Why Aircraft Carriers Suck to Live On

This is why living on an Aircraft Carrier SUCKS
While a carrier can bring immense firepower to a conflict and send a strong message to a potential enemy, it isn’t a place you’d want to call home, at least not for very long.
Aircrafts have a maze-like layout with close, cramped quarters. Usually, six sailors share a single bedroom.
When you’re living on an aircraft carrier you rarely see the sky. Areas with a view like the flight deck, hangar, and fantails, are all so dangerous and busy that only a handful of the crew even have access to it. Sailors might go weeks without seeing sunlight and are often prescribed Vitamin D pills.
There is usually no Wi-Fi or cell reception at sea, making contacting families and friends impossible.
But you wouldn’t have time to look up at the sky anyway since there is no “true” downtime. The carrier is always operating so there are no days off; everyone on the vessel must constantly be on their game, ready for action at literally any time.

[botondtoth]

"When you living on a aircraft carrier you rarely see the sky"
Submarine crew: first time?

[JR-cdol]

lol, I was on a carrier. USS Enterprise, CVN 65. “Big E”

The cramped quarters is mostly true but the rest is not.

But we see sunlight all the time. There are numerous areas you can go we’re you can get fresh air. No one to my knowledge has ever been subscribed vitamin’s. There is lots of down time. My devision had 8 on 16 off rotation. So we were working 8 hours a day. When we weren’t on we could go just about anywhere on the ship including the hangar, fan tails and if there are no flight opps you can walk freely on the flight deck. I hung out with friends. Played video games, lifted weights in the gym.

It’s not a prison and it’s not a submarine.

[Tomcataq]

I was on seven deployments on 4 different carriers. Loved every minute of it

[gregorycraft]

I served on 3 ships during my 4 years a destroyer USS BerkeleyDDG15, Carrier USS RangerCV61, and a cruiser USS Chancellorsville CG62...the Carrier was by FAR the best

[jacob]

Lived on one for 1 year and about 7 months. You almost always have access to the outdoor decks except very rare instances.

[ichangedmyname]

"Constantly be on their game, ready for any action at any time"
Dude, there's literally years in between action, just doing the same repetitive drills until the real thing comes into play, Like School

[manofbeard]

Meanwhile. 2000ft below sea level on a a submarine. I hope I don’t run out of vitamin D

[Aaron_Scissorhands]

A lot of this just isn't true. "Rarely see the sky" and "no down time, ever" are both completely false. Get your facts straight.

[tomdickson]

I’ve spent 2 1/2 years on an aircraft carrier and I loved every minute of it. If you have not been on one you do not know what you are talking about

[mathmagician]

I was on a carrier and that part about only a small portion of the crew having access to the hangar deck is a load of bull. As long as you don't mind participating in FOD walk downs you were allowed in the hangar basically whenever you want.

[trevo]

I lived on 4 carriers and it was the best times of my life. The info in this video is crap!

[mrvelocity]

Why living on an aircraft carrier is awesome: Because it's the MOST protected boat in the fucking fleet.

[tomchloe]

I worked on HMS QE and I can say it was the most enjoyable job I’ve ever done, working with the lads in the carrier

[jameskuczma]

Carriers are the best because they sway way less than an LSD. And it’s more like 40 to a bed room and it’s 6 people in each small area of the bed room. People get sick pretty often and you have to clean 24/7 to prevent sickness and germs from spreading. The swaying will rock you to sleep but the intercom will make sure to wake you up every two seconds.

[DingusYi]

My sister was in the navy. Back in late 2017, The US Navy did a Tiger Cruise on CVN 68, Nimitz. My sister worked the reactor on that ship. I got to stay on the ship for 2 weeks going from Honolulu, Hawaii to Seattle, Washington. It was great, and I’d do it again.

[blaydeesy]

As a retired Air Force NCO, I would imagine living in a carrier sucks compared to hotel rooms. But most Navy folks I’ve talked with say they’re one of the best to be on.

[charlesdamron]

I feel like this video is sort of misleading. The Navy tries to keep the morale up of its sailors, so men and women on aircraft carriers are always doing activities, such as exercise groups. Every once in a while the flight deck will open up whenever operations are not in effect, and it becomes sort of like a concrete park, very often, several members of the ship will walk up and down the runway to make sure there is no debris. Sometimes they even go swimming. The Navy tries it’s best to make the chow as good as they can make it, food is everything on these vessels.

[urygcxt]

that sleeping space is luxury compared to submarine crew

[slycer]

I was on the USS Abraham Lincoln for 4 1/2 years, and much of this is inaccurate. First off, ANYONE can traverse the hangar bays. You had to to get to the main deck smoking sponson. Yes, when underway the hangars were full of aircraft and people working, but as long as you kept your head on a swivel and didn’t trip over tie-down chains, you were good. And the No days off is bullshit, too. At least while moored. Underway, yes, it was 24/7, but in port (unless it was a working port) the only people who had to be aboard were the duty sections. There are plenty of places to go to get sunlight. (Vulture’s Row was my favorite, especially during flight-ops!) Hell, during the day, if there were no flight ops, it was not uncommon for the flight deck to get opened for jogging! Also, I never once heard anyone mention Vitamin D pills! As far as berthing spaces (NOT BEDROOMS!), yes, each section may have had 6 racks, but there were a lot of those in my AIMD berthing space. It held over 100 sailors! And that was just one space for AIMD. There were several!

Maybe do some research next time! Or just ask a Sailor! We’ll set you straight!

[franclorenzromerowage]

"Sailors might go weeks without seeing sunlight"
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