What does the true God have in common with your son and America in general? This is a country that from its very foundation committed genocide, first over Indians, then over Negroes. And in our times they have murdered millions of civilians, starting from Vietnam, through Afghanistan, Cambodia, Libya, Iraq and Yugoslavia. Does the true God encourage Americans to kill and plunder other nations? No, because we all come from the same lineage, the first human couple Adam and Eve. So, if any god supports American policy, it can only be Satan, who incites killing, because he loves death and misfortune of all people. But it will end soon.
This Navy widow understands how it feels to not know where your husband is. Being an Army veteran as well, it helped me to understand the "why" of secrecy. " Loose lips sink ships". 🙏⚓ 📜🇺🇲🫡🪖
As a Navy divorcee, yep. Almost 6 months pregnant when my husband shipped out on the Truman. NOT fun. He got to be one of the first men off the ship in Norfolk as a new dad. There was a lottery for the exact order. There were almost 150 new dads. Watching them coming it, with everyone lining the edges in their whites. One of the best days of my life at the time.
I miss my days in the Navy. I had the pleasure of serving on CV-59, and CV-67, and all I can say is that carriers are amazing! While docked in Norfolk on the Kennedy they pulled the newly built carriers, the Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) next to us in port, and they made the Kennedy look like a helicopter carrier. They were massive.
My first ship was the CV-59. Got there at the end of 81, made the 82 Med/IO cruise, and then took her into Philly for SLEP. I was a radar tech, so I was mostly in/around the island. When were you on the FID?
@@brolinofvandar I was on her during SLEP, but was re-assigned due to a shoulder injury. Spent time with two squadrons while I recovered from my surgeries. Made my way to the Kennedy afterward. ( I was an AO)
@@safetychuck2 I was an ET, so we really didn't have a job during SLEP, none of our gear was still on board. So, starting from departure Mayport, I was assigned as a supervisor in the Fire Watch division. After six months, got tired of that, and asked to get back to my division. Got that transfer, but immediately got loaned back out to the MAAs. I finally split toured out of there, left in 84, went to school in Norfolk (IFF), then flew over and met my next ship (Vreeland FF-1068) in Sicily. Finished my time in the Navy on her. Part of my time as an MAA I was paired with someone and walking a patrol around the drydock compound. Turns out, my partner didn't know me until then, but he had a picture of me at work on the ship. My radar was the SPS-43A, which had the really big (10' x 40') antenna on a platform outboard of the island. During that 82 cruise, we'd had trouble with the IFF system associated with my radar. The IFF antenna was piggyback on top of my antenna. We went up to investigate the problem, and I was the one that climbed to the top and inspected the IFF antenna. My (future) MAA partner happened to be on the signal bridge at the time (I think he was a QM, but don't remember for sure). He saw us climbing around the antenna and took a picture. He brought that picture in and gave it to me while we were MAA. That picture is presently on a bulletin board over my desk. Small world.
Served on CVN65 West Pac, IO, Med, Gulf of Sidra 86 then CV 67 Med 88-89 some interesting times. So far from home or land, made me appreciate land, trees, dogs anything but Ocean. Made good friends and served well. Now get the benefits of that.
You would be surprised. On one Mediterranean deployment on our carrier, a Russian warship steamed alongside our port beam close enough to clearly see their Sailors before they turned away. Granted, that wasn't a spy ship, but nevertheless, it could be considered aggressive seamanship.
Navy parachute rigger vet here, Vietnam era. Instead of sending me to Southeast Asia, the Navy dumped me in the mean streets of Kingsville Texas, sigh… I still follow my old squadron, in stealth mode. Everything this old sailor knows is, I suppose, quaint, compared to what this generation knows. The advancements in hardware and knowledge, in every aspect of Naval operations, is simply phenomenal. I enjoy watching this content very much. I especially appreciate the concise descriptions of the various individual systems. Old and landlocked
On my ship that operated in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, we were constantly being shadowed by Russian fishing twalers, a.k.a. Russian spy ships, that were looking for the US carriers. We would misdirect them using our many tricks in our spy bag. They would also fly their long range Bear Bomber spy planes over us at low altitude. Some over flight passes were low enough for us to see the camera lens holes in the underside of that spy plane. I gave them the "bird" a couple flow overs.
@@helen5472 One day on deployment while a Rusky was trailing my ship, we ran a magnetic data tape through the data recorder with one repeated sentence on the entire length and fed it off the fantail. We watched the crew trying to collect that mag tape Ha! I hope they spent hours trying to recover that useless data on it.
@@gregoryfaith4303 boys, those were the days where USA rule the sea and ocean. Now it’s completely different. If you try to be aggressive in your approach or do something unintentionally that your opponent might feel threaten then hell will break loose. China navy is not a walk over the park like it does in your memory of those good old days. Their type 055 cruiser and its upgraded version type 55B are equip with the latest technology that are minimum 10 years ahead of USA most capable navy. Rail and laser gun are on type 55B
Reverse engineering and Frankenstein it together. But they have no knowledge on how to maintain it and fix it if problem comes up. Their sub exploded or caught on fire earlier this year??
It's the private contractor employees who are selling the information. Visit the Pentagon underground mall in Arlington, Virginia across from the Pentagon. Plenty of stores all Chinese private businesses. 😂 🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜❤️
Talk to the traitors, clintons, odumba, and biden, ask them how the chinese got all their military knowhow....Ask the clintons how Russia managed to get ahold of 20% of our uranium....Democrats are traitors, all 81 million of the fools.
You can read the comments and tell who served. If you have to deepen your voice and sound pompous to comment, you are one of the people we served for. Get out there and do something that matters. Do something that's fun. It's a huge, wonderful country. A nod to the rest of us.
Keeping the balance! Agressive China is an entirely different society under the dictator Xi and authoritarian CCP.. [For honest truths, pls read the informative, multi-pages comment by 'Mister Lianghui' at, "The Coming War on China": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V42KtSeo3uI.htmlsi=gaElCf8Iekxh8yiB].. Like I said, China under dictator Xi and authoritarian CCP. 🤷
Keeping the balance! Agressive China is an entirely different society under the dictator Xi and authoritarian CCP.. [For honest truths, pls read the informative, multi-pages comment by 'Mister Lianghui' at, "The Coming War on China/Real Stories", on RU-vid]. Like I said, agressive China is an entirely different society under the dictator Xi and authoritarian CCP.. 🤷
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They love what tires Me and tire what I love. They yearn for the things I hate but at the same time fear losing the things I hate. This is because they do not love the truth and are tired of everything that comes from Me. Such were their deeds before Me for many years.) Almighty God said EVERY DAY, ALL PEOPLE'S DEEDS and THOUGHTS are considered by Him, at the same time, PREPARING for their OWN FUTURE. THIS is the PATH that ALL LIVES must TAKE and I HAVE APPOINTED for ALL. No one escapes it and no exceptions are made. The words I have spoken are innumerable, and besides this I have done a great number of works. DAILY, I WATCHED as each PERSON ACCOMPLISHED ALL he SHOULD do ACCORDING to his NATIVE NATURE and HOW it DEVELOPED. UNCONSCIOUSLY, MANY have WALKED down the "right path," which I have APPOINTED for the REVELATION of ALL HUMAN TYPES. I have PLACED every KIND of MAN in DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, and in their PLACE each MANIFESTS his NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS. 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From 1960 through 1980, I was in the US Navy and when deployed we ALWAYS had Soviet intel ships follow us, picking up our garbage, getting in the way during air ops, just being pests. At time there were minor collisions, which on a slow news day, you could see on TV.. Cold war my ass.
Kind of like the way we have subs parked right outside their ports to "listen" for when their subs are either departing or coming back into port. We even know which sub is which by the sounds the subs make from props, engines, etc.
I'll give you that It's number one in size. But it's yet to become the best.... Britannia perhaps no longer "Rules the Waves", but the Royal Navy is still the best maritime force.
@@ShanePalmer-yo4og It's not as if the Brits haven't had centuries longer to perfect it, right? I'm beaming with pride for my US Navy as well as ALL of our allies' Navies.
@@52ponybike One of my best friends used to be a retired US Navy Captain. Sadly we lost touch during Covid (Perhaps we actually lost Rick - he had no family I knew of, so completely lost touch). He was a great story teller about his time in the USN.
My brother saw a Russian Sub surface right in the middle of a battle group, I have seen Russian trawlers "accidentally" drop fishing nets right in our path...I could go on and on with close calls, My point is, never underestimate cunning stupidity, have a well published plan to eliminate those threats and make sure the adversary knows your plan is terminal. I recall the standing orders for aircraft transmitting Video Data Link
@@josephcler3299 all of them are in international water. In other word everyone are free to move around as long as they keep a safe distance from each others. That’s the law of the sea.
no, chinese ship go anywhere they want to and did so many times in middle of carriro group, so are chinese sub, there are many pictures of right beside US carriers, you just do not know
@@Roger-go6jc no no no give kamala the chameleon cackling idiot a call and she'll say something stupid - i'd rather have a smart asshat than a manipulative idiot but good luck with all your emotionally driven zero results candidate
Never under estimate intelligence of the public, the underlying agenda is not so vague. This goes to both subject matter in this context. Nevertheless, the highest salute to all military heros!
@@buzzwaldron6195 The disparaging nicknames you used are similar to what a 9-year-old would say when bullying a classmate. Please share this with your friends at the next fascist rally held by Donold.
I cannot figure out why either of you would go out of your way to come into this thread and start posting divisive negative comments when somebody was actually thanking America for once. You both should be ashamed of yourselves.
@@Coinz8 thats what actually China wanted all along to test it weaponry. Didn’t you know USA have evacuated its main force from Okinawa to Guam to avoid confronting China military?
If we are in international waters then we have the right to be there and so do they…our military works tirelessly to keep us safe just want to say thank you very much
Here's a scenario: Country A has a naval group consisting of a cruiser, maybe a couple of destroyers, a supply ship and a submarine crossing an ocean, heading for Country B. This is in the 80s, so there are satellites in use, which is why Country C is aware of the group. Even though Country A knows Country C can see them and track them on sat, and Country C knows that Country A knows that, Country A chooses to send a single frigate out into that ocean to intercept the group, and follow them. Just to "wave the flag" and show them "we see you". But, instead of just following, that single frigate decides to do loops through Country A's ships formation. Repeatedly. Coming as close as you would if you were doing an UNREP. Until abruptly ordered to stop. What would you think of Country C in this case? What if I told you Country A was Russia, Country B was Cuba and Country C was the US? That was Dec 85 and I was on that frigate. Missed Christmas for that deployment. Recalled people from Christmas leave for that. We intercepted them around Bermuda and followed them into Cuba, as expected. Never saw that mission as serving any real purpose and intentionally interfering with their formation was very antagonistic. Of course, that may go to the nutjob we had for a CO, rather than actual US policy. The scuttlebutt was they radioed Moscow, Moscow radioed DC, and the Pentagon radioed the ship and ordered us back in line. My point in all that is simply, the USN has also been known to interfere with and "poke at" other Navies.
I assume the Chinese vessels are studied for nukes. If I found such a trace, that ship would be warned off and not permitted to close within whatever distance that whould prove as 'safe'. The bottom awaits those who choose to ignore the warnings.
Do the Chinese have nuclear powered vessels? They appear to Not use any nuclear power plants which makes strongly question if they developed designs for the more constrained space within a ship.
@@flea10x6 The Chinese still use oxen & a long piece of wood to run the giant wooden propeller. Same as the N Koreans. They are going to move to a more efficient system such as smokey diesel engines, but this is decades away.
A clearly idealized presentation of such encounters. I am struck by the amount of discussion regarding electronic warfare activities which is typically not discussed publicly. But, and this is a big but, the reality at sea is actully quite different than portrayed. I am a former electronic warfare technician, in the US Navy, which now has changed that specialty to a specialty cryptologist rating. The problem is that the US Navy has not been enforcing international law in that area for decades, going back to our withdrawal from the Viet Nam conflict. No, what has been happening ever since is, as a typical example, if the US Navy sails anywhere close to China, let's say within a hundred miles, China will launch fighter aircraft from Hainan. Those aircraft with fly low, 50 feet above the ocean, supersonic... we knew they were coming before they lifted off, and watched them come straight toward our position... while enroute those aircraft light off their fire control radars... then they start locking on to our vessels... at this point this becomes a technical act of war! So, what is our response? Ideally it would be to shoot down the threatl. Instead, the task force commander will give a couple of orders... first, not to take any provocative action... dispite a clear weapons engagement against the task force, which prevents electronic warfare operators from employing electronic defenses designed to break the weapons lock being acquired against our ships. At the same time the task force commander is ordering our combat patrol aircraft to land! Our CAP is being taken down, no longer defending carrier and it's screening units. There is nothing to prevent the Chinese fighters from firing at our ships point blank... and we let that situation play out... our ships overflown sometimes several times. By letting China get away with such agression for so many years, of course we have some problems now even trying to stop China from building bases out of shoals located in other countries exclusive economic zones.... how did China manage to do that if the US Navy had been doing it's job all these years? It wouldn't have happened if the the US Navy was not hamstrung from doing it's job by spineless US leaders who have let China do what they have been doing virtually unopposed. That is the truth....
It's a game buddy. See what you can learn about them while concealing our own capabilities. And if possible, feed them misinformation. One of our favorite games was to propagandize the Soviets by sending them Playboy and other magazines sealed in our biodegradable trash disposals. Their sailors actually seemed to like it!
Other countries know they can do this because if we don't allow our soldiers to defend themselves these countries know that our ships are going to do the same thing and this is what's allowing these countries to approach our ships without any worries. But like they say you can only poke a wild animal so many times before they turn and viciously attack and right now these countries they're poking the United States and you don't want us to go on the attack. God bless all of our military men and women 🙏
I wouldn't scan it with my best primary radar or other top active sensors - we don't want to give frequencies and modulation modes away. I would track it with lower tech and listen to it and record its acoustic signature.
That's what "they" want you to do. Rule #1 of Radar school, do not change frequencies or operations when being jammed, as to give away the fact you are being jammed. That's old school approach but still programmed into today's radars that operate on multiple frequencies simultaneously.
If you have 30 plus naval vessels come from half way around the world to sail off your coast, plus jets buzzing overhead and God only knows how many nuclear submarines swarming in the depths, surely one has the right to be, shall we say, somewhat concerned. International waters or not.
I believe joint operations in the South China Sea is co-operative, and not "hiding behind you", regardless of whether it be Philippine, French, British, Australian or any other nation participating.
Even the greatest, most powerful navy in history cannot defend the Pacific. It is simply too vast. We do our part, but we do need allies with us, and they do come alongside. Nobody has the supercarriers like the US and as a maritime nation we have a vested interest in freedom of the seas. Do not denigrate the support we get from the smaller nations though. They provide information on local conditions and provide recent intel when we are close by.
@@remix-yy1hs If only you knew how close you are to the truth. America as a nation and as a people do not blackmail anyone or bully them. However, parts of our government are not American at all. They are part of the globalists agenda. We are in the process of getting ours. Your nation needs to get theirs too or you'll wish you never heard of them. You're born again, look it up in Revelation after chapter 6.
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Canada doesn't hide behind you ,we are usually out front which takes balls with a 30 ship navy
To be International and mindful of International Laws on International waters, implies that we the world should get along better at acceptable International levels.
The US Navy was my home for years and I can tell you this honestly....They aren't afraid of anything or anyone because they are more prepared than any other country not only with ability but technology of the 3rd kind 😂😂 ⚡
@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 the Houthi gave your Carrier group a beating in the Red Sea so decisively that usa navy had admitted that they hv never been hammered so badly since WW2. And who provides the Houthi the training and weapons? Is China!
I think that if world leaders would just sit down and talk they can come to an agreement and find common ground, instead of jeopardizing many innocent people
The navy will do nothing. Chinese will continue to do as they want because under every democratic admin our economy depends and runs on China. Funny how importing cheap Chinese knockoffs and goods is still expensive.
@@oemcargps Not exactly. UNCLOS does not permit close proximity to warships in any waterway. But that being said I’m sure the U.S. Navy ComSec under SigCorps gathered what it needed and then let the Chinese rust bucket to move along. You have literally no idea.
In deep waters, the fleet is spread over vast areas of ocean. Close to land the formation closes up. These slow, transit periods are when we most often encounter spy ships.
@@garymartin9777 If irrelevant, why keep relying upon it in public statements? Why demand others respect UNCLOS when the U.S. doesn't? Makes no sense to me. Either ratify it or stop holding others to it.
Somebody said that goal is here to create more billionaires in America & starve the world. It is just matter of time when opponents will dominate the dominance of America. Equal opportunity is what matters the most in this world!
yes also no. 1 NASA & SpaceX Dragon To Rescue Astronauts of Boeing's Starliner! No Comeback Stay In Space Forever Boeing Starliner astronauts still stuck on ISS as engineers can't the fix issues.
I am happy that I had the closed captioning on for this video , without it I would have misunderstood that "That the United States follows all international maritime laws during all encounters on the Hi C's "
Flew in an E2C HAWKEYE during work ups to med/ Indian Ocean deployment 82. Awsome experience for a Hull Maintenance Technician. Hometown ADCS over Aresting gears hooked me up for a night flight.
This was very informative and opened my eyes! In the early 70s, stationed at NAS Pensacola. women weren't doing all these jobs. Me? Desk job in airframes, some base communications transport, etc. Still, I'm glad to have had the experience and loved my duty station!
Well the one useful thing the Chinese navy does is zero gun, drugs or piracy. Only the Triad can get illegal stuff through. Everything else the cccp knows about
Thanks for the video. It was nice to hear how the US Navy is patrolling international waters and letting China know we will not be deterred by their actions. The regular news outlets just give short clips with no detail. This video gave a good explanation of how we try to maintain peaceful operations.
Myself and many other recruits were tortured by the US Navy in the 1980’s to the song “God Bless the USA’” by Lee Greenwood. I’m now a 100% Service Connected Veteran. When I got my rating The navy admitted to the torture. You won’t hear anything about this on the news and this is now the only mention of it on the internet. The programs were called Sleepers, Mini MO and Mighty Mo. whenever I hear that song it give me flashbacks to my time in the Navy. It’s still too painful to listen to it even after 35+ years.
That's probably just one reason they want to take the veterans guns. They also trying to make it if u are taking any kind of medications they will try to take them
US Navy: "Calling the attention of unknown vessel, this is the US Navy aircraft carrier conducting lawful operations in the area. Please alter your course to avoid collision." Vessel: "US NAvy warship, It is not possible to alter collision course, please we request that you alter course." US NAvy: "This is a US Navy Aircraft Carrier, it is not possible for a powerful ship to alter course." Vessel: "US Navy Air craft carrier, We will not alter course, This is a lighthouse vessel permanently stationed in this position."
Fun fact. Back in the 70s a Russian spy ship was tracking HMS Ark Royal and its escort group. As the Ark left Portsmouth, the crew were told they would be exercising while heading to X position in the Med, and that they would be picking up their Russian 'tag along' at a specific point in the Channel - which they duly did. On this occasion the Russian ship decided to monitor the flight deck ops from fairly close, off of the Ark's stern quarter, and this apparently annoyed the crap out of the captain of the fleet oiler that was steaming along next to the Ark, but on the opposite side of the carrier from the Russian. The oiler went full ahead and steered away on a bearing that kept the Ark between them and the Russian. Once far enough ahead and away from the fleet, the oiler turned and headed straight towards the Ark. My father was on the flight deck watching with everyone else. As the oiler came towards the Ark, the Ark went full ahead, the oiler cut in past the quarter missing by a matter of yards....and the Russian spy ship mooching along on the other side of the Ark, trailing along off its other quarter, found itself facing a fleet oiler coming straight at it at full speed, which is fast. The Russian ship went full ahead and managed to avoid a collision, but not by much, and spent the whole of the rest of the passage into the Med hull down on the horizon watching from a very safe distance.
