carrier air wing in 67-68 and 68-69 aboard the USS Ranger, Vietnam war. We never had anything like the luxury these dudes have. Good on them. Starbucks and all the rest seems over the top. The one thing that bothers me is the work uniform. The navy is trying to look like the rest of the military. Stop the BS. Bell bottom dungarees and colored sweat shirt to identify who and what you are when on a carrier. When back on land wearing a light blue work shirt and the custom bell bottoms. That once was the signature clothing for the navy only. Aw, those were the good old days.
Hello carrier navy guy.was in 69-73 cva 43 the coral sea.welcome home
@@thomaskiely-oz4bp
Back atcha. Welcome home. I like you, was not welcomed home by anyone other than my family for 20 years. Then one day a fellow said those words. Welcome home and thank you. It really had an impact on me, even 20 years after the fact.
The 2 most emotional days like of my life was when my dad retired after hitting his 20. Close behind on the emotional scale was attending USS Ranger's decommissioning.... And yeah when I found out she was going to the breakers a few more tears. She didn't deserve that fate.
My dad was with RVAH-7 when the Ranger met "mis"-Fortune in the Straits of Malacca in 1979.
And both of you.... Despite my not being born until 7 years after the Fall of Saigon..... Welcome Home.
Fair Winds and Following Seas sailors.
Yeah get rid of those funky looking black and tan uniforms too. Working whites or blues no more of those funky blue berries too. I came across a Navy recruiter with the black and tans on and I thought they were part of a JROTC unit...
A true warrior doesn't need sleep or food.
I served on multiple carrier deployments. The saying of, the more the Navy tries to make life aboard feel like home. The less it feels like home. Fly Navy.
I never understood why navy personnel wear camouflage on a ship.
So jealous my ship store on a FFG was literally the size of a closest
I know a old Navy Retiree he went 30 plus years . Retired master chief third highest ranking enlisted in the United States Navy when he retired in the 80s .Shoutout to Leslie Merritt
I love the uniforms of the U.S. Navy. And the sailors are very well taken care of.
Mom dad I'm home
Dad. Son what's it's like working on aircraft on a carrier
Son. Ahh dad I make Starbucks coffee
Dad. What !!!!!!
😂😂😂
Better than cleaning shitters kid.😊
The store is the most important space on the boat. TR store was great! jp5 flavored ramen cups yum!
As a retired sailor I'm glad the men & women today get a bit of home brew. It is not free on the ships and they earned it. Shalom
Best wishes to all service personnel! Ex RAF, I would love to fly with you guys. CAVU skies!
Why R they charged for onboard purchases ? Isn't that why we pay taxes ?
These are the additional things sailors want beyond basics. We have stores so they can lunches those items. It can be toiletries/sundries, snacks, memorabilia etc.
Nope. All military personell pay for their uniforms and toiletries. So does their Commander in Chief who has to foot the bill for the groceries, toilet paper, garbage bags and other household items that they consume while in office.
Blast from the past Marine style. Radar tech (6231) Chulai 68.
Thankful when we got warm food / coffee for midnight rats on the flight line instead of cold cheese sandwiches and Cool-aid.
Marines can write poetry, yes, I do eat the crayons when done. Purple is my favorite flavor. I don't eat the brown or yellow ones. I save those for the Navy😛
"Americans should be grateful they have people like us to protect then from people like us"
"Americans should be grateful they have people like us to protect them from people like us" - LOL That's great!
Pretty neat to see the various shops and events used by folks on the carrier. One item I don't agree with is hitting golf balls into the ocean. I know the ocean is vast but I also know those golf balls don't break down and could be bad for the sea life.
Thats how the whale on Sienfield got a golf ball stuck him
Ever been on a cruise line ?? They probably get through more golf balls a week then the USN in a year .....
No I've never been on a cruise ship. And the more I look into it, seems hitting golf balls into the ocean was banned back in 1990. So, I'm assuming the golf balls being hit into the ocean nowadays are biodegradable.
There is almost no sea life in the middle of the ocean. The vast majority is very close to the coasts. The ocean is impossibly large. If you had any idea just how much the Navy has reduced the amount and type of trash it dumps from ships you'd never mention this.
I'm sure the Navy has reduced the amount of trash it dumps in the sea. Why do you think that is? Because it's bad for the environment. Not too hard to figure that out. Ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It all started out with one bottle, one trash bag, one straw, one golf ball...........now look at it. I get the ocean is quite vast but over time the actions of thoughtless people add up.
I'm Grateful n Thankful to be an American citizen, born n raised on the island of Oahu
But Oahu is part of the State of Hawaii which is in America. You're as American as a Texan or a New Yorker from birth. Why are you grateful?
wow a coffee shop just another line to stand in for 20 minutes, oh wait my plane will be on deck in 15 minutes.
yea i can see the pilot rushing to his plane handing his ROI a mocha putting his own in the cup holder before strapping in and asking the crew where am i going again?
@@philiprice7875They don’t call it “turn and burn” for nothing
Wow,they have it so rough!
I hate starbucks LOL Burnt coffee is all they know.
These men and women deserve only the best. They are the reason why America has ALWAYS been great!
Please add my sincere appreciation to all the men and women who serve, not only in the Navy, but in all the military. I was unable to serve -- I was 4-F -- but I would have been proud to serve the country. My dad was in the Army Air Corps and was discharged in the early part of 1941. Then, in February, 1942, he got a letter from his favorite Uncle inviting him back into the new Army Air Force. My brother was in the Air Force and ws discharged when his enlistment was up. He was called back when there was a little disagreement known as the Cuban Missile Crisis was threatening the world. He said he served his hitch and mine since I couldn't.
I should've joined the Navy when I was young. Seems like a lot of fun.
Not being a curmudgeon. I think it's great they have a Starbucks on the Carriers these days. I made 4 deployments on two carriers during my career and we felt spoiled that we had an espresso machine in the mess. But I do wonder how they manage all the paper cup and plastic waste with trash already a problem on ships. ;-)
Air Force here. I recall my first deployment to Iraq (Nasiriyah) in 2005. It had a Green bean Coffee Shop, Burger King, Pizza Hut and many others. It was an odd experience as we lived in tents at the time. Trash for us wasn't an issue. It got sent to the burn pit...along with chemicals, paints, and other dangerous items. Little did we know at the time that those burn pits were killing us...literally.
A closed mess is the best mess.⚓️🇺🇸✌🏻🍻
This is hilarious! I don’t think too many modern sailors could put up with what we didn’t have in the Royal Australian Navy back in the 80s!
We had a tiny ship’s canteen to buy the basics and a few sweets through a hole in the wall(ok, a counter in the bulkhead with a roller shutter) from the main passageway, but that opened once a day only when the one Chief(he was a great bloke, BTW!) who ran it was available at seemingly random times and only stayed open for 15 minutes each time! You’re on watch and hear the pipe that it’s open? Too bad! 🤣
Instant coffee, tea bags and sugar were always available however, right near the water boiler in the junior sailors cafeteria, which seated way less than half the ship’s 170 or so junior sailors. There was a fridge near there with milk(full cream only, and most likely to have been frozen prior). The fridge was near the one vending machine(goffa machine) which had Coke, Fanta, etc. Those drinks were collectively known as goffas.
This is just my experience of life aboard an RAN DE, or River class Destroyer Escort, as these were the best years of my life!
I must say I envy the amenities on USN CVNs, but I loved my time. We could usually have 2 beers each night at sea! Or unofficially more if one was the “beer bosun” who took the beer issue orders from those who wanted it each night… yep, that was me taking those orders for my mess(which is our berthing spaces in American speak and we had 15 bunks in my mess). 🇦🇺🤣
I should stop rambling…
@@NoName-ds5uqMet an Aussie DEstroyer in Guam and we played softball in the rain. My ship brought steaks for the Barbie and the Aussies brought the beer-wow. The beer was reg. Australian and I was used to the US 3.2 beer. After a while I quit going in from the outfield and played right field the rest of the game. Great time with a great bunch of guys👍👍👍👍👍
@@steventrostle1825 I remember a game of cricket similar to that(no rain nor steaks though) against another Australian ship in Hong Kong… the standard of play degraded as the game went on, but we all had a great time! I also have great memories of having a few(a lot) frothies with you Yanks. Great times!
Yes I know not all Americans are Yankees, but to us ignorant Aussies you’re all Yanks, and in rhyming slang, “Septic Tanks”, or “Septics” for short… Don’t be offended, we’re like that with everyone we like. You should hear what we call our Kiwi cousins! 🤣
Those ships stores are called "Geedunk" stores traditionally on navy ships. Sweets, chips, drinks, etc. are geedunk. Look it up.
These new sailors are spoiled compared to what we had back in the late eighties on board the USS Coral Sea , Worked the flight deck 12-14 hours a day with our airwing but it was cool thou , Our water in general on the ship tasted like jet fuel and showered in it as well , Would give almost anything to do it all one more day , Have fun out there squids !
Me too. I was an airdale attached to a fighter squadron in CAW 2 aboard the USS Ranger (top gun fame). Two Westpac deployments, 67-68 and 68-69, Vietnam war. Every time I see carrier flight ops on TH-cam I reach back in the old memory bank. One more ride on the flight deck during night ops. I did time on the flight deck while operations were underway. There is nothing like seeing an F4 phantom being launched off the angle deck during night ops. We had no luxury, that is for sure.
@@jimpowell2296 Roger all that Jim , F-18 ordie here and yes nothing like it on earth , Take care and thanks for your service , I loved the F-4 but she was before my time !
@@kellywilson8440
Thank you for your service also. Most airdales did like serving in a squadron and deployment on a carrier. Being in a war was ideal as you saw how well folks truly worked together. Having a jet leave the cats and return is a great feeling. You never wanted a plane shot down, but it happened. I wish war on no one. But if it happens you do your job. I was an AQ, which back then meant I worked on the radar systems in the F4 Phantom. 12 hours a day 7 days a week plus a few unreps. One unrep was 18 hours. So I was up a straight 30 hours then finished my shift and hit the rack. We were young. Now we have great memories.
@@jimpowell2296 Thanks for the reply and info Jim i enjoyed reading it , Thank you and take good care sir !
My first deployment was with Carrier Group TWO on the Coral Sea, back in 1989.
I live in a town of 1800, aircraft carrier has 4 times the local conveniences .
The best thing on the aircraft carrier is freak off Sundays blindfolded😮
Grocery stores and Starbucks? Not in my time. Plus I gotta know how long supplies last on deployment till the stores are empty and you gotta get a hook up from an MS..
I was on the Reagan in 2017. Wed usually get UNREP/RAS about every 2-3 weeks. The stores would typically be pretty barren after about 2. There was also a per visit limit on what you could buy. Most of the time after two weeks the only thing left in the store was like plain fritos and peanut butter crackers. Never went to the starbucks. It wasnt very good and there was a long line typically. Galley coffee or energy drink machines were my source of caffeine
I served on the USS Independence. We had nothing like this. Store was half that size and had very little. I was snipe, EM. Ships company. We had our own coffee maker or you could always get a cup on the mess deck if you could get past the taste of fuel. There was no other food than the 4 meals served in the mess. I always liked the mid rats. As far as the steel beach and beer, everyone was allowed 2, I would sell mine. Some fellow squid, after months at sea, no alcohol unless he knew how to or someone that did make some. Yeah, that did happen. After their 2 beers, thirsting for more. I could get $20.00 for a can of beer
Ha. I was ship's company on Big E. Got used to the slight diesel taste in the water. The smell of diesel engines still reminds me of the liberty boats, meaning it smells like freedom.
I'd take the $40 cash, then buy maybe 20 fresh draft beers with it somewhere at the next port!
A far cry from when I was in, i was in just over 12 years until I was medically discharged. i was on three carrier and the stores were nothing like this and no Starbucks LOL. But we did have steel beach.
As a Ranger in the Swedish Air Force we where happy to get food at least once a day. There was not so many Starbuck in the forrest around our Airbase I can say. But Go Navy! 😂
On the other hand, Swedish coffee tastes better than Starbucks. ;-)
Thank you all for your sacrifice and service for our country.
Service members should NOT have to pay one cent for anything! They are protecting their country and the people in it!
@@juanitasullivan3372 Well what if somebody roles up constantly trying to get 10+ ups. There stock isn’t infinite.😂
I feel like if I was in there I’d like to work in the little shops (not the Starbucks but the convenience market)
Do they have Durex?
Does your mum need some?
Yes. And likely pregnancy test kits, too.
Living it up...who wants to be a grunt when you can have this.
God Bless our sailors.