PBS series "Carrier"
05-02-2008, 11:29 AM
#21
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I saw the show for the first time last night... and all I can say is Wow! The episode I saw was pretty personal & emotional, they were coming back to port, visiting their family, dealing with personal problems outside and on ship etc. It def. gave me a new perspective of military life in a ship...
05-02-2008, 06:49 PM
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When the carrier was pulling into Hawaii, everyone wore a white uniform when they lined up along the edge of the deck. However, they were wearing a darker color (blue?) when pulling into San Diego. Why is that?
The various people profiled all at one time or the other made phone calls home. Some used what appeared to be public pay phones, while others used personal cell phones, cordless phones, the ship's phones. Are cell phones allowed? What about personal phones in your room? Are the calls free? I noticed one of the females had a calling card with her.
Are personal laptops allowed or encouraged? Does the ship have an "internet cafe" for those who do not own a laptop?
Is the dining hall open 24 hours a day? Does the menu vary? Does the ship get supplied or does it carry everything when it leaves port?
Someone on APC once said he had like 999 night traps (and special thanks to my old friend calcapt who enlightened me on what a night trap entails!). Surely he did not do all that in one deployment? How often do planes go up at night?
The various people profiled all at one time or the other made phone calls home. Some used what appeared to be public pay phones, while others used personal cell phones, cordless phones, the ship's phones. Are cell phones allowed? What about personal phones in your room? Are the calls free? I noticed one of the females had a calling card with her.
Are personal laptops allowed or encouraged? Does the ship have an "internet cafe" for those who do not own a laptop?
Is the dining hall open 24 hours a day? Does the menu vary? Does the ship get supplied or does it carry everything when it leaves port?
Someone on APC once said he had like 999 night traps (and special thanks to my old friend calcapt who enlightened me on what a night trap entails!). Surely he did not do all that in one deployment? How often do planes go up at night?
05-02-2008, 10:35 PM
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When the carrier was pulling into Hawaii, everyone wore a white uniform when they lined up along the edge of the deck. However, they were wearing a darker color (blue?) when pulling into San Diego. Why is that?
The various people profiled all at one time or the other made phone calls home. Some used what appeared to be public pay phones, while others used personal cell phones, cordless phones, the ship's phones. Are cell phones allowed? What about personal phones in your room? Are the calls free? I noticed one of the females had a calling card with her.
Are personal laptops allowed or encouraged? Does the ship have an "internet cafe" for those who do not own a laptop?
Is the dining hall open 24 hours a day? Does the menu vary? Does the ship get supplied or does it carry everything when it leaves port?
Someone on APC once said he had like 999 night traps (and special thanks to my old friend calcapt who enlightened me on what a night trap entails!). Surely he did not do all that in one deployment? How often do planes go up at night?
The various people profiled all at one time or the other made phone calls home. Some used what appeared to be public pay phones, while others used personal cell phones, cordless phones, the ship's phones. Are cell phones allowed? What about personal phones in your room? Are the calls free? I noticed one of the females had a calling card with her.
Are personal laptops allowed or encouraged? Does the ship have an "internet cafe" for those who do not own a laptop?
Is the dining hall open 24 hours a day? Does the menu vary? Does the ship get supplied or does it carry everything when it leaves port?
Someone on APC once said he had like 999 night traps (and special thanks to my old friend calcapt who enlightened me on what a night trap entails!). Surely he did not do all that in one deployment? How often do planes go up at night?
It seems like the Navy has more uniforms and uniform combinations than any other branch! Talk about a lot of stuff to carry around in your seabag! Full dress?? Dinner Dress?? Service Khakis?? Tropical Whites! Too much!
It seemed to me that they only used their cell phones once they were near Hawaii. Probably able to receive cell phone service again.
As for the rest, I could only speculate, so I'll leave the definitive answers to the guys who have been there/done that/got the t-shirt.
05-03-2008, 03:33 AM
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Vagabond -
Are you sure that APC member said he had 999 NIGHT traps or TOTAL traps? A 1,000 total traps is a nice career milestone that most won't even reach - much less nearly a 1,000 NIGHT traps!
USMCFLYR
Are you sure that APC member said he had 999 NIGHT traps or TOTAL traps? A 1,000 total traps is a nice career milestone that most won't even reach - much less nearly a 1,000 NIGHT traps!
USMCFLYR
05-03-2008, 04:35 AM
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The white uniform is the summer uniform, the Blues are winter uniform. The changeover date must have occurred between Hawaii and SD.
You can bring your laptop, but you cannot use it to surf the net. Only the Navy's computers can get on the network. At most times the net is painfully slow.
You can bring your laptop, but you cannot use it to surf the net. Only the Navy's computers can get on the network. At most times the net is painfully slow.
05-03-2008, 06:52 AM
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I was surprised to learn that the "shooter", the guy on the deck who salutes and points down the track to signal, shoot the guy off, is an officer. In the show they had a retirement ceremony and said good bye to Lt, Cmd Fields. I guess it is an even more important job than I thought. Do enlisted ever do that job?
The shooters are also division officers in the Air dept, which is the dept that operates the flight deck. They are in charge of the most junior (read trouble prone) sailors, and a lot of them.
They are the final link in the chain of the launch sequence, so they want an aviation type officer there so they have some one with weight to hang if things go wrong.
The 3 guys I knew on the show were 2 E-6B type NFO's and one E-6B type pilot.
05-03-2008, 02:06 PM
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Since I will go to my grave without ever setting foot inside a carrier, let alone get to do a single night trap, I have to say how much I admire the men and women in naval aviation. They have stuff that I can only dream about. I am a nervous wreck landing my C-172 on a calm day at KBFI, so I can imagine what landing on a bucking carrier can be like and at night, too. Actually, I cannot imagine it.
05-03-2008, 05:28 PM
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http://www.midway.org/site/pp.asp?c=...rGpF&b=3038957 It is not a nuke and from a different era but still a very cool tour. One thing that strikes me as a big difference between the Midway and today's Nimitz class is the head room. I could not walk around on most decks of the Midway with out ducking lest I hit my head on something. The shots on the Nimitz looked like they have much more head room. (and room in general)
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