British guy reacts to - Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work ! Mad intresting

[thiccthunderx]

I’ve got an uncle serving on the USS Ronald Reagan right now cruising around the South China Sea. Just him and his 5000 closest friends.

[SilvanaDil]

For some reason, despite the nuclear reactors, the catapults, etc., the elevators get me every time.

[danieldunlap]

Here's the thing about working on an aircraft carrier. It looks fucking awesome in the media. Working 12 plus hours a day 7 days a week for months at a time and only seeing land if you pass by an island is not as cool as it looks.

[kentgrady]

4:00 - The US Navy's nuclear engineering program for enlisted sailors is highly selective - on the same level as most elite universities. They typically receive lucrative enlistment bonuses, are promoted far more quickly than other sailors, and are highly prized by civilian employers (notably, electrical power companies which use nuclear reactors to generate and distribute electricity to the national grid).

I've worked and managed construction projects on nuclear power plants, and it seemed that half the people I met were nuclear navy veterans.

Being a nuclear sailor is a ticket to a long and lucrative professional career.

[gkiferonhs]

The projection of power has to do with time. By keeping a carrier near to places where we expect trouble, should it arise, we can slap back immediately and with more options for that retaliation.

[rileyrogers]

Most ships have military police which keep other sailors in check and look after sailors

[tiredallthetime]

The US really be like hey guys our 11 carries aren’t enough, we’ll take 10 more please

[labhrais]

Despite being from a military family, having served in the US Army, and having an awesome uncle who was in the Navy, I didn't know anything about our ships or how they work. Great vid 👌

[Dano]

Just sub'd your channel great reaction. I was on a carrier when I was in the U.S. Navy the USS Coral Sea which is no longer around built in the late 40's. It was fast for it's time. I worked on catapults, launching aircraft. It was a an experience. Keep the videos coming.

[johanna]

My dad was a marine who was trained to be a firefighter on an aircraft carrier. I recommend you might want to watch one of the videos on the fire disaster on the USS Forrestal in the 1970’s during the Vietnam War. There’s one called, “Disasters of the Century- Season 3- episode 16-USS Forrestal. It has some great interviews with survivors and footage. There may be better videos others might recommend. The Forrestal disaster highlights how catastrophic a fire on an aircraft carrier can be.

[CimmerianAssassin]

Unlike the royal navy, US ships have gunners mates that do most of their personal combat arms weaponry instead of marines, but marines have been stationed on the same ship before, but all navy personnel are trained in pistol usage and can then be trained in rifle if they so wish. And the new class of carriers primary difference is their launching system. While the current nimitz class supercarriers have steam driven catapults, the new ford class are having electromagnetic catapults. That is their primary difference with the exception of some design and crew comfort features with some difference in variations in the same technology. It theoretically is more efficient and faster than steam driven catapults. Unfortuntely they have their setbacks currently and the ford is trying to figure out how to avoid said setbacks.

[danieldunlap]

By the way, The C-2 Greyhound is being replaced by the CMV-22B Osprey variant. The C-2 can't carry the F-35 engine, which is one of the reasons it's being replaced in carrier service.

[mountainmonkey]

Yes. They have Marines on a carrier. They do have Marine Squadrons. Plus, the ship has a security force of Marines called MARDET (Marine Detachment)

[BareSphereMass]

15:40 That is for when they are on deployment. During the exercise there may not have been another sub, but on deployment it would be one of its jobs. CVN's have no way of detecting a sub on their own, they are dependent on other ships and aircraft.

[trekkiexb]

THANK YOU!! Respect for the military, even not your own is good! So, as a fellow Navy veteran, thank you! Working on the carrier is one of the most dangerous jobs in the Navy, heck the world. I was part of Naval Aviation Maintenance (Though, I never made it to a carrier, not for the lack of trying) we are taught at the beginning of our training to keep 'our heads on a swivel.' Meaning, pay attention to where you are and where the assets (AKA planes) are at all times, or you will die.

[keithcharboneau]

yes the ships master at arms is the carriers police force, and they are armed, and the marine detachment, which can be called on for any number of security or combat duties are also armed possibly heavily, and if there are any seals on board they are obviously armed to the teeth for whatever mission that they are there to perform, also the aircrews are armed as well, but for most of the crew, personal weapons will get in the way of their jobs so no they are not typically armed! i hope this answers the question that you are asking!

[Runfromsnek]

IDK why but your reaction to USA aircraft carrier was funny. 😂⛄🎄⛪

[douggaijin]

Almost all, if not all, U S Navy ships have fully armed Marines guarding and providing security. We watched the USS Mercy Hospital ship dock in Los Angeles to provide COVID support and the Marines were lined on the deck and hit the ground at the dock first to make sure everything was safe. 👍🇺🇸

[riddler]

The US using carriers for power projection is somewhat due to the role the US plays in the world. Like the Royal Navy in it's heyday, the US is the dominant naval power and plays a major role in protecting ocean going transport and communication. The US is also the top security/defense guarantor of many countries around the world. Allies always have and always will worry that their partners will not come to their aid if and when the time comes (just look at NATO). This is a significant method of showing American allies that we are, in fact, actively watching out for them and fully capable of coming to their aid on short notice. It serves to reassure American allies and dissuade conventional war. There should be no reasonable national leader who believes confrontation with "Country X" is worthwhile if confronting "Country X + USA + USA's friends" is a serious possibility.

[nealkirkland]

Aaah.... I see where Shakespear comes from. Landing on a “flipping boat.” Love it !