U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Shirt Colors Explained

Once you board U.S. Navy aircraft carrier flight deck you will notice that the crew has different color uniforms. What do all the colors on a Navy aircraft carrier flight deck represent? Please continue watching video about US Navy Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Shirt Colors Explained to learn more about the different responsibilities of aircraft carrier crew.

00:00 Intro Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Shirt Colors Explained
00:41 Yellow
01:09 Green
02:00 Blue
02:21 Purple
03:03 Red
03:53 Brow
04:32 White

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I worked in the mess as a cook. I started out on a destroyer and thought I had a very demanding and long days. Then I took an assignment on a carrier. Though my job was still demanding, those that wore a color shirt worked even harder than me. I really respected those guys.

[valuedhumanoid]

I wore a red shirt from 86 to 90 on CVN 71. AO3 (Aviation Ordinanceman 3rd Class) ships company. I was in the G-3 Division Weapons Dept. called a “Mag Rat” we stored all the weapons that the aircraft carried as well as all the ships weapons like C-4. I was in a missile mag which carried the Sidewinders, Sparrows and Phoenix AIM 7, 9 & 54 primarily. Great memories. Got out just before the Gulf War started

[patricklorio]

I'm proud to have been a 2nd class AO and wore the red shirt on the USS Coral Sea running a loading crew.

[michaelmappin]

Good job. Most people fall short when trying to describe the shirt colors. Differentiating jobs among same shirt colors can also fall on the helmet color. Shooters wear yellow shirts but have green helmets. They aren't qualified to give any taxi directions and only control the launch while the aircraft is in tension and ready to launch. Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE), wears a green shirt and red helmet. While talking about aircraft line divisions, you mentioned brown shirts then showed a bunch of folks wearing khaki uniforms. Khaki uniforms are worn by E7 and above personnel but not as part of flight deck clothing (except the trousers).

[gigibanks]

My daughter is a brown shirt Airman. She just got her name put on a jet. She says all shirts are equally important to be a successful military 💕🇺🇸⚓️

[JedForge]

My dad served 23 years, including the Kitty Hawk, Ranger and Hancock. He retired an E5 if I remember correct. He was a green shirt, working on the radio and other electronic systems on A4's then later A7's. I remember one day during his shore duty at NAS Lemoore in CA, he got to take me into work with him. I remember him pointing out the red lines around the A7's and telling me to NEVER go anywhere near those red lines. I remember him giving his crew their instructions for the day from a clipboard and then everyone going to work while I watched them from nearby. Later on, he took me down the line to an A7 that had its engine removed and let me sit in the cockpit while he described the different instruments. One of the funnest days of my childhood.

[theandy]

It’s the Wiggles!!!
These guys are awesome! Most dangerous places on earth to work! Loved being in the Marine Detachment on the Ranger and Carl Vinson!
Semper Fi

[Desireification]

Top Gun (1986) opening scene, was useful on briefly clarifying the role of each flight deck crew.

[D__Lee]

It must be a terrifying and stressful experience for a "rookie" on an active flight deck for the first time. Everything is coordinated like a dance and if the "rookie" is out of step, everyone knows.

[byronmartens]

I was a red shirt. Learned so much. Ordnance, elevator repair and maint., plane armament trouble shooting, basic physics. Yellow gear maint and anything that goes bang from 45 cal up to mk4 gun pod, uss oriskany cva 34 g div 1967 to 1970 gulf of tonkin Vietnam. Buff AO3. Bombs, rockets, missiles, other

[birneyphillips]

Was the chief of the Nucleus Fire party in the 70s. I had been in every compartment on the Big E and had in my opinion, the best trained fire fighters in the fleet . She was Big and she was fast. A great ship and crew.

[deannamastellone]

Fascinating how they all work together as one with such precision - I salute you all for all you do to keep our world safe

[lancecahill]

The damages shown at 2:51 depicts the accident on the USS Forrestal (CV-59) on 29 July 1967, when an electrical problem caused a Zuni rocket mounted on a F4B Phantom to fire while it was parking on the deck of the carrier. The accident killed 134 sailors and injured 161, among the injured was pilot John McCain who later became a POW and US senator. The incident prompted the Navy to change the firefighting techniques on aircraft carriers.

[swn]

20 years and 21 days active duty. Started my carrer as a Boiler Technician... ended as a Master at Arms Senior Chief. Never served on a carrier... never wanted to. I preferred the cameraderie of the smaller ships. USS Sterett CG-31, USS McKee AS-41, USS Ogden LPD-5 and USS Mobile Bay CG-53. All but the last one have been decommissioned. The Ogden was sunk and is now a reef in the Pacific ocean.

[BwoahBwoahBwoah]

My dad was a yellow shirt from 2000-2004. He told me how one time an when an E-2 Hawkeye was getting reading to launch. Then when the props went to full power the Hawkeye covered him in snow.

[ZagoreniA]

Finally well made video to explain the colors, i always wonder why there is so many colors on board the aircraft carrier, now i know.

[amarjeetbadhani]

Fantastic video..never seen anyone making videos of shirts colors and even I didn't knew what that means...Thanks for sharing details and making me learn something new about Aircraft carrier.

[johnknapp]

Jerseys and Float-coats will usually also have the persons Division or Squadron designation. Squadron Green shirts will also have their Rate (job type) on their Cranial's and Jerseys. Some markings I'm not sure of as I never worked the Deck or Airwing. I did work with LAMPS helo's on FF's but we didn't get as elaborate as the carrier.

[nicholasmarino]

Hi, may God hold in the palm of His hand EVERY military service personal!!! Bless them all!!!