8 things NOT TO DO on your first Navy Ship 

Hide in the engine room?

JT You seem to have missed a couple of things that are very important not to do's. 1- Never get drunk and fall asleep naked in your rack. It will just be ugly... 2- Never try to sneak a 15 year old Australian girl on board thinking you are going to bring her home with you. Yes I have seen that happen. 3- Never jump overboard into 20 foot swells. You really upset the divers when you do that. 4-Never ever gamble with shipmates if you are not a gambler, even if the game is Spades. 5- Never ever ever piss off the cooks. Ever!!!!

Have multiple pairs of shower shoes, toothbrushes, etc. if you drop it on the deck you want to have a spare, plus people like to steal sooo

I'm a 53 year old man and a 911 public servant. Am I one of the older subs here? I served in the Navy for 4 years on 2 different carriers and made 3 West Pac's to the Gulf. JT gives good advice. If a Youngster ask me ? 1. Enjoy every day you can cause at 53 you will appreciate your service more. 2. Shut the fuck up cause know one cares what you think when you are a Rookie 3. Don't be a dirtbag, hygiene is huge, with out it we are animals 4. Be respectful and professional but party like a sailor cause we have a reputation. 5. Support JT Suits cause it's great info and I wish I had the Intel back in 83.⚓️ 6. Cheers BITCH 🍻

1. Lysol Wipes - we didn't have those when I joined over 30 years ago. 2. Sliding down ladders is fun till someone gets hurt. 3. I spent a god bit of time at sea working on courses and ESWS quals. 4. Knee knockers add to the fun of racing through P-ways. 5. Large ships have plenty of places to "skate off." 6. My best food came from connections in the galley. 7. Don't walk into the head barefoot either. 8. I served on two carriers, an oiler, and a big deck amphib.

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8 things to do in your first navy ship

Anyone else loving the fact that he played system of a down in the beginning ? 🙌🏻 thank god for checking Snapchat compulsively.

hahahaha, I'm a marine vet and my first deployment was on uss new orleans and first time I seen a squid slide down the ladder well I lost my shit and I had a blast sliding down them!! it was too hard not to slide down

I'm not even joining the navy but I still love the videos man!

look into an f-18's exhaust as it's taking off

Well JT, I just decided to go forward with the enlistment process. I go to MEPS sometime next week, your vids have helped me a lot in making my decision so thanks fam 👍

10 papas for 2 meester mans

Gotta love chasing those dust bunnies during cleaning stations

Don't call the other sailors "boat people"

I got busted on sliding down the ladder. yea dwelling is hard to deal with. yep I went a couple turns right into my div officer, he was having bad day too. Cleaning stations was so boring. yea and don't eat cheese burgers every single meal, I blew up to 300 pounds. I would like to add when on a smaller ship and you go thru rough seas, don't time leaping up the ladder wells that bump on the head will hurt for a month.

Not only did I learn to slide down the ladder rails, but on some of the spaces, one could snag a chill pipe in the overhead and use it to change direction then drop down on the next ladder and continue the decent . My personal best is three decks without my feet touching the deck.

They need to build and commission the USS Papa.

My brother, everything you are saying is real. I lived this crap the same way. I always had napping spots. You are spot on.

I just finished marine boot camp. I love your videos keep up the great work 🇺🇸

I leave for navy bootcamp November 14th and these videos have been helping me to know what to expect thanks man.

I've been in 8 years and I'm finally going to my first ship next year (before jumping to conclusions I'm a MA so it's kind of common lol). This video and your channel are really full of helpful info! :-)

Thanks so much! Husband's in A School so this is pretty freakin' helpful. Definitely sending this to him. Great videos man!

Love the vids mate, definitely given me an insight into what goes on! I’ve put my application into the Australian Navy 3 fridays ago and looking forward to going ahead with the application process! As I’ve said i love the vids keep em coming 🇦🇺🇦🇺

Thanks for the advices JT. I'm joining the Royal Canadian Navy. I begin my Basic Military Qualification in August at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School. I applied for one trade in each branch last summer and they gave me the one in the Navy.

You forgot 1 JT... dont get caught F#@$ing someone in the fan room or in a helo lol

Excellent video

Keep it up!

Hey JT, You have really inspired for me to join the Navy more and more. Like I really do before I noticed your vids. But now you make me want to Enlist more and freakin more. I hop to stay in about 12 years to make Chief. just like my dad. he was in the Navy(Hooyah) on the USS Nimitz, AZC and retired a Chief. I hope I can either be MA, a Yellow jersey and or RDC. so thanks again

you should do a video of life on a destroyer vs. life on a carrier, maybe a good idea ?

Squared away sailor. Has become my favorite song 😂😂💀💀. *im a squared away sailor, who loves to go get trashed and if I’m really lucky they’ll send me to captains mast*

I can add something to the list: 'don't bang the first cute girl you run into'. No explanation needed I think. And btw, running into an OF6 (Commodore) isn't that bad, they're often nicer than lower ranks who still feel like they have to prove something. Btw, would love to work on a carrier. We don't have them in my country, and it seems awesome to be part of such an impressive platform

I'm getting ready to deploy for the first time in October, which is scary as hell.....I'm a CS and they said we're gonna be working long hours so I was wondering what's the easiest way to get all my quals done while trying to do my job at the same time. And I love your vidos by the way :)

hey JT man thanks for your videos they're very helpful since i'm leaving and going to Bootcamp IN August.

Very good info for future sailors, especially the parts about hygiene! Sliding down ladder wells is very unsafe but we did it all the time. You have to learn how to stop mid-way down the ladder.😁 As far as "skating" goes, do everything that is expected of you and then skate if you like. But first, learn when to check-in and who to check in with, and only after completing whatever you were told to do, you only need one of the two things to occur to be good to go all the time, but two is best. 1) be in the right place at the right time or 2) with the right person at the right time and you'll be good all the time. Waiting in line for grub was a 2-hour wait for each meal (except mid-rats). Our workday consisted of ~6 hours of work and ~6 hours of waiting in lines (on an aircraft carrier).👍 Underway the drinking water had a very consistent dose of JP-5 (nowadays I think its JP-6) so we usually survived on beverages from the mess decks. Thanks for the video!

A few things not to do on a Navy ship:1. Leave anything unsecured.2. Have poor hygiene.3. Have a poor situational awareness.4. Have a low to no supply of essential items.5. Send a guy to do the laundry who doesn't know how to wash or dry clothes properly.

Both of my parents and step parents are all E-7 and I’m glad I can understand some of this stuff before actually joining myself

I thought I knew what not to do, but I needed this video. Thank you.

Fuck yeah, small boys are chill man

lol at small boys you can do laundry whenever. 3 washers and 4 dryers for 250 people on a cruiser and maybe 2 of those washers and 2 of those dryers work.

When you put your skates on, you better have a good hiding spot. I worked down in the mags so skating was my specialty. We would put alarms on the hatches. No one could catch us.

Banging in the fan room. Actually that's the best part.

I’m just got my first job with MSC as a wiper in the Engine room. We call skating off knocking off. Also thank you for your wisdom I will tattoo it in my brain haha

You should make a video of how to deal with basic with anxiety . Because I have bad anxiety and I'll constantly 2nd guess myself

I've been watching your videos for awhile man, you've helped me out alot ...I'm going in for aefc nov 14

thank for the tips so now i know what to do when im in the navy

That first tip is definitely a must in 2020

I swear jt will pin this notification squad where are you at...

When you said don’t touch I immediately thought double dragon!!!!! 😂 had it once from galley uncooked chicken haven’t gotten it since!

Funny - memories wow the stair slide love it! Tin Can days out of Norfolk

Good to know for when I get there,Thanks bro. Hugs to Papa! #Legend

I leave Wednesday for bootcamp as an hm, thanks for these vids they've totally helped!!

Going into a submarine around December-January, but still cool to know

"Eight things NOT to do on your first Navy ship." 1. Sink it. :)

Hey JT u should do a video on navy uniforms and what there for

What up JT.. I discovered your videos just the last couple weeks. its very interesting and helping. im currently in the Philippines but from San Diego and had plans to finally do what I should have done when I first took the asvab 10years ago.I will be 33 in December but regardless what people say I will pursue the Navy now. What is your opinion, I hope I get a feedback and possibly even shake your hand one time when I'm back in SD. Your vids are helpful and hope for more interesting videos to come. Godbless

Your doggy is so cute.

All I heard was the first 4 notes of SOAD and instantly liked the video!

Tool playing the background. Freakin killer!

thanks for the tips bro, im about to get flown out to the nimitz once i graduate C school

I see you crossed the equator, outstanding fellow shellback

GREAT video !! again ! thanks !

Great advice JT

Sliding down those stairs...if the rails are wet...you'll go 0-100 mph real quick lol

WOW these are some good tips!

Do not become a rack sloth......get a routine down, and workout. You can do calisthenics someplace if you're on a smaller ship. JT was correct about "extra" stuff. Don't have the bare minimum of uniforms, you'll regret it.

You inspire me man... You really do. I'm gonna go get a haircut tomorrow... :,)

5:33 imaginary bronze you're brassing? WTF............ that's never dulling the bright work or never dulling brass. I love the smell of it

1. My rack was pretty clean from the get go. I never used Lysol whips on it. 2. You only get in trouble when you get hurt, it’s the best way to move down the ladders when it’s an emergency. 3. I never dwelled about being out to sea, going on deployments were the absolute best times for me. I always had someone to hang out with, I knew everyone from a lot of different departments and it was never hard to get anything done when I needed it. 4. I speed walk naturally so I didn’t worry about hustling through the p- ways. 5. The best secondary job in the world to get onboard is being the DCPO. I had my own office, I had my own things to do, so during cleaning stations guess what I did....I would shut down AC units just so then I could sit inside them and pretend to work or in home port I would go outside with my guys to the roach coach and get some food and chill. 6. I always ate in the galley, I enjoyed the food as long as I had some Texas Pete. FYI the base galley is amazing. 7. I touched my face and eyes. Hell I dipped so I had to put my fingers in my mouth and luckily I never got sick like some people did. 8. Make friends, be kind to everyone. You never know what someone can hook you up with when you need it. Enjoy your time because it may seem shitty sometimes but you will always remember the amazing times and the amazing people that you truly call your ship mates.

Soo helpful!! Thank you

Good points raised jt. But dont forget about respecting your oppos and pos. As tey are your mentors. And watch your back. If you ars in shit.

Appreciate the video I should be hopefully be leaving for my first command in October.

You can buy a new set of sheets and a blanket pack it in you're sea bag and than you have more room for souvenirs and shi and at the end of deployment just throw that stuff away

JT do us a favor you gotta talk about more bad stuff in the navy, I'm going in and I wanna know the bad stuff too, you might scare people away but keep in mind if you say something that scares someone thayd rather hear now than when they have 3 years and 11 months left love your stuff tho ✌

Good video keep up the vids JT

Do not go bare feet when you are going to take a shower....... for the love of god...

Hey JT I left you comment a couple videos ago about what job you recommended, they recommended me AV, so I got that, I leave August 14, I'm so happy. All cause of you papa

I love how he says you can't take showers for a couple days try a month iraq 04-05 army!!!

fresh content and fresh cut👌

Frikin love that song at the beginning

The ship I was on i solved the problem of people sliding down the ladders by putting non-skid on the railings.

Love the videos!!!!

That’s one of the things I regret in life is not joining the military when I could of but especially the navy

Do not flush too much toilet paper down the head in one go. It will get blocked. 2 pieces is okay, 3 is risky, 4 is no.

# 1, Buy white, crew socks! No Black/green socks! Also, get, High Top boots, from supply!

Im shipping out on November has been in the dep since march 😭 im so excited yet scared at the same time!!

I'm Gonna Tell All The Future Sailors At The Recruiting Office To Subscribe And Watch Your Vids Man!

I've been thinking about what to bring on deployment allot lately, I'm almost halfway through A-School already!

First JT lobster now its jt haircut

Keep coming with the video Jt! Lots of love homie

Lysol, for sure!!!! I keep the same rack on every cruise, but the boat chucks use our berthing when the CAG is gone. I come back, and some melted ass jolly ranchers are stuck on the inside of my rack near the hinge. I tried getting it off, but jolly ranchers are like cement. It's not coming off. I literally need to get into a hazmat suit to clean my rack and locker before I unpack. There's life growing in those crevices 🤢🤢🤢🤢

hell yeah big decks. baby wipes. baby wipes for everything from toilet paper to hillbilly showers to mid day changes because your work center is 115°.

jt got that drip beard growing

Good advice.

Oh dude I like the system of a down intro

Can you make a video about gunners mate? Their daily life and what they do.

I love the Song in the beginning

What did you use to record a go pro ? Or your phone ? I wanted to record my experience in the fleet for family and friend. And i'm not sure what I would use to record.

my recruiter picks me up tomorrow to go to meps. by the next video you post I should be sworn in!

Make sure you lock your stuff up! I mean almost everything, because every ship has a thief there and If you want to keep it don't leave gear adrift. Even your dirty and soiled laundry is not safe around anyone. So if your single and has to live aboard ship (ughh) don't bring or buy too much stuff.