CMC Allen was my uncle. He passed away in a traffic accident in 2019. I have been looking for this video since then. Thank you so much for posting this. It made my mother (his sister) incredibly happy to see. First time seeing it since the 90's
I didn’t know your uncle or your family but I am very sad to hear your uncle died due to an accident. He seemed like a good man, responsible, caring, and dedicated to his job and men. I am very impressed with his rank and to think of all the younger guys he helped along the way.
I knew your Uncle when he was the C7F Command Master Chief & I was the Command Senior Chief on CTF 70/COMCARGRU 5 embarked on INDY 1994-1996. Your Uncle & I slugged it out many a time with the various base commands in Japan to get better support for our sailors. Sorry to hear of his loss, he was a good sailor!
Proudly served aboard her as a member of VF-32, '82-'84. I was 20 something. She kept us safe and made us men. She was our home. Hard to believe she's nothing but scrap now. I wouldn't hesitate to go back and on her deck and sail any sea.
Indy was the first carrier that I ever saw (1976) during a port visit to the city where my father was stationed in Italy. 15 years later I was a USN officer.
11/4/2021 The USS Independence was nearly 10 years old when I saw her when in port in San Diego. I was assigned to a training squadron at NAS North Island, her home port. After seeing this, when originally broadcast and again here, it brings back some very strong emotions. I never went to sea, some times I regret it, sometimes I'm glad I didn't. I'm a former AO-3. Thank you all who were in this video for you bravery, dedication and service. You are the best. Old Muttly ( on the left) gives you a right snappy salute. ;-)
I toured aboard the USS Independence in San Francisco at the on-board open house tour during the “Fleet Week” festivities years ago. What a great ship.
I was just telling a pretty lady a couple of days ago about my 2 visits to Naples & 3 to Athens, during my Med cruise with VF-102 Diamondbacks, an F4 Phantom squadron. I was an electrician on the Phantom. That very night, while watching the movie Equalizer 3, I immediately recognized Naples with Mt Vesuvius in the background! It was a 7 month boat ride, and gets old compared to our base near Va Beach!! Loved the flight deck, especially at night!
Ships company, G div, air launched weapons 1970. Battle scarred showing some age but still an awesome collection of marvelous machines to a few months outta boot sailor. Fair winds following seas
I was on the last cruise of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, CV-42, this is as close to showing the real life on an aircraft carrier as anything I have seen. Thank you for your video. HC-1 DET3 1974-1978
Did two Med cruises 72-74 while working in the post office. Performed with Second Sun during the 73-74 deployment in the hanger bay three the night before liberty and at various gigs on shore in Barcelona and Athens. Great times with great guys!
If my old memory serves me correctly, that was the 77 cruise to the Med. I was on the USS Standley, CG 32 on that cruise. I remember hitting a N. Atlantic Hurricane on the way over as well.
@@jhollie8196 I was on the USS Standley, CG 32 with the Coral Maru on the 79/80 West Pac / Indian Ocean / Iranian Hostage situation escorting the Coral Maru.
@@williamlilleston1595 i remember your ships name! Sucked we did not get libbo in Hawaii. Korea was cold and Singapore was too clean.. Subic was by far the best especially since they lifted Marshall Law for Christmas. Was your ship that lost a Chief to suicide? I recall them telling us a Chief walked off the fantail of one of our escorts. As part of the MarDet we had no room to complain. Eat, sleep and stand duty was our daily routine. Plus we stayed pretty clean.. Thanks for the reply.
Served as an AE with VFA-192 and VFA-115, 2008-2011. Deployed twice aboard the G-Dub (Good Ol’ 73). Been long removed from that exciting environment and am now hoping to join the Coast Guard through OCS-R to become an Afloat and Prevention Officer serving aboard cutters. Thanks so much for this. Hooyah!
IT WAS VERY GOOD TO WATCH THIS AGAIN GOOD TO HEAR THAT AIR CARRIER GILBERG IS HEADING TO QUEENSLAND STATE TO GO BACK HOME AFTER HIS TASKS AND REACH HIS GOAL AS HE WAS A TOP GUN STUDENT ZND I HOPE HE IS HAPPY WITH HIS FAMILY THAT THEY CAN BE TOGETHER AGAIN AND EVERYONE IF THE FAMILY THET ALL MISSED EACH OTHER LIKE THIER FAMILY AND FRIEND'S SPECIALLY THE FAMILY IS IMPORTANT THAT WAS REASONABLE THAT THEY MISSED SI MUCH.
I started on this very cruise and transferred Jan 94, and I do remember the CMC. We had a guy get run over by a F14 at the start of the cruise. I happens that fast!
I LOVE ALL YOUR AMAZING PILOT TRAINING YOU ARE KNEW WHAT TO DO AND SI AMAZING WELL DONE BOYS YOU ARE ALL BLESSED WHENEVER YIYR IN THE AIR TO THE LAND AND SEA..
I was stationed approximately 3 years on the USS MIDWAY (CV-41),...NOW "THE" AIRCRAFT CARRIER MUSEUM IN SAN DIEGO. This was my favorite PBS NOVA program for a longtime, though my section,...PERSONELLMAN/Enlisted administration is 'RARELY' and /NOT (here[We are so... LOWPROFIED WE'RE NEVER NEEDED UNTIL AN EMRGENCY SOWS-UP.]). Because of my non-Navy/NOT specifically trained in that area(s), ...knowledge of things I was extremely aware of many-MANY (!!!) onboard my "bird-farm" (occasional nickname for carriers. [CAG even gave me a birthday present by letting me ride on a patrol helicopter once.]). This program brought back allot about life onboard a carrier. I WISH THERE WERE MORE SHOWS LIKE IT (SHOW ENLISTED LIFE FOR A CHANGE!).
absolutely fascinating to watch this stuff. had it not all begun in the pacific war with japan, would anything remotely close to this exist today? and will any other country ever develop a similar capability? it seems like only a supremely productive economy could ever pay for it all, and there may never again be one like there was in USA during 1950's-1980's. The minutiae are boggling, no matter how far you drill down. Arresting cables have to be dumped overboard after just 100 catches? That's about one per day. Who was the unsung hero that did the science and engineering to figure that out? The operational details just go on and on.
29:39 Sam “Slammer” Richardson, made famous with Mike “Nasty” Manazir by their zero-airspeed departure practice as described here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5QF2F51adjA.htmlsi=5DLn35WZ0YPg5-41
I’m no expert but here is what I think: the guy doing the intro is Peter Thomas. He was the voice of Forensic Files and a highly decorated veteran of the US Army. He served in a few major battles of WW II. The main narrator sounds a lot like actor Stacey Keach. He was the narrator for American Greed. I’m 100% sure that I could be wrong.
We refueled every other day. This was to keep the tanks full, not that we had to. In Vietnam I was told they refueled every two weeks but the guy wasn't sure. The ship gets around 12 inches to the gallon. JFK CV-67 Circa 1980 BTW only half the airwing is in the air, the other half launches then before the first lands. They are not all in the air at the same time unless your actually using them in battle.
I was on the Coral Sea and we would refuel every three days, bunker fuel for the ship and JP-5 for the aircraft. This was hard work and done in all different kinds of weather conditions. We also took aboard a lot of ice cream and soda pop!
Naval platforms for the delivery of aerial capabilities will never be obsolete. As for hypersonic unstoppability, yeah right! War is just getting faster again, that's all.
Someone doesn't know carriers are the most protected ships in the middle of a taskforce of other ships that surrounds them. Plus laser weapons are a actual thing now and can be used as defense against missiles.
I highly doubt that you are a naval architect. The thing about carriers are that they may sustain heavy damage but not one carrier has been lost since before the Lexington’s. Although they may get a few holes in them, the mere fact of water tight integrity makes them difficult to sink. Check out what happened to the USS America. Quite interesting.
A huge pharma corporation and Lockheed, a major part of the military industrial complex. Might as well thrown in ExxonMobil and BP while they're at it.
Please tell everyone we all need to know about the idiot that runs our country. The only reason he should stay is because if he goes next in line is Headboard Harris and most likely Polosi as VP Let's go Brandon
Looks like this was shortly before the forced integration of those persons who could not pass the male fitnesstest: women. Wonderful times, where men could be what they are best at: Men.
