New Zealand Girl Reacts to HOW AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WORK | CITIES AT SEA

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[shibboleth]

Another cool aspect of US Aircraft Carriers and their Carrier Fleet is their disaster relief capabilities. A single aircraft carrier can pump, desalinate, purify and produce over 200, 000 gallons of drinking water every day. They can produce and send out enough drinking water for entire cities in times of disaster. This has been done many times. A Big example was during the 2011 Japanese tsunami disaster. It was during the US Military relief effort called Operation Tomodachi or Operation Friend. The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group anchored offshore providing a safe airport to fly in over 100 tons of aid supplies from the USA and was sending out fresh drinking water to shore. It was sending out its own helicopters in the search and rescue effort.

The other ships supporting the USS Ronald Reagan were also sending out their Helicopters to aid in the search, dropping off supplies, sending their amphibious boats to help the US and Japanese troops land where docks were damaged, and even deployed their on-board marines to aid in the relief effort. A US Carrier and its battle group of support ships are basically the gold standard for Disaster Relief quick response. Its pretty awesome.

[kennethsalyer]

NZ and America are allies we will fight for you as you will fight for other allies Small numbers still add to a great united military

[CC]

USS Enterprise and USS Theodore Roosevelt veteran here!

[godlessveteran]

The speed they state is just the nonclassified speed. They're faster than that.

[joshuaperez]

I’m active duty Navy right now, and I love your military reactions and especially this one since I’m constantly on a aircraft carrier. Keep up the good work love your content.

[militarymaster]

I was a nuclear machinist mate on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. I've stood directly on top both reactors (have to for inspection while shutdown in port). Wish more would be discussed about the nuclear plants. Following 9/11 the responding carrier out ran the rest of the battle group to drop the first bombs.

Love all your reactions, keep it up :)

[jonathanbrady]

This was a great video, it's really cool to see people learning about the United States.

One thing I wanted to point out was that it's not just the ships and planes and tanks. It's the people, the soldiers sailors airmen marines and coast-guardsmen. They are what make the United States military so strong.

For example, the story of the USS Samuel B Roberts FFG-58. Named for the USS Samuel B Roberts DE-413, she had big shoes to fill bearing such a legendary name in the US Navy. Unfortunately she struck a mine while sailing in the Persian Gulf which tore a 40 foot hole in her hull amidships. She was on fire, was taking on water, and looked like a lost cause. The captain wrote later of seeing men running through the corridors as the vessel sank and as they passed a memorial to DE-413 and her crew, each man touched the plaque. The crew somehow managed to save the ship in the best damage control effort in US Navy history, she would be repaired and return to service. The captain says that his crew was inspired by the actions of DE-413 and that spirit saved the ship. Regardless of what drove the crew to save the ship, computer models after the event showed no way the ship could have survived.

This story proves that no matter how advanced our warships and aircraft and tanks are, it's the brave Americans serving in them that make the difference.

[michealdrake]

6:00 So, here's a little bit of useful context on the politics that put one of our carriers right next to China, a country with which we have a VERY complicated relationship which tends to range from cool to openly hostile.

Now, China has recently begun trying to enforce ownership claims over the South China Sea. This is because China faces the problem that most of the island nations on the borders of that sea are close allies of the US, which means that if tensions between our countries ever boil over, it would be very easy for us to enforce a naval blockade, and since China's economy is dependent on exports, that would destroy it overnight. For China, no shipping means no money and no power. Knowing this, China has been throwing its weight around in the region, doing things like building artificial islands and the arguing that those islands should count toward their Exclusive Economic Zone. In response, the US sent a carrier group down to the SCS to tour the area, say hi to our island allies, and if it's presence happens to remind China why they shouldn't push us or fuck with our friends, well that's just icing on the cake.

In short, it was a power move because China was making a few of those themselves.

9:15 That's luxury compared to a submarine, where you'll usually be sharing a bunk with another crew member, each sleeping while the other is awake

10:13 That's actually kind of an interesting point right there. Every now and then a President will propose bringing carriers in for refits and such, and there is pretty much guaranteed to be an uproar over the prospect of us not having aircraft carriers on the ocean, for a variety of good and bad reasons.

12:00 This is a good point, these ships might be more vulnerable than prior want to believe, but to me, that just says we need to reevaluate their defenses. A second point is that sinking an aircraft carrier is not the end of the war, it's the start. If anyone ever sunk a US aircraft carrier, well, the US has launched full scale invasions over far less. Part of what protects those ships is the knowledge of the consequences for sinking one. And the fact is, the US has so many that sinking one wouldn't even be a significant military victory overall. An accomplishment, yes, but there's 10 more ready to take its place.

[-C.S.R]

My dad served on the
USS Enterprise CVAN-65
in Vietnam and every time I talk to him he still talks about it!

[spuds]

The US actually has 24 aircraft carriers if you include the Marine Expeditionary Forces vessels which launch Helicopters and now F35 Lightning 2 (the F35's replaced the AV8-B Harrier)

[samsignorelli]

@ Courtney...you can find vids of flight operations on carrier decks. Controlled chaos is putting it mildly.

Not only are jobs indicated by shirt colors, all the hand signals have specific meanings. It may look like they're randomly waving their arms about like they're having a grand mal seizure, but in a noisy environment with jets howling and props turning, clear communication is vital.

There are specific hand signals for every step of ops....from engine start to launch.

And if you think landing in daylight and calm seas is impressive, imagine slamming tons of flying metal onto a deck that's heaving in heavy seas, in bad weather, and at night.

[lucuix]

Growing up in the US, they have alot of the old Aircraft carriers available for the public. It is amazing getting to get onto the deck of those ships. It just feels like an island.

[ronwest]

I spent 6 years on two different carriers. Out of my 22 years of active duty. That was my best duty. Now these were older conventional carriers. As a supply type there was a lot of work but it was still fun., !!😎🇺🇸✌️

[donaldwantola]

"The United States is the defender of the free world whether we like it or not, because we are the only ones that can do it." - President Ronald Regan

[whirledpeaz]

I served on the USS Eisenhower in the 1980s, imagine being in the middle of the Atlantic before the internet.

[chemislife]

They missed a few carriers for the US, though that is more because we technically don't call them "carriers" lol

We have ships called "amphibious assault ships" like the USS America which operationally can function like an aircraft carrier and is about the same size as the UK HMS Queen Elizabeth.

[jayman]

US carriers have more air power than a lot nations air forces. When one or more of those shows up off of your coast when you've been acting up you'd better settle down quick. LOL

[stevengoodpaster]

The US navy has the second largest air force in the world. Some carrier groups can be 20or more ships...scary ain't it? I was thinking the sub fleet is unmatched you should check them out then you said you would. I went into the navy because of the subs...they are so badass

[jdanon]

Keep in mind these are just supercarriers. Many countries have smaller carriers that have helicopters instead of fixed wing aircraft. With the U.S. and allies buying the F-35B jets that can land vertically, it allows those smaller helicopter carriers to now have fixed wing aircraft. The U.S. marines for example will fly the F-35B, and their ships will carry up to 20 of these jets plus the helicopters they have traditionally carried.

[spuds]

I had the privilege of serving my country for 20 years. I was stationed in Germany (2year tour unaccompanied) . After I got married I had to go "remote 1 year" to South Korea when I left my wife was pregnant, after 5 months on went home on mid tour baby was "late" 7 days after birth I was back in Korea for 7 more months. That was hard I also have an older child she was 5 at the time. I have also been deployed to the "desert" several times. It's a commitment that we choose the Military is not for everyone. America's Military is a totally volunteer force.