This is a great series. The people who put this together did an amazing job portraying these stories and it has moved me almost to tears a couple times.
I was on the USS Nimitz from 77-81 and worked on the hangar deck. I am now 57 and this may sound crazy, but if the Navy would ask me if I would come back and do what I did back then on the hangar, I would do it in a heart beat!
Leo for 29 and I feel the same way but my kids made me promise when they got their careers up and running to retire. Ones a firefighter and the other kids a doctor. They made their point and I couldn’t argue so...
It's been an excellent series full of very cool events & fantastic Sailors. Nimitz holds a special place in my heart as I was fortunate enough & honored as a Canadian to spend a month aboard her during my Service back in the 80's. Again, excellent series, thanks for sharing it!
GO NAVY, I went to boot camp in San Diego in Dec. 1959 to Beginning of March 1960, boy have the uniforms changed, we wore white uniforms or fatigues with leggens and utility belts. I love the uniforms they wear now, slick looking and more comfortable. I was a corpsman served at the Naval Hosp, Oakland CA. and on the Bonne Home Richard CVA-31.
I was a recruit at the Orlando Naval Facility. My tour of duty was with the USS Kitty Hawk 1984-1988. I worked as a Firefighter and a Aircraft Director in the V-1 Division. I love serving my country. I am now a Captain with the Gary, In. Fire Department, a well respected Fire Department in this country. I have been employed for 24 years and will retire in 2018. The Navy saved my life. This is a good organization along with the Marine's, Army, and Air force..............Capt..Fuller
+My30thnamechoice--- I hope you read my comments MC3 Slaughter. I had to force myself to finish watching all ten episodes of this mediocre presentation hoping to finally get to see more of the actual ship's work being performed while it was in "Dry Dock". In the end, I found the majority of what was shown in this series had little to do with the overhauling of that great vessel. Instead, what was offered was primarily an ego trip for those in the MC rating. The few other ratings that were mentioned were mostly airdales and those sailors contributed virtually nothing to the upgrade. According to the title, I thought this series would have dealt more with the actual work performed to bring Nimitz up to current navy specs, but I was gravely mistaken. I mean- a whole episode dedicated to watching a bunch of MCs climb a mountain?!? C'mon now, what in the world has that to do with dry-docking an aircraft carrier? Oh, wait, I know... "background color", right? Phooey! Go ahead sailor, ship over while you still have a chance!
+Tom Niessen First of all, thank you for watching all the episodes! That was our first attempt at making a documentary so we were all still learning. I'm sorry you were disappointed with the series and I can see how the title could mislead about the content. Have you ever watched Mighty Ships on Smithsonian Channel? This is not that show. This show is about the life of Nimitz Sailors while the ship was in Bremerton, as well as the process of the dry dock period. As Episode 2 said in the description, it's a "... story of steel, but more importantly of the men and women making it all happen." As far as Episode 6, The Climb...that episode was definitely the furthest we got from Dry Dock, I agree. But I don't think it's fair to take one episode out of nine and judge the series as offering mostly an ego trip for those in the MC rating. Mass Communication Specialists are invisible 99% of the time, as they should be. However, I believe it's ok to show what we do for a living once in a while. People are interested in us too. It was not an ego trip but yeah, that episode could mostly be skipped if you want to see the dry dock area. haha
+My30thnamechoice This was AS good, if not BETTER then PBS's Carrier ! Don't under rate this, it covered the "realities" of military life. Thank you for making this. 00-06 Retired (got hurt) ARMY 12-B SAPPER
I was in Drill Company at RTC San Diego … left the Navy and joined the Army and as prior service was platoon guide, but had same rank as half the drill sergeants at basic… went on the trail as a drill …and I cannot believe how sloppy they looked marching, present arms…come on sailors! I wondered why ships are colliding at sea and this could be an indicator…not paying attention to detail…what is the clapping when they March anyway?
I am glad they showed the middle aged man being forcefully retired with no job skills that will enable him to support his family once outside the Navy. Any young person wondering about a future in the armed forces needs to see that it often does not prepare you well for a job outside the military, and can be a difficult stress filled family life of low pay, constant separation, long days and no job security. You must always remember that they pay you very little while you devote 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and place your life at risk while being ordered around in a very demeaning fashion by many people. Divide the actual hours you are on the job into that pay check, and you may envy minimum wage.
+NaYawkr although I would like to thank you for bringing the struggles of veterans up, MM1 and his family are doing just fine these days. Your concern is appreciated.
That MM1 was a graduate of the US Navy Nuclear Power School with skills that made him highly employable and desired by many companies around the country. It’s been 7 years since he was retired but I will bet he is doing great financially with his now teenage children. Yes,it was sad he had to leave but, he wasn’t alone. Several thousand people were forced out at that time while the Congress decided to shrink the Military by closing several units worldwide.
It is not the services responsibility to see that you have skills useful to civilian employment, that is the individuals responsibility. You must choose your career path in what ever service and make it happen. Each service has many career paths that equate to civilian employment, it takes education, desire, no quit attitude, and yes in some cases a bit of luck. In my case, my career path was a dead end as far as civilian career, yet, I still retired after 27 years as a Fire Captain with a city Fire Department. It is on the shoulders of the individual period.
hank6887 This was 2011 and 2012 when the Recession was still killing our economy. Thousands of good people got kicked to the curb both military and civilian for budget cuts.
I hated to see this series end. This was wonderful and thank you to the men who brought this to us.
This is my first one to watch...looking forward to seeing the rest. 👍
This is a great series. The people who put this together did an amazing job portraying these stories and it has moved me almost to tears a couple times.
Amazing to see these sailors work in the community , on the refit , and work as a team. Great series i hope they all continue to do a great job.
Thank you for this series they brought many memories GO NAVY!
Great series. Congrats to the men and women of CVN 68!
I was on the USS Nimitz from 77-81 and worked on the hangar deck. I am now 57 and this may sound crazy, but if the Navy would ask me if I would come back and do what I did back then on the hangar, I would do it in a heart beat!
+Gary Owens
Military was just a better life for me .
00-06 ARMY ( retired)
Leo for 29 and I feel the same way but my kids made me promise when they got their careers up and running to retire. Ones a firefighter and the other kids a doctor. They made their point and I couldn’t argue so...
It's been an excellent series full of very cool events & fantastic Sailors. Nimitz holds a special place in my heart as I was fortunate enough & honored as a Canadian to spend a month aboard her during my Service back in the 80's. Again, excellent series, thanks for sharing it!
Great vlog U.S. Navy. Thank you, Jim
Top notch work! Very impressed with this whole series!
Was on the Nimitz from 84 to 86 was a ms and a maa, had a great time.
GO NAVY, I went to boot camp in San Diego in Dec. 1959 to Beginning of March 1960, boy have the uniforms changed, we wore white uniforms or fatigues with leggens and utility belts. I love the uniforms they wear now, slick looking and more comfortable. I was a corpsman served at the Naval Hosp, Oakland CA. and on the Bonne Home Richard CVA-31.
Excellent series - thanks for the education
Almost 40 years ago I tried to serve our military, but my eyesight kept me out, here's a big Thank You to all who have and will serve!
My father served in the Navy back in the late 70s on the USS Eisenhower.
I was a recruit at the Orlando Naval Facility. My tour of duty was with the USS Kitty Hawk 1984-1988. I worked as a Firefighter and a Aircraft Director in the V-1 Division. I love serving my country. I am now a Captain with the Gary, In. Fire Department, a well respected Fire Department in this country. I have been employed for 24 years and will retire in 2018. The Navy saved my life. This is a good organization along with the Marine's, Army, and Air force..............Capt..Fuller
p full I'm the narrator and assistant producer of the series sir. It's great to see the watches and comments are still coming. Thanks for the note!
My pleasure, and I also thank you.
+My30thnamechoice--- I hope you read my comments MC3 Slaughter.
I had to force myself to finish watching all ten episodes of this mediocre presentation hoping to finally get to see more of the actual ship's work being performed while it was in "Dry Dock". In the end, I found the majority of what was shown in this series had little to do with the overhauling of that great vessel. Instead, what was offered was primarily an ego trip for those in the MC rating. The few other ratings that were mentioned were mostly airdales and those sailors contributed virtually nothing to the upgrade.
According to the title, I thought this series would have dealt more with the actual work performed to bring Nimitz up to current navy specs, but I was gravely mistaken. I mean- a whole episode dedicated to watching a bunch of MCs climb a mountain?!? C'mon now, what in the world has that to do with dry-docking an aircraft carrier?
Oh, wait, I know... "background color", right?
Phooey!
Go ahead sailor, ship over while you still have a chance!
+Tom Niessen First of all, thank you for watching all the episodes! That was our first attempt at making a documentary so we were all still learning. I'm sorry you were disappointed with the series and I can see how the title could mislead about the content. Have you ever watched Mighty Ships on Smithsonian Channel? This is not that show.
This show is about the life of Nimitz Sailors while the ship was in Bremerton, as well as the process of the dry dock period. As Episode 2 said in the description, it's a "... story of steel, but more importantly of the men and women making it all happen."
As far as Episode 6, The Climb...that episode was definitely the furthest we got from Dry Dock, I agree. But I don't think it's fair to take one episode out of nine and judge the series as offering mostly an ego trip for those in the MC rating. Mass Communication Specialists are invisible 99% of the time, as they should be. However, I believe it's ok to show what we do for a living once in a while. People are interested in us too. It was not an ego trip but yeah, that episode could mostly be skipped if you want to see the dry dock area. haha
+My30thnamechoice
This was AS good, if not BETTER then PBS's Carrier ! Don't under rate this, it covered the "realities" of military life.
Thank you for making this.
00-06 Retired (got hurt) ARMY 12-B SAPPER
Enjoyed the video good job
Thanks for sharing!
7:56
They made the suck look fun
Very nice!
God bless all who who serve. I,m a proud Air force vet, but i say go navy
Crazy to think that on the Army side , you had to worry about getting stop loss or recalled and over on the Navy side they were kicking people out
i was in the triton while at bootcamp!!
Great video. At times the audio is not synched properly.
it was really cool to see the stuff about boot camp. i'm shipping out to RTC 20140107.
I was in Drill Company at RTC San Diego … left the Navy and joined the Army and as prior service was platoon guide, but had same rank as half the drill sergeants at basic… went on the trail as a drill …and I cannot believe how sloppy they looked marching, present arms…come on sailors! I wondered why ships are colliding at sea and this could be an indicator…not paying attention to detail…what is the clapping when they March anyway?
Fond memories of bootcamp...if you're not 231, you're wrong :D
>.> why does the series already have to end :(
That was awesome
My families ship is
Uss.Russell
Im with the big stick
Uss.Iowa.Ddg59
What’s with the whistle? Where is the bosuns pipe.
I think it's just because I watched it in like 5-6 hours :P
I am glad they showed the middle aged man being forcefully retired with no job skills that will enable him to support his family once outside the Navy. Any young person wondering about a future in the armed forces needs to see that it often does not prepare you well for a job outside the military, and can be a difficult stress filled family life of low pay, constant separation, long days and no job security. You must always remember that they pay you very little while you devote 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and place your life at risk while being ordered around in a very demeaning fashion by many people. Divide the actual hours you are on the job into that pay check, and you may envy minimum wage.
+NaYawkr although I would like to thank you for bringing the struggles of veterans up, MM1 and his family are doing just fine these days. Your concern is appreciated.
That MM1 was a graduate of the US Navy Nuclear Power School with skills that made him highly employable and desired by many companies around the country. It’s been 7 years since he was retired but I will bet he is doing great financially with his now teenage children. Yes,it was sad he had to leave but, he wasn’t alone. Several thousand people were forced out at that time while the Congress decided to shrink the Military by closing several units worldwide.
It is not the services responsibility to see that you have skills useful to civilian employment, that is the individuals responsibility. You must choose your career path in what ever service and make it happen. Each service has many career paths that equate to civilian employment, it takes education, desire, no quit attitude, and yes in some cases a bit of luck. In my case, my career path was a dead end as far as civilian career, yet, I still retired after 27 years as a Fire Captain with a city Fire Department. It is on the shoulders of the individual period.
Females and Stress fractures ... So may Females fell out of the ARMY from them.
Military loses a lot of good people due to politics !
hank6887 This was 2011 and 2012 when the Recession was still killing our economy. Thousands of good people got kicked to the curb both military and civilian for budget cuts.
HASTA LOS QUE BARREN ESTAN CON EL CEREBRO LAVADO ...
CLOWNS .....
Females and Stress fractures ... So may Females fell out of the ARMY from them.