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Posted on 04/27/2008 12:50:39 PM PDT by imintrouble
The write ups on this event can be found at a number of newspaper websites - they are listed on Google.
PBS in L.A. are going to begin the series at 9 PM Pacific - and these times will adjust across the nation I assume.
These series parts will continue until next Thursday.
The intent is to interview the regular crew members rather than the officers and flight crew who are seen more often by the public.
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CVN-68 bttt! I knew the Captain, in the mid-80’s, then-Capt. Conner. He retired as a 2-star admiral and now plays tennis in Williamsburg, Va. His wife is my mom’s best friend.
Ollie North did a great piece on Admiral Nimitz last night.
He interviewed the Admirals daughter.
Thanks for that update - hope the media aren’t too tough on the crew and their officers - it’s like living on a small city and no doubt there are personality issues before their tours are unloaded for respite and rest.
First time I saw a carrier in San Diego I nearly fell over at the size of the creation! I’ve had a fascination ever since - looking at carriers in photos or even motion pictures doesn’t really give you the immensity of the craft.
I’ve been from one end to the other, and up and down on several carriers. It is really overwhelming.
An aircraft carrier is BIG! I think it was the Wasp that was in Boston Harbor, when I was a kid.(1940s) My brother and I sailed our little sailboat out near her. BIG!
I had a chance to be on the Nimitz, for Family Day, when a son was a naval aviator. Quite a town! They served 15,000 meals a day! When a sailor was giving a small group of us a tour, I asked him if it seemed strange having so many women on board. His answer? “It’s the perfume, Ma’am”!!!! LOL!
Good show so far!
Watching it as we speak. Eighty minutes into it. So far so good.
SAR = one MILLON dollars.
I don’t know. I took it more as matter-of-fact rather than no-big-deal. Overall I think they’re capturing the different types of people you get in the military very well. So far I’m not seeing any kind of agenda, but we’re only 20% into it.
In this case they didn't launch one. The ship remained in position, the muster was taken, it was identified as a false alarm, and no additional funds were expended. They did bring out how serious false alarms are treated very well, though.
I served 20 years in the Navy, about 10 on carriers, just over three years on Nimitz, 3 1/2 years on John F. Kennedy, and 3 years on Dwight D. Eisenhower. Made five “6-month” deployments (you almost never got home on schedule). The “Ike” was the first combatant ship to receive female crewmembers, and it caused some interesting changes to be made. My biggest problem is that I couldn’t go to the head (bathroom) in the middle of the night in my skivvies.
There are 5000+ crew on the carrier. For me, it’s hard to see what they had to film. For 6 months, it was nothing but work, eat, sleep; with an occasional port call. Every day is the same old, same old.
Yes the ship is huge. The first time I ever saw one up close I drove down the pier in Norfolk in a Triumph Spitfire (top down) between the Nimitz and Independence. I looked up in awe.
But for 6 months, that ship gets mighty small.
I worked electronics in the Navy. I have climbed to the top of the mast on all three (see my last post). My last ship (Ike) spent time in drydock while I was stationed there. I got to walk all the way UNDERNEATH the ship. Talk about IMMENSE!!
She stated that the punishment wasn’t a big deal. In the old days she would have spent a lot of time in the brig or latrine duty.
If we're thinking about the same female sailor, I think she went to Mast for something connected with drinking and not false alarm man overboard. This is the woman who called her old man - got 45 days restriction, docked half her pay, and a suspended bust?
Thanks for your service and sacrifice.
Thanks for setting the issue straight.
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