What Do US Navy Sailors Do During Their Off Time?

What US Navy Sailors Do During Their Off Time

As we all know, defending a country is not an easy task. Doing so requires great power and with great power, comes great responsibility. As soon as a naval warship is deployed from its port, its crew members onboard must work constantly and ceaselessly to ensure the ship is operational and ready to provide naval support at all times.

On warships like destroyers, naval sailors are required to be active for most hours of the day. At some point, however, these soldiers are relieved of their daily chores and given the chance to take a breather. What do these sailors do during their invaluable spare time? Let us find out how they let off some steam.

It is a well-known fact that being a US Navy sailor is not an easy occupation. It requires being isolated at sea for long periods and away from their loved ones. As part of their initial training, these soldiers are made to understand the hazards that come with being a naval sailor. While they are at sea, they can be exposed to bad weather, drowning, shipwrecks, and many other dangers aboard the ship. This part of their training helps them prepare for and avoid such occupational hazards.

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[natosuperman]

I spent 20 years in the navy and 12y 8 months on sea duty. I only had 1 swim call and we flooded the welldeck on the LSD-41 to have that

[unitedurbanwarriorsociety]

I joined the navy at 17. 1977-82. Was on a Destroyer USS McKean DD-784 & USS Tripoli LPH-10 Helicopter Carrier. Spent most of it port to port on the western pacific. Lots of good times and life long memories.

[carlgriffith]

When you are afloat at sea there is not any real "time off" except sleeping and eating. It's work 7 days a week, with a full shift in your department followed by standing watch when you are scheduled to do so.

[kimberlyDMcCallister]

My son is currently serving aboard the USS Ronald Reagan! They just spent several days in Vietnam for a political visit. But, that meant at 21 years old he got to add Vietnam as one of the countries he's been able to visit and experience culture and food!
I am so very proud of him!

[eddielewis]

Steaks, beer, burgers and fun was a God send after months at a time out to sea!

[NavyCWO]

Swim call was wild. It's pretty impressive knowing the bottom is something like 5, 000 feet below and there is no pool side to hang on to!

[BlakeBlackstone]

"omg you served n the Navy?"
"Yeah bro, I was a barista."

[fl]

God bless these young people and thank you for your service!

[navychop]

I enjoyed my time in the Navy... would go back in a heartbeat.

[chrisage]

Thank you so much to each and every one of our service men and women. May God Bless each and every one of you for all your hard work that you give each day so that we can be free. 🙏

[jimmymac]

One very important event is the traditional initiation of crossing the equator. I was part of that tradition on the Apollo 12 recovery mission attache to the USS Hornet CVS 12

[skipdavis]

i'm SO glad i joined usaf. those sailors have tough duty. they're always cleaning something, shining it up, or fixing something - including aircraft. they all need to know how to put out fires, set up a ground apu for a plane, and everything in between. even the cooks have to make thousands of meals per day! 💪🏻🇺🇸🙏

[venkir]

I'm glad they are trying to be happy. We all know they have tough time and alone far from family with packed schedules. I'm happy to see them also enjoying or trying to. 🙂

[anthonyclay]

This is really awesome! Great to see former comrades having a great time and relaxing

[superdude]

The beer part really got me..beer on a active ship, I’m that is super rare. Ty for video

[timsebastian]

I served in the Navy from 69-75. Spent almost 2 years in Holy Loch, Scotland on the USS CANOPUS As34 a submarine tender. Best time in my life!

[jaimebakal]

Thank you for your channel, all the info you've mentioned are on the spot, that bring back the memories. I served 24 years in the Navy, and been retired for 25 years..😊

[ceciliarosenberg]

God bless the men And women who service our country.

[Godjes]

Great video, I was happy to see that our military Sea Men and women have some good time, fun, relaxing, good food, refreshments, and that beer looked absolutely amazing, are men and women need that, and I'm so glad that they're getting it😊 many thanks to our servicemen and women and may God bless them all

[navyvet]

When I was in I was a Information system technician which was a combo of IT and Radioman. Most pick which side they wanted to stand watch on. I got qualified at a low rate on both sides, so I usually stood about 18 hours a day on watch. 12 for radioman and 6 for IT. After I get off watch I usually ate whatever meal was next in the day and then get my uniform ready for the next shift and then go to sleep for maybe 3 hours to wake up and take a shower and eat another meal before going on shift. The real crappy days were when they would run general quarter drills and that would run for an hour or so which would ruin my sleep time. you did all this for 8 months straight 7 days a week when on deployment except when you got into port