I remember going back to Great Lakes for A school. I was too ignorant to plan a ride from the airport to the base. It was Christmas break so there was nobody left who knew or even cared. The OOD was the only person who was help me out.
A few weeks ago, there were two ladies new to the ship. They asked me where their berthing was located. Being honest, I said I didn’t know. I didn’t feel right walking away after that. I like to help others as much as I can. So thankfully I saw a Chief and Senior Chief to see if they could help. It worked out. I’ve heard a lot of people having terrible sponsors when arriving. I think that is wrong and selfish. My assigned sponsor didn’t help at all! Thankfully someone from my department who was a Chief helped me a lot! Helped me on the ship and showing me around town. Very grateful for that.
I am spinning the throttle valve at 12:40. Was in leadership course once and told them I was in the video and nobody believed me until they paused it...we were probably way worse than the guy in the video but I retired at 20 years.
well yeah i mean it all boils down to XO and below even CMC could kill a good sailor's career.... i got screwed over out of NEC schools so many times, and i had this shipmate kept telling me to go for BUDs boy oh boy i shouldn't have refused him could been his swim buddy.
I fortunately had a good experience on my first ship. A screemen seaman. The deck crew was top notch and they put me with the smart go-getters and steered me clear of the shitbirds. 6 months I was working the sickbay, I made HM3 by the end my my first enlistment. There is an old saying first impressions are lasting impressions. Mine were good both ways and led to a wonderful career.
I served in the Marine Corps from 1979 until 1981. I was honorably discharged for medical reasons. It's too bad that the military, as a whole, just figured out how a new command and a young service member's arrival to it can impact that young person and the kind of experience he/she will have while serving. Back when I served, no one ever "sponsored" a new unit member, especially one who was relatively new to the service. Similarly, there was no such thing as "TAP" (Transition Assistance Program) briefings/classes when one exited the service. A person was left to rely on what they'd been taught in boot camp and then left to just "figure it out", usually with only the help of the "sea lawyers" (members who were usually in trouble, themselves, and all too willing to help a new member to follow in their footsteps) and the "trial by fire" method with getting in trouble. Learn by error, as they say. Yes, it is a "new" military, compared to the one I joined in 1979. I wish I could have had the benefit of this kind of care. Leadership is everything and does wonders for good morale. Semper Fi.
I showed up at my first duty station in Newport, RI only to find my ship was at sea. Reported to the base for Temp. Duty only to find my seabag got "lost" at the airport. Was expected to turn out the following morning for duty, had to wear my dress whites to do barracks cleaning. Couldn't get paid, ran out of money. Had to wear the same uniform for a week, had to use paper towels to dry off after I showered. When my seabag finally showed up (thank you US Air) it had been cut open and any thing of value was stolen. I won't even get to how reporting to the ship was except my work center didn't even know I was aboard for 1 week and I was grabbed by the wrong division to do work for them until they figured out I already had a job code specific to a different weapons system. I must say I did love boot camp and the Gunner's Mate Training I had at Great Lakes though. That was fun.
This was one of the training videos in boot camp. Crazy I remember watching this and now that I know what I do this type of negative scenario was not uncommon. Fortunately every command I pcs'd to was the positive part of the video.
@@865Backroads I was a Gunner's Mate for 6 years. We were always undermanned because nobody likes to do dangerous work. Ship had lots of Personnelmen and Yeomen and Ship's Servicemen. But working in a missile magazine, loading ammo and weapons, nobody wants to do that. Navy was full of non-hackers.
I boarded my first Ship 🚢 The USS New Orleans LPH 11 in the Yards Halloween 🎃 night at 8:30 🕣 and it was a Saturday night also !!! What a nightmare that night was !!!
Ive seen one get screwed in 2 hours. Straight from bootcamp. To the gulf. Puddle jumping to the Tarawa off the coast of Iraq. Checked in amd 2 hours later. ....in a vestibule.
These two films are touching. The uncertainty concerning the dialogue of the newby.Never again return home without one single plan.They consider Los Angeles an airport (LAX). I must get into a niche and pull up.
Let's look at this video for a second. The young sailor observes apathy from the minute he checks onboard the ship from sub-par sailors..Well you would have a ship full of sailors going to XOI and Captain's Mast. This is a ridiculously overblown example of small issues within any organization.
Navy was literally and figuratively sink or swim. Boots get harassed, you either figured it out quickly or things could go bad quickly. How I remember it.
I was to report to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 Gulfport MS, early 2011 I could not reach anyone, I was legit lost, I had to drag my seabag and all belongings through the hot sun. I finally get to the quarterdeck cover in sweat and get yelled at by a LPO (CE1) why iam reporting Friday afternoon when nobody is there, and why I did not take a shower. That should of been a warning sign about the nonsense that was coming my way. From then on I just kept to myself and did my enlistment and got out. I can't believe the Navy never figure this issue out.
Yep that's the way it was for me. Horrible leadership! I had to learn everything on my own! It was soo frustrating! Hardly anyone got special treatment like in the second part of the video.
It sounds weird that it’s up to ship officers to make sure new sailors’ families are resettled - even in 2000 this should be something the Navy could do centralized? Dear lord I hope this isn’t still an issue
Ha! The good ole days going down to TJ, getting trashed, then showing up for work..I remember when I could go day after day working, going out till 0500, shower and chow, and working again. TJ piers!
We had so many guys just go UA, you wouldn't see them for weeks even years and the Nav would leave you short with no replacements. Talk about having to stand extra watches never mind work centers undermanned by over 50%.
To my Asian brothers. I'm hoping this doesn't come to terms. I have high regard for the anchient history you contain. Though we can't have everything, I had to get this out in the open..now. though paralleled to war machine,an honest Outlook in civilian life. is what's this is about. When you get it know I'm sincere.
This video illustrated WAY MORE care than I got on checking in to my first command. FAR less than I ever gave to one of my new sailors. This dude was just a dirt bag waiting to happen. I watched this video in the first year of first dissemination.
navy never again volunteer yourself, yet intillialy one did volunteer ones self, ??! commerisim, capitalism, corporatism and host of other isms, Catholicism, paganism in the Navy culture mix ,
will elaborate, the most unorganized undisciplined experience while serving in the USA naval service, reprobate and perverse, adultery and fornication, prostitution legalized in the USA naval, exploitative of the poor Philippines people, and USA naval port of call during West pac patrolling, never knew such scumm of men would be arthoi zed leadership and following such men , if that is real men , tons of lazy affirmative action, blacks , good men from sting roots the few and hoping for success and serving ones country, pro homesexal and bulldike woman, got out just when this movement began to accept in the naval service, the Navy ucmj is corrupt and needing gutting and overhaul, this classic neglect and administration discharge and BCD are lies, truth be told the crime and treason and crime against USA naval and country, the naval service needing to be sued and tried on millions to the scheme and lies of administration discharge to honest sailor's, millions oewed and reparations to all admin discharge sailors, ucmj and njp do any dirt bags or the initiative ones ever known what a 6 month your west pac is , the mental health and psychological toll on a kid or child, ??? corrupt men infested these shop cruises, from first day you were on your own , getting a rack have fun , shower initiation, beating wire brush, harassment to the utmost unamanigle, sex harassment, no were to vent or counsel,to do anything run a chit requests, mostly denied to cover chain o comm asses, us off ship to get hope and expose these bastards, right it's all controlled, came to serve and success, yet not one iota of direction motivation or Inspiration to succeed, naval service has a sorry pt requirement, and host of other lacking and disciplines, this is the dead on Truth, lies mama pilates recruitment and only to practice capitalism on much of the poor and hopefull men and crappy economic environments , go to the recut and see the world, always something interesting, men randomly quoting navy , never again volunteer yourself ☝️. welcome aboard shipmates to West pac underway and haze grey, to hell you will be a long while to stay. N A V Y . ✍️⚡👈💥🤔
I remember going back to Great Lakes for A school. I was too ignorant to plan a ride from the airport to the base. It was Christmas break so there was nobody left who knew or even cared. The OOD was the only person who was help me out.
What rate?
@@hamhami9742 I went back for EN. For the OOD he was a MM2. Nothing but Firemen and Engineering Rates are offered at Great Lakes.
@@wolfenstien13 nice
Sound like a ASVAB waiver - HOO YAH!
The acting in this older version of The First 72 Hours is far better than the most recent version. This video seemed more realististic.
I agree 100%. It fills out details missing in the newer version and the narration is so much better and yes the acting is way better.
A few weeks ago, there were two ladies new to the ship. They asked me where their berthing was located. Being honest, I said I didn’t know. I didn’t feel right walking away after that. I like to help others as much as I can. So thankfully I saw a Chief and Senior Chief to see if they could help. It worked out. I’ve heard a lot of people having terrible sponsors when arriving. I think that is wrong and selfish. My assigned sponsor didn’t help at all! Thankfully someone from my department who was a Chief helped me a lot! Helped me on the ship and showing me around town. Very grateful for that.
this brings back some memories. I watched this at my recruiters office and at boot camp before I went to yokosuka Japan
I was there on the Kitty Hawk.
Currently stationed here in Yokosuka
@@yequalsemexplusbee4322 2 questions, is Popeyes in the Honch (dive bar) still open and is the Chuhi stand near Station station still open.
@@yequalsemexplusbee4322nice
I am spinning the throttle valve at 12:40. Was in leadership course once and told them I was in the video and nobody believed me until they paused it...we were probably way worse than the guy in the video but I retired at 20 years.
You failed seaman Tyler because you were too busy spinning the valve! 😭😭😭😭
@@chicago618 hahah
Legend! How did you manage to do 20 years?
piss poor leadership. this happens alot in the navy. young sailor trying to do the right thing. but gets screwed by "leaders"
It hurts a lot 🤧
This MESSAGE SUMS IT UP!
That's an UNDERSTATEMENT!
well yeah i mean it all boils down to XO and below even CMC could kill a good sailor's career.... i got screwed over out of NEC schools so many times, and i had this shipmate kept telling me to go for BUDs boy oh boy i shouldn't have refused him could been his swim buddy.
I fortunately had a good experience on my first ship. A screemen seaman. The deck crew was top notch and they put me with the smart go-getters and steered me clear of the shitbirds. 6 months I was working the sickbay, I made HM3 by the end my my first enlistment. There is an old saying first impressions are lasting impressions. Mine were good both ways and led to a wonderful career.
I served in the Marine Corps from 1979 until 1981. I was honorably discharged for medical reasons. It's too bad that the military, as a whole, just figured out how a new command and a young service member's arrival to it can impact that young person and the kind of experience he/she will have while serving. Back when I served, no one ever "sponsored" a new unit member, especially one who was relatively new to the service. Similarly, there was no such thing as "TAP" (Transition Assistance Program) briefings/classes when one exited the service. A person was left to rely on what they'd been taught in boot camp and then left to just "figure it out", usually with only the help of the "sea lawyers" (members who were usually in trouble, themselves, and all too willing to help a new member to follow in their footsteps) and the "trial by fire" method with getting in trouble. Learn by error, as they say. Yes, it is a "new" military, compared to the one I joined in 1979. I wish I could have had the benefit of this kind of care. Leadership is everything and does wonders for good morale. Semper Fi.
LIe. I arrived on board after boot. on 28 Dec.... yes, New Years weekend. .... was welcomed and shown everything I needed.
I saw this exact same video once, word for word, with different actors. They made the same video at least twice.
I saw that as well. It was filmed more recently as well.
I showed up at my first duty station in Newport, RI only to find my ship was at sea. Reported to the base for Temp. Duty only to find my seabag got "lost" at the airport. Was expected to turn out the following morning for duty, had to wear my dress whites to do barracks cleaning. Couldn't get paid, ran out of money. Had to wear the same uniform for a week, had to use paper towels to dry off after I showered. When my seabag finally showed up (thank you US Air) it had been cut open and any thing of value was stolen. I won't even get to how reporting to the ship was except my work center didn't even know I was aboard for 1 week and I was grabbed by the wrong division to do work for them until they figured out I already had a job code specific to a different weapons system. I must say I did love boot camp and the Gunner's Mate Training I had at Great Lakes though. That was fun.
This was one of the training videos in boot camp. Crazy I remember watching this and now that I know what I do this type of negative scenario was not uncommon. Fortunately every command I pcs'd to was the positive part of the video.
Me as well (73-77)
The red headed guy in the pway was my roommate in gunners mate A school @5:22. Redding!
How was it being a gunners mate
@@865Backroads I was a Gunner's Mate for 6 years. We were always undermanned because nobody likes to do dangerous work. Ship had lots of Personnelmen and Yeomen and Ship's Servicemen. But working in a missile magazine, loading ammo and weapons, nobody wants to do that. Navy was full of non-hackers.
@@josephjannuzzi1711 I just signed on for Gm at meps
I was stationed on board USS Decatur DDG-73 based in San Diego at the time.
Oh lord I remember seeing this in 2001 lol Dudes whole command set him up for failure.
I watched this on my first ship, ironically, the USS Higgins
I boarded my first Ship 🚢 The USS New Orleans LPH 11 in the Yards Halloween 🎃 night at 8:30 🕣 and it was a Saturday night also !!! What a nightmare that night was !!!
I’ve seen a sailor get screwed in 8 hours.
Ive seen one get screwed in 2 hours. Straight from bootcamp. To the gulf. Puddle jumping to the Tarawa off the coast of Iraq. Checked in amd 2 hours later. ....in a vestibule.
I remember watching an older version, before Higgins was even commissioned. Anyone know where we can find it?
Now I wanna see US Navy First 72 Hours 1990!
Its funny he was able to meet him at the gate. I had to remind myself what year this was fro
These two films are touching. The uncertainty concerning the dialogue of the newby.Never again return home without one single plan.They consider Los Angeles an airport (LAX). I must get into a niche and pull up.
I Iove the Higgins my dad was a NC on her
Hand Shakers ave Good People
Let's look at this video for a second. The young sailor observes apathy from the minute he checks onboard the ship from sub-par sailors..Well you would have a ship full of sailors going to XOI and Captain's Mast. This is a ridiculously overblown example of small issues within any organization.
I just watched the most recent version of this! Same script.
Which makes no sense that they keeps asking his name, since its on his uniform in the updated one d
This original version is far superior
So just a bunch of people not doing their jobs and what they're told to do? Wow
Exactly, Being in the Navy and following BASIC rules are common sense. These are grown adults by the way, not 10- 15 year old people.
You have no idea how common this is.
Navy was literally and figuratively sink or swim. Boots get harassed, you either figured it out quickly or things could go bad quickly. How I remember it.
I was to report to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 Gulfport MS, early 2011 I could not reach anyone, I was legit lost, I had to drag my seabag and all belongings through the hot sun. I finally get to the quarterdeck cover in sweat and get yelled at by a LPO (CE1) why iam reporting Friday afternoon when nobody is there, and why I did not take a shower. That should of been a warning sign about the nonsense that was coming my way. From then on I just kept to myself and did my enlistment and got out. I can't believe the Navy never figure this issue out.
It happens, but never as bad as this anymore
Yep that's the way it was for me. Horrible leadership! I had to learn everything on my own! It was soo frustrating! Hardly anyone got special treatment like in the second part of the video.
What kinda of stuff is a sailor expedited to learn?
It sounds weird that it’s up to ship officers to make sure new sailors’ families are resettled - even in 2000 this should be something the Navy could do centralized? Dear lord I hope this isn’t still an issue
Wow they were laxed back than. I am surprised he didn't stroll aboard with a blunt in hand. A officer without an E-Markmenship LOL
peacetime navy man
80s-early 2000s were the Golden Era of the Navy. Warfare designations and ribbons weren't handed out, nor were they a pre-requisite for advancement.
Ah, the good old Higgins.
I saw this video during my petty officer indoc class
looks like the restricted guy was right. that boat seems to seriously lack any decent leadership
Ha! The good ole days going down to TJ, getting trashed, then showing up for work..I remember when I could go day after day working, going out till 0500, shower and chow, and working again. TJ piers!
What went wrong?? Lol he went to the fleet! That's the main problem lol
I wonder what happened to these people
Last I heard seaman Tyler joined the Taliban. They had a better welcome program.
They probably treated them better🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s been 20 years crazy to think that everyone featured here is no longer in the navy
@@Me-eb3wv actually 24😳
Only the government could do this, have a 40% failure rate. Any company that did this (outside of fast food) would be finished.
We had so many guys just go UA, you wouldn't see them for weeks even years and the Nav would leave you short with no replacements. Talk about having to stand extra watches never mind work centers undermanned by over 50%.
I was in the Army but the same sort of things happen. Many a promisig soldier went to shit this way
thats why you always need sponsors
My first command was like this second one was a little better
🤣🤣😂😂🤣 holy shit flashbacks
They didn't give one single fuck about helping that kid. Shit like that happens all the time
Every navy in the world is the same
They treat people like shit for no reason like df
Oh boy, Tijuana! Trolley ride back to base sucked!
To my Asian brothers. I'm hoping this doesn't come to terms. I have high regard for the anchient history you contain. Though we can't have everything, I had to get this out in the open..now. though paralleled to war machine,an honest Outlook in civilian life. is what's this is about. When you get it know I'm sincere.
This video illustrated WAY MORE care than I got on checking in to my first command. FAR less than I ever gave to one of my new sailors. This dude was just a dirt bag waiting to happen.
I watched this video in the first year of first dissemination.
navy never again volunteer yourself, yet intillialy one did volunteer ones self, ??! commerisim, capitalism, corporatism and host of other isms, Catholicism, paganism in the Navy culture mix ,
will elaborate, the most unorganized undisciplined experience while serving in the USA naval service, reprobate and perverse, adultery and fornication, prostitution legalized in the USA naval, exploitative of the poor Philippines people, and USA naval port of call during West pac patrolling, never knew such scumm of men would be arthoi zed leadership and following such men , if that is real men , tons of lazy affirmative action, blacks , good men from sting roots the few and hoping for success and serving ones country, pro homesexal and bulldike woman, got out just when this movement began to accept in the naval service, the Navy ucmj is corrupt and needing gutting and overhaul, this classic neglect and administration discharge and BCD are lies, truth be told the crime and treason and crime against USA naval and country, the naval service needing to be sued and tried on millions to the scheme and lies of administration discharge to honest sailor's, millions oewed and reparations to all admin discharge sailors, ucmj and njp do any dirt bags or the initiative ones ever known what a 6 month your west pac is , the mental health and psychological toll on a kid or child, ??? corrupt men infested these shop cruises, from first day you were on your own , getting a rack have fun , shower initiation, beating wire brush, harassment to the utmost unamanigle, sex harassment, no were to vent or counsel,to do anything run a chit requests, mostly denied to cover chain o comm asses, us off ship to get hope and expose these bastards, right it's all controlled, came to serve and success, yet not one iota of direction motivation or Inspiration to succeed, naval service has a sorry pt requirement, and host of other lacking and disciplines, this is the dead on Truth, lies mama pilates recruitment and only to practice capitalism on much of the poor and hopefull men and crappy economic environments , go to the recut and see the world, always something interesting, men randomly quoting navy , never again volunteer yourself ☝️. welcome aboard shipmates to West pac underway and haze grey, to hell you will be a long while to stay. N A V Y . ✍️⚡👈💥🤔