Beyond the Sea: Filipinos in the US Navy Part 1

[JD55000]

gfg

[jvkphoto]

Very nice docu, it's so nice to have saved all your materials and I like your interviews so raw so true , it's quite demoralizing though but hey that's life I just wish that one day it is going the other way around. I wish that in the near future , we won't have to go outside our country for greener pasture. Filipinos are hardworking resilient race we can survive anywhere , but I just don't know why it is so different here? mabuhay ang pinoy! again I'd like to commend you for a great video.

[kennylee625]

this one has audio but part 2 doesn't. I am a Fil am with a similar but different story. Just how desperate some filipinos are? Could you post this to facebook?

[bryeunade]

well made.. my brother was also in the us navy one of the last batches to have been recruited in the philippines before subic shut down. he's now retired and currently works for boeing

[mikeinmanila]

This is really well done - you did a good job.

It would be nice if this were airred on tv at some point.

Has anyone asked to air this? here in the Philippines?

[beancube2008]

Just like many Chinese, nationalities are just jokes. International organizations take only people with background and establishments. They will not solve any problem for the poorest. They think economy first yet they don't even know how to build economy for these people. Social studies in school is kind of wasting people's time so no one would know how to do it. Don't beg. These programs need penetration strategies as popular cultures to blend people amongst the needed and the educated.

[presdwight007]

wanna taste some filipino punches ?

just hit me up!

were not chinese ....

were filipino and fiipinos are not like chinese descents we came from other descents ....

here we called as mestiso or half breed ...

like my family my mother side is mistiso or spanish descent my father is american descent .. not all filipinos look like chines or live like chinese...we have our own culture ,,, and we have the most hospitable culture ever ....

[JD55000]

@presdwight007

majority of filipinos are not mezitsos like you claim,if we were really mezitsos

most of us would look half white,in that case you are deeply lieing to yourself

80% pure malay stocks

[JD55000]

@JD55000

80% of filipinos are of pure malay-austronesian origin you idiot.

I hate when you fil-ams tell false lies.

[JD55000]

@JD55000

Did you know that their are more filipinos with chinese blood than

Spanish,spanish only comprises upleast 5%,wikipedis states 3%

chinese is 15%

[YawYan4Lyfe]

the true traitors are the philippine government. if they cant make a better country where opportunity is available to everyone then thats their problem. these people go to the us navy to support their family.....what would you do if your family was broke as hell?

stay in philippines where you could work your hardest and make 2dollars a day? or take the opportunity and go to the us navy and let the hard work you put in reward you...

think about that before judging your fellow countrymen....

[zreiscool]

cry me a fucking river

[anakngaraw85]

how dare you call them traitors. the real traitors are there, within those high walls, those people in power, that is why some are forced to leave just to provide for their families... you wouldn't know how it's like to be in the navy.

[thegagz]

lol $10 they ended up living in SAn diego.

[filipinamer]

you are a fascist. calm down dear.

[filipinamer]

all traitors... better to have an hard life in the philippines rather to serve in the U.s. navy

[FezzCB]

Great documentary. My dad and many of my uncles served/are serving proudly in the US Navy. I also followed in their footsteps becoming a Navy pilot. But watching your video overcomes me with an overwelming sense of pride and modesty towards all those former Filipino sailors who have paved the way for us, the "2nd Generation." Job well done!

[jdb1609]

aquino was stupid to close the Subic. So many opportunities were lost. NEVER let a woman control a country!

[rldabomb]

nice video my uncle was in the navy too i think 1965 to 1985.. i served also 4 years. being picked to be be in the us navy was like winning the lotto my uncle said.

[KlubMarcus]

If a US Navy chief from the Philippines is looking at you funny, you better straighten out fast!

[spartanwarrior1]

i salute to all the filipino-american navy families.