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  • this is not a british carrier, only use VSTOL aircrafts!

  • somebody owes somebody a beer :)

  • the man to the far right saved the man next to him by hanging on his shirt!

  • I SALUTE THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE LOVE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @BOOM7STAR I dont you war mongering bastards.

  • @0Zolrender0 Don't watch this videos then. Simple enough, even you should be able to figure that out.

  • is this on an american carrier or british carrier?

  • @SportDogg2008 cant be british, we dont use a catapult launch system

  • @monkeymatt2 it could have been one of those exchange things from other countries, cuz you can see the United States roundel on the Prowler,

  • @MrFATasYOURmom Still cant be a British Carrier, we dont have the catapult system installed on our carriers, only fixed wing aircraft that can take off from ours are VTSOL aircraft.

  • @monkeymatt2 oh i know its not a british carrier, but the guy on the deck could be british through that exchange thing i mentioned

  • @monkeymatt2 The only problems with your comment are the plural 'carrierS', and the notion that we have any jets capable of taking off from the one we do have :(

  • thats a cool dance.

  • bboy

  • now if they flew off the deck then where would they

  • Wait, don't they get tanned because the heat of the engine is always in their face.

  • @GamersUnitedX That wouldn't be tanning... that would be getting burnt.

  • When I was stationed at Whidbey Island our command's Safety Petty Officer got crabs from a Portuguese prostitute and later stuck his finger in the alternator of a running car. He was the stupidest man I ever meet.

  • They are troubleshooters, they are safety, final checkers all in one. They are giving the thumbs up saying all is good. Its not like on land where u have a problem u just hit the brakes. On the boat if its not found and its serious people can die.

  • Hey just been looking at a few of these now and was wondering why they are required to hold their hand in the air and also what need there is for these guys behind the aircraft anyways.... having said all this im jealous and wanna give it a go for sure... looks insane

  • FYI Nothing interesting until 0:47

  • ear rape

  • The only thing remotely British in the video is maybe the steam catapult.......it was a British invention.

  • @craigbrierley Question: If the British invented it why don't they use it on their carriers? The US is the ONLY country that uses the steam catapault. Ref: I was in the navy for 4 years, I have seen UK carriers. The guy in the safety float coat and cranial could have been british, he looked like he was training with the troubleshooters.

  • @twintoes2002 I hate to break this to you but the world existed long before you were around, the British used steam catapults on their carriers in the 50's, 60's and 70's, we don't have them now because we only fly Harriers from carriers (don't even do that now) it is a British invetion, I would also suggest that France, Argentina and other countries that launch non VTOL from their carriers use a 'steam' catapult.

  • @craigbrierley Thank you for your kind correction, I had to look it up to double check. I am a little skeptical that anyone else is currently using them. I would appreciate it if you could give me a reference on that. I had been informed when I was on active duty that the US was the only country using the steam catapault.

  • @twintoes2002 Well for sure the French and Brazillians use it , and anyone else launching convetional aircraft 'must' by default be using them (appart from the russians) Sea flankers dont need a cat shot, it is the only type availlable for now, the new British carriers wil use EMALS which the US are trialling at present.

  • @craigbrierley Ok thank you, I just did a little digging myslef and I saw the catapaults on the french and brazilian carriers. What is EMALS? When I was in I never heard of it.

  • @twintoes2002 EMALS is the electro magnetic aircraft launching system, like those japanese floating trains, they use an electromagnetic force to shoot the aircraft, the new US and British carriers will have it and possibly the French.

  • @craigbrierley Oooooh! I think I had heard of it just before I got out of the navy. I think they were talking about putting it on the George H.W. Bush, but I am not sure. Thank you very much. :)

  • @twintoes2002 My pleasure.

  • @craigbrierley There are no Japanese floating trains.. The only electromagnetic Trains in the world is a test platform in Germany, and one one Shanghai, China

  • @ThatAdelaideGuy information I have found suggests otherwise, yes there is one in germany but also in japan

  • @craigbrierley Oh yeah my bad, there is one in Japan. But the one in China is the only one actually operating for the public

  • LOL guy on the left out of the two = trainee i think O_o

  • What's with the title containing the word British? I'm from the Prowler community and I can asure you it is all American.

  • @franktheknuckles I'm from the Prowler community too, 129 to be exact and we had british, australian, and german instructors in the squadron. The safety could have been british training with the troubleshooters.

  • I didn't work on deck but think I can explain. The guys in white shirts are Checkers/Troubleshooters. Notice guy closest to camera has a checkerboard painted on his jersey shirt. He it instructing the guy who gets blown around how to do the job. I believe they are watching the nose gear and cat 'hold back fitting' to be sure it doesn't slip. The hand in the air means it is OK (think thumbs up). If anything goes wrong they start waiving to "suspend launch". Bending down to avoid jet blast.

  • 0:27 - 0:47 Can any of you Navy Men explain what that means (right kneeling - left arm raised up high - right hand touching ground, left leg extended) or is it just a thing so that you are not to be blown away from your position ???? Thanks.

  • @maxp0w3r the arm in the air is the troubleshooter giving thumbs up saying everything is working on their side. The troubleshooter is kneeling to avoid the jet blast, the Prowler has the most powerful engines on the flight deck.

  • Pussy's; night check does it better!

  • He was about to get pushed off the deck if the other guy didn't catch him

    I like pussy

  • "hey thanks for the grab buddy"

  • that looks fun

  • is there some way to get on an aircraft carrier when you are german? i would love to do that job. and yes, im a aircraft mechanic

  • man if you put a 747 on that thing! WOOOW!

  • Hey sorry for seeming ignorant, but why do they have to stand so close to the plane? What do they have to do? I don't know anything about the steam catapult system.

  • @icewolf7 every launch has checks and balances....these guys are performing safety checks that make sure the plane doesn't end up in the water. There have to be visual checkes done that the pilot cannot see.......these guys risk their lives routinely, but they are well trained..every now or then an accident happens and if it;s bad enough somebody dies........

  • @philburrell Awe..they're brave..but isn't there a way for them to check safety without having the actual person there? Maybe with a camera or something?

  • @icewolf7 NO. Too much is at stake. There are physical things that have to be done also. A camera would miss minute details.....It's actually safer than it looks.....I rode USS Nimitz with VF-84 and flight ops is a ballet of controlled chaos.

  • @icewolf7 safety of what? There are 5000 people on that ship all with one purpose. Launch and receive aircraft. Everyone has a different job to do and be safe about it. The guys on the deck have strict guidelines and routines in place so that they don't have to think about that while launching a plane every 30 seconds. They Don't have time to let their mind worry or they could forget something extremely important and get themself or someone else hurt.

  • That Shooter on the right is a freakin' NINJA! He grabbed that Safety PO's "OH SH*T" handle in a flash! lol That was the best part of this video!

  • @searaven35 I think he was the Brit...

  • 0:50 - lol, this guy has almost flown away))

  • you know i never asked... to the poster of this vid, who exactly is the British person? a military guest or something? foreign exchange training?

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway The british person in the vid is in the usn. he is one of the guys in the command. He was our safety po at the time. I was in the command at the time this was taken.

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway @HazeGreyAndUnderway The british person in the vid is in the usn. he is one of the guys in the command. He was our safety po at the time. I was in the command at the time this was taken.

  • talk about teamwork

  • so what is the purpose of the two guys on either side of the aircraft? Is it to show them thats is all clear and they are ready to go?

  • What a great job god bless all the carriers and men so millions can sleep safe at night thanks from UK

  • I was a final checker in a Tomcat squadron. I really miss those days! Working on the "roof" was the greatest job I ever had! Wish I could go back and do it all over again.

  • @vf74tomcat Bedevilers!!

  • @xTomcatsForeverVF84x Jolly Rogers!!!

  • Could someone explain what they're doing?

    Looks dangerous but you rarely if ever hear of carrier accidents....US Navy has something to teach the oil industry no doubt.

    TIA

  • haha that's absolutely awesome when his buddy pulls him back.

  • The guy on the left owes his buddy a beer--quick thinking.

  • canadian hitler thanks for that you a canadian ?

    mmmm

  • You make me ashamed do be a Canadian.

  • @CanDiddler oops sorry CanadianHitler

    I'm soo very happy I don't know you. I'm sure if I did, I would have to wash all over with gasoline and steel wool just to get your stench off me.

    If you like Hitler so much why don't you emulate him a little more by eating a bullet?

  • We slapped shitlers arse so fucking hard he had to kill himself twice. Cyanide and a gun to make sure we couldn't rape him anymore than we already had.

    Shitler was a pedo style 'tash with an idiot attached to it.

    Nazis = Pwnt

  • @sillybuttons44 Actually it was the Russian that beat him together with US UK etc

  • Well, it's obvious the poster can't speak English very well. Or he made a typo....or he was just lazy.....

    I dunno.....

  • catapult

    Steam catapult.

    Get it ?

  • as the launch is executed, watch one of the close troubleshooters grab the other as he's actually blown to his feet (trainer grabbing rookie, I guess). Looked like good anticipation

  • Why and what are the 3 guys doing kneeling in that posture?? Can someone plse explain... thanks...!!

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  • Disappointing, I thought the three guys on deck were supposed to take off as well.

  • Good shot, good shot!

  • lol he grabed his shirt so he wont fly away!! rofl

  • this is the most dangerous job in the U.S Navy

  • it sure is........u gata be careful of not being sucked in by turbines and stuff.

  • Or hit by planes which I imagine is more common. There's a video of the cables on the carrier splitting and flying over the deck somewhere too. All in all, risky business.

  • i saw that video.......their is a guy who jumps twice over the cable. And another who gets caught and pulled.

  • Risky, but that's what Flight Deck Pay is for. Cables snapping isn't as much a danger anymore. Each one is good for 1,000 grabs and the ABE's change them after 100. When people get hurt on the flight deck is most likely caused by somebody being an idiot.

  • Not just that, its also rated the most dangerous job in the world, seriously.

  • Stupid? Hell! The steam catapult system is the most efficient and quickest way to launch an airplane off of a ship. The US Navy has EXCELENT safety records with even minute accidents occurring very rarely. The Navy isn't going to put you on the deck of an aircraft carrier if you're lacking knowledge and awareness. The military isn't stupid, you're just an ignorant fool.

  • LOL, is that out yet? No! As of now, the steam catapult is the wisest choice for a carrier! Seriously, by the looks of your channel, you seem to be one of those inflammatory internet trolls everyone keeps talking about. As far as I'm concerned, your comments mean nothing here.

  • when will they start using electro magnet?

  • Well the first time EMALS was logically put forth was for the Royal Navy's 2 new Queen Elizabeth class carriers set to enter service in 2015 or something. The Royal Navy scraped EMALS and just went with VSTOL platforms. The US Navy is currently developing an EMALS system for the new Gerald Ford class consisting of (so far) 3 ships also set to enter service in 2015. Work on the USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 began in 2007, and it is set to replace the USS Enterprise.

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway wow thanks so much, how did u get this info?

  • @omg101man family and friends in the business

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway We had thousands of combat sorties with A-4s, F-8s and A-3s during Vietnam and never, repeat NEVER had a cat accident involving a plane. We did have one where a sailor was walking across the flight deck when they retracted the plate and it caught the edge of his foot and flipped him over a couple of times.

  • @exenrontexas Hooyah, Bravo Zulu to that!

  • @nkx1 Those men and women in the military who you call "stupid" are the ones that give your sorry ass the freedom to make sorry ass remarks. By the way. The British invented the catapult system and the Americans refined it by using steam.

  • @tubeviewerthree No, the military does not enforce or directly protect freedom of speech in the US. That would be the police and the court system. The US military, as of the present, is just engaged in purposeless wars that benefit no one except defense contractors, Halliburton, et al. Therefore, the military is doing little, if anything, that protects anyone’s freedom.

    I never asserted that the British did or didn't invent anything. Thanks for the info, though.

  • @nkx1 While it is true the courts and police enforce freedom it is the military men/women that protect our constitution, Bill of Rights and the fundamental principles of the flag when dictators such as Adolf Hitler (for example) try to force their false ideals upon others. If it were not for the military men/women we would not be having this conversation right now. One may disagree with the current war but one should never put down an American service man/woman.

  • @tubeviewerthree Others would say that the American way is a false set of ideals that you are pushing upon others.

  • @rmcdonal Obviously you did not read the statement made by Kx1. He stated "The US military is stupid, in general. It is comprised of uneducated people." Would you lay down like a dog if someone made statements that the Australian military that defends your country were stupid and uneducated? I simply made a statement in response. It is beyond my power as a "little person" to control the dictators and tyranny in this world, and the corrupt politicians in Washington.

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway Actually, I think taxi driver is.

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway Last I heard, cab driver was. That must have been ten years ago though. Who knows?

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway Wait, what's the most dangerous job in the world?

  • @Spev142 Infantry, haha. As rated by some organization I forget the name of, its working on the flight deck of a carrier.

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway yea that dude whos at the wheel in the front like what if the pilot took off

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway lol, even more dangerous than a Marine or SAS?

  • What is this job called?

  • Final checker

  • nice^^

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