Even a cruise ship gets old after a couple of weeks. It's hard to imagine spending months at a time on a crowded industrial grade warship like this and I grew up working on commercial boats, but I was home every night. Big difference.
Good intro to Navy Chow. I was on the Nimitz and do not miss Navy chow. One of my favorite memories is starting lines for Marines to stand in. We would start it and as soon as we had a few marines in line we would leave. Lines would last for hours sometimes. Never failed.
I was a cook on a carrier for 3 years. Never lines that long. Food was available 23 hours a day, had the forward and aft galley with 2 sides going at once. Went pretty fast.
Part of the airwing on the Forrestal in the late 60's. That's how I remember it. What were all those fancy drink machines in the video? All I remember was bug juice of different colors.
oh, I remember those days - standing in a long line with a group of troops waiting to eat! Looking back now, those were some of the best days of my life.
I was an FSA aka mess cranker in the Carl Vinson in the early 90s. mess cranking was my favorite job! I would have reenlisted if they guaranteed me as a permanent FSA!
Drafted and sent to Nam in '68, hell, I could have already had my C-rations and gone!! Crowded on those ships!!! No one in the military "has it made." You give up a lot when you swear the oath.
I appreciate these documentary videos for showing the true side of being in the military. It's not all fun and games. The propaganda shown on TV is just that, propaganda.
Urac Hunt a lot of times your recruiter will make you sign up as open contract just because some fucking higher up was told they needed cooks but they need to keep it on the DL and then you finish recruit training to have your senior tell you you’re a cook. Basically don’t go in as open contract.
Have never regretted not having ever been on one of these large ships. Largest ship I was ever on was DD-983. 350 folks max. I would not have cared much for this sort of thing.
Now, imagine being on board an aircraft carrier. I was on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and the lines were 4 times or more longer. Sometimes I had to stand 50 minutes or more.
The line depends on ship size also bigger ships have more than one dining hall. Also the navy actually feeds you well not slop. We have fish shrimp steak etc. They fed us well on land and at sea. Small crews ate like kings. Ships under 300 guy's moved quickly
Long @$$ chow lines... when I was embarked, we had the USN & USMC chow lines, with set times for units to eat... of course, I had an "early chow" pass and ate in the USN line as a US Marine...
During the Gulf War, various civilian companies sent tractor trailers into the desert to ease tension. Pizza Hut, Subway, McDonalds, Burger King, were some of them. The lines were often longer than the trailer. To this day, I refuse to stand in such long lines.
You can avoid the rush just go real early like 5 in the morning then hit the slider line for lunch . Same with dinner go early or hit midrats . It’s not that long usually 5 minutes and I was on a carrier
The only time I remember having this long line in an Air Force chow hall is when they were having steak & lobster. Otherwise we would eat off base. Man, I'm glad I joined the air force.
The ship from hell. No talking, no smiling, no snacking and no joking around. Dinner is served at 5pm and the entire crew must be ready and waiting outside the ship's canteen. Just don't forget to ORDER THE ICE!!!
Army is same shit different toilet. Instead of going on ship for 6 months, going to various countries partying, you'll be stuck in a shit hole country not seeing combat for over a year. every branch sucks except the chair force but then again every branch doesn't see them as the military.
I remember drinking "bug juice" in the mess . never found out how it got its name. Maybe its best not to know. I don't remember those long ass lines though. Back in the "60s. & "70s.
Marines never get out of the way in a p-way unless you say excuse me first. They will look at you, knowing that you want to get past, and continue their conversation especially around knee knockers and hatches unless you say "excuse me".
+94Zero + ya gotta wear cammo costume on a ship " BAAAAA" Still, war has made trillions of $ profit for the banking cartel ( gee, I hope I haven't made any of you troops feel expendable ?)
Simple solution Do it like on trains They give each group a dining time At the end of your group time get up and give your seat to the next group This way crew stays on the job instead of standing for 40 minutes
In line for at least half hour, that sucks, sure didn't see any happy faces. Can't go directly to your own refrigerator, that double sucks. Can't just say I quit, cause you'll go to prison.
I was never in a chow line for more than 10 or 12 minutes. Most of the time the food was OK. Once in a while it was actually pretty good. I've waited in a drive through line longer than that. I've actually had more over overcrowding and rude people at a Mcdonald's than on the ship. If you were to take pictures of people standing in line at Mcdonald's it would look as bad.....maybe worse. Although we usually complained about the food it really wasn't that bad.
they should have the best food america has serving on them ships for 6 months at a time they deserve it .all the armed forces they need a little of home so far away.
Hey Isaac, at the end of an 8 hour shift on a ship were do you go ? Back to your bunk. In the air force, after 8 hours of work I can go downtown and have a beer. Can't do that on a ship...HAHAHHA!! That's what I call luxury and nothing pussy about it..
I was on a repair ship. The only time that we were at sea was sailing somewhere. Once we got where we were going we were tied up to a pier. I had a nice little apartment in Hawaii and went home almost every night. (except when I had duty but that's the military....any branch) Although I agree with you that the Air Force does treat it's people the best, I had it pretty soft in the Navy also.
Is going back for seconds (or even thirds) tolerated? What about those sailors and soldiers with food allergies (or are those people screened out during recruiting processes)?
Lots of people standing in line... I think you could have fewer people on the ship to operate it if you can get them in and out of line more quickly...
I was active duty from '82-'86. I was on a Sub Tender, and NEVER stood in a line this long! And this food looks disgusting! Looks like the Navy took a dive on the food quality...
Eating is pretty much the highlight of the day you won't forgot. Yes meals are in certain windows, roughly 90 minutes. In between those windows you are shit out of luck.
