My late grandpa was BM. He could do anything, anytime anywhere. He was the greatest man on earth...the title can be yours now

I loved being a boatswains mate. I was always busy, best teammates, best family, best chiefs, best job in the Navy. Where else can you drive a billion dollar yact? In hindsight I wish I retired as BM instead of getting out after several years. 20 years later I still miss that life.

@northcountryoutlaw9704

11 ай бұрын

What all did they do I just got home from meps and thinking about boatswain mate job

Hardest Workers period.

@bmyers6831

2 жыл бұрын

No lie

I’m leaving for basic next month and to become a BM. This video is great, it gave me an idea of what I’m gonna be doing

@eh4977

Жыл бұрын

It's hard work, but it's worth being on deck. You get to see what the others don't being stuck inside all day.

@autumnsfunworld9622

11 ай бұрын

How is the job so far? My son is leaving for basic in a month and I was just wondering how you’re liking the job?

In my opinion these guys are to the Navy what infantry is to the Army and Marines. A job field for the hard working, usually kind of dumb, but also very enthusiastic bunch with a high esprit de corps. Just as an infantryman is the job for someone who wants to be as Marine as Marine can be so is this job for those who want to be as Sailor as Sailor can possibly become.

@bravozulu8638

Жыл бұрын

Simon Schnelle. I would say your kinda dumb .

@xxbleedzxx2386

Жыл бұрын

💪

@terrydawkins9936

Ай бұрын

Aye aye

More often than not, you're painting😆 loved being a Boatswains Mate💪

Love by Boswain Mates ... Coming from an old First Division Officer in the tin can Navy ..... its the best job in the Navy hands down

I retired as a BMCS (SW) disregard the limp wristed naysayers ,I have no issue with other rates as they are all needed for the finest Navy in the world, as for me I loved it and advanced quickly and there is nothing unusual to be a BM3 and have 30 men working for you ,through the years I was a craftsmaster on a 375 ton 1600 class LCU , also was one of a few enlisted to qualify as OOD underway and mooring import on the USS SUNBIRD ASR 15 not to mention most of our work were black oops, I retired as the Tug-master of YTB 829 a 440 long ton @ Groton Ct mostly working Boomers and fast attack subs and was offered to start training for Harbor pilot but decided to retire. Ever sailor past and present has my utmost respect and I can honestly say I would choose BM all over again so go be your best at what ever you do . BMCS (BMCS)

My grandpa was a Boatswain Mate in the Navy.

@RealShrigmaMale

3 жыл бұрын

Your grandpa was a badass

My dad was a BM..from WWII, Korean wareing the skipper of a tug boat in Gitmo Bay navy base, Cuba...to missile cruiser out of Charleston, SC. He was everywhere. His tool box had a few tools, ball peen hammer, vice grips, duct tape and one screw driver. If that didn't fix a problem...it wasn't fixable.

Getting shipped there next month. Grateful for the opportunities 🙏🏼

BMs and HTs are the HARDEST WORKING SAILORS IN THE FLEET. I went the OS route 👍

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

You were smart

@gotham006

2 жыл бұрын

Only Sweepers lol

@redta93kwy

2 жыл бұрын

@@gotham006 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@victorjose7798

2 жыл бұрын

Hi one question if i want to pilot boats and ships and navigate do watches is os the thing for me or boatswains? For example after i serve i want to be piloting a tugboat or a merchant ship

@redta93kwy

2 жыл бұрын

@@victorjose7798 Quartermaster, plot out shipping lane, ships position, radar navigation and during special sea and anchor detail and fuel replenishment they take over driving the ship their Master helmsman

I’m a BM and I love the job 💪🏿

@Pianofreak2020

5 жыл бұрын

Cedric The Footballer what do ya do?

@talonmerrill800

5 жыл бұрын

Are we going to get any downtime?

@gamingelke6968

4 жыл бұрын

@@talonmerrill800 you will get normal working hours

@kjr4766

4 жыл бұрын

@@gamingelke6968 plus all of your watches so add that on top and lord help you if you go on port and starboard hours like we did

@ahsansiddiqui4263

3 жыл бұрын

What's the salary, if you don't mind.

I always like volunteering for the hardest jobs, so this might be the best for me.

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

ha ha

@samuelquintero4475

2 жыл бұрын

ratio

My respects for all the BM’s

"The most exciting you'll ever been" 0:20

I miss it. I love my civilian job now but I miss doing this kind of work and the teamwork and relationships. Wish I would have made a career out of it.

@rsclb

2 жыл бұрын

what do you do now?

@colezilla7481

2 жыл бұрын

@@rsclb white collar duties working with a bunch of silver spoon fed brats that can't even clean up after themselves. Its funny, I get an education via the gibill and I actually prefer the hardwork as a boatswains mate. As you get older things come into perspective.

@samuelquintero4475

2 жыл бұрын

@@colezilla7481 say youre dumb without saying youre dumb IYOYAS

@eh4977

Жыл бұрын

Same

This job is not for the weak!!….

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

Just suckers

Been there done that. I don’t recommend this rate or anything labeled PACT.

Hell yeah deck department it was fun but some of my shipmates were shitbags lmao

Love making challenge coins for y'all!

Proudest rate in the navy

It looks like a lot of fun. I dont know why so many people knock this job.. it’s probably the most important job on the ship. I think its cool because if you ever leave the service and have a boat of you’re own you would know how to operate and maintenance it

@lablabdog

2 жыл бұрын

If you like grunt work and painting ships then this rate is for you

@asahisagoiboi3517

Жыл бұрын

I was an Aviation Boatswains Mate Equipment. Let me tell you having to sand and grind every piece of every sponsons and the side of the ship with a grinder and breathing in lead paint. Also Carry heavy tools and supplies all over and work from scaffolding. It's a great start if you want to leave and become a merchant marine which pays more than the Navy. All you need is to get TWIC card. I have severe degeneration of the spine and knees. Everyone I know from my rate has this. Some have canes or take nerve pain meds. This kind of work is high wear and tear. Also on Small boys these guys go overboard all the time.

I start bootcamp in dec 16th, im a undesignated pact seaman so im just watching a bunch of bm vids just to see what my lifestyle might be for the next 1 or 2 years

@americasnavy

2 жыл бұрын

HOOYAH ⚓️⚓️

@samuelquintero4475

2 жыл бұрын

you got swindled,

@ltalbo22

Жыл бұрын

Get another rate bm is a jokes

Big Boats yessir!!!!

I ship off in 2 months and I got BM for my mos I can’t wait

@gabeschiazza7605

3 жыл бұрын

lmk how it went

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

They got you.

@Andrade_USA

3 жыл бұрын

@@danjoy7385 😂😂😂

@ltalbo22

Жыл бұрын

U need to see head doctor

I was undes seaman back in the early 2000s. Made bm3 second try. Made bm2 first try. Bm2 in less then 3 years. With a suspended bust. Read some books. Pass tests and advancement is easy

@robbiewho4745

3 жыл бұрын

What rank are you currently and how are the hours for this job? Lastly do you get weekends off during shore duty?

@josephbryan2524

3 жыл бұрын

@@robbiewho4745 shoot my rank right now is civilian. Got out after 4. But generally yeah weekends were off. Unless you had duty or stuff had to get done. Spent plenty of Saturdays preparing for insurv and other things though.

Im about to sing my contract next week and this is the job i go choose look fun

Do BMs every get to be apart of the Fleet Marine Force (.. the 'green' side)?

Majority of the BMs I've met, either got dropped from prebuds to try and be seals, or failed or got out of A School from another rate.

@theblackknight9783

4 жыл бұрын

@Rich 91 no that's why majority of them didnt make it through prebuds

@danjoy7385

2 жыл бұрын

If you went to buds and get dropped to the deck department, you never qualified for prebuds in the first place🤣🤣🤣

I was in deck division but struck out and became a rm radioman. Boatwain mate is hard work but can advance like every other rate, you can make cheif, senior cheif, or master cheif, so it is a rate and there schools in that rate. But most of it is on the job trainning i love the 🇺🇸 us navy!

@americasnavy

2 жыл бұрын

🇱🇷

@jennierubyjane6137

7 ай бұрын

@@americasnavywrong flag lol

This job honestly just sounds like you only do details and call that your job.

A hard and demanding job. Not for the lazy.

@waterhead001

5 жыл бұрын

Do Boatswain mates operate fork lifts?

@cardielfernandez2771

5 жыл бұрын

waterhead001 no

@jeremiahgarcia400

4 жыл бұрын

waterhead001 BMs can operate fork lifts if their on shore rotation

@theblackknight9783

4 жыл бұрын

@@waterhead001 there's a forklift on my ship, and the BMs here drive it

@ajrhy6243

2 жыл бұрын

@@waterhead001 on the amphibs yes. I was on a San Antonio class LPD and we did a lot of that stuff

nice

Job I want in navy’s

Who is the COB on the ship? Who has to learn everything about the ship? Can you sail with a Saxton? Who is the coxswain? Who is the most repeated sailor on the ship MCBM that's who?

Drive the ship wow

I now know what Don Shipley did as a BWM!! When he said I dropped anchor and threw the rope, I thought he was joking.

On board Raegan this is the Captain, field day will commence at 0700 #sweeperssweepersmanyourbroom

This is my current rate boot camp in less than a month

Just made that sweet BM2

@josephbryan2524

3 жыл бұрын

Bm2 is that sweet spot in bm life. Unless your a bm2 and lpo on a cruiser or something similar.

My Grandpa was BM 1 in WW2.

@terrenceduren3516

3 жыл бұрын

Respect

@americasnavy

3 жыл бұрын

⚓⚓⚓

Best Rate in the Navy no debate if you are lazy better chose OS or Yeoman

@eliass4320

3 жыл бұрын

Or GSE

am 33 about to enlist as a bm in the navy

Long hours, low advancement and grueling work both at sea and in port. The work itself is unskilled manual labor. Nothing to brag about. Really not much good to say about this rate. But hey, if you enjoy working twice as hard with more hours for the same pay as everyone else, go for it!

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

Painting, sanding freaking metal, running rust, sweeping , mopping, going around in endless circles, standing a gazillion watches, beautifying a war ship, figure the odds. If you make the mistake and take this rate, strike out of it fast. Don't allow your recruiter to suggest this job to you. Search RATES/jobs first, or you will be stuck for the duration.

@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327

3 жыл бұрын

@@danjoy7385 not true,I was a boatswains mate for 20 years.you are dead wrong about being a slave to the ship...after a few years it gets easier.you get used to it.

@dehvonrennie2096

3 жыл бұрын

Bm work hard I’m a seaman pact and work with them I personally hate the long hours and hard work

@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327

3 жыл бұрын

@@dehvonrennie2096 its part of life as a Boatswains mate..I have been out since 2007 and I really miss it.long days ,hard work,made many friends...I would not have changed it for the World.

@BenS65AMG

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more

I’ve just been assigned as a BM, but I won’t stay, I’m going to retake the test and got the jobs I really want😭😭😭😭

@clcwqhd

3 ай бұрын

Why don’t you like it?

Boatswain Mate (BM) is a common rate for enlisted Naval Special Warfare Candidates

Dude in the middle at the end of the video had a huge lip in haha

U S A!!!!!! U S A!!!!!!! U S A!!!!!!

Do they drive boats

@BigCheeto43

4 жыл бұрын

You will get helmsman qualified to drive the ship if you want to drive the RHIBS (small boats) you will have to go to coxswain school to drive those boats

Only right arm rate..My Dad was a BM

@itperdition

3 жыл бұрын

It is a right arm rate, but not the only one. Boatswain’s mates, gunner’s mates, carpenter’s mates, masters at arms, ship’s stewards and ship’s cooks wore their rate on the right sleeve.

Hello cousins former Aviation Boatswains Mate 3rd class.

Anyone know if these guys get promoted quick?

@patriciaalmendarez7598

4 жыл бұрын

phantom1641 BM rate faster

@kjr4766

4 жыл бұрын

No they don't. This coming from a BM. To many people in the rate. Its possible to make it faster if you get you warfare pins quick. Shoot for a EP Eval.. that the key

@theiralltheway5554

3 жыл бұрын

My buddy just became BM2 in just 3 years

@MM-wr2rd

2 жыл бұрын

@@kjr4766 I saw a BMC with one hashmark in a photo recently... though they seemed to fit into a box employers love to check these days based on nothing more than BS race/gender quotas.

@kjr4766

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-wr2rd bro I'm sorry but either he didn't put the other marks on or he just got capped to first class and took the test and made it I can't see that happening in 4 years

So I hurd???

In the Age of Sail and many years after, the Boatswain's Mates performed the floggings of other Sailors if said Sailor did something wrong

Many Able Seamen I've worked with (and even a handful of officers) in the Merchant Marine came from the BM rating. Ships wouldn't get off the dock without a good deck department. I WOULD, however, advise against getting the insignia tattooed behind your ear... 🙄

Hahahahahahahaha! Good luck with that.

BM EQUALS LOW ASFAB score rate ! Real talk !

ONLY strike for this is you like grunt work for your entire life. If you have an education and want higher pay, do something like EMN.

@MM-wr2rd

2 жыл бұрын

Several BM's I knew later became merchant seamen and eventually officers aboard merchant vessels, VERY good wages and quality of life in that sector. Aside from that, BM is useless in the civilian world.

@protonneutron9046

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-wr2rd I'm not talking about civilian jobs. I'm talking about a career in the Navy. Getting a cert at 18 and going straight into Merchants is a better way than detouring through the navy as BM.

Oh this is like the ordinary seaman in merchant marine

@MM-wr2rd

2 жыл бұрын

And able bodied seamen... all the same work. Just far different wage scales...

The job in the Navy with the lowest asvab score requirement.

BMs are like marines with knives

@user-yg2up4lg3r

4 жыл бұрын

No they're not. That has to be one of the most uneducated military statements I've read in my lifetime.

@josephbryan2524

3 жыл бұрын

I like that statement. But bms are more like painters with knives.

What’s the ASVAB requirement for this rate? Also, how hard is it to get this rate?

@mmcookies1796

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t go for BM. You should try and go for a different rate.

@xenobell2475

3 жыл бұрын

www.navycs.com/asvab-test.html

All the hate you hear is from the lazy, don’t listen to the lame ETs ICs OSs and other sitting-in-a-chair rates this is an awesome rate, but very stressful and tiring. Definitely not for everyone, it’s for those who love to embrace the suck, you don’t choose the rate, the rate chooses you.

how is that tattoo at 1:18 approved

Most the hate coming from the lazy undes or people who hate needle gunning in 100 degree weather lol

@johnschmedding278

4 жыл бұрын

Introverted Sailor who tf wants to needle gun in 100 deg weather lol

I was un designated DON'T DO IT

@talonmerrill800

5 жыл бұрын

I’m goin in as BM but thats not the job I wanted, what should I do?

@AoiGP

4 жыл бұрын

@@talonmerrill800 study harder to retake the ASVAB when you're in.

@rodgersphd5701

4 жыл бұрын

What job did you strike I’m undes

I thought the Quartermaster steered the ship?

@Nick-ck2yc

5 жыл бұрын

gcHK47 QM here, the person who literally drives the ship is the helmsman who is usually a undesignated seaman or a BM. Quartermasters will stand QMOW (Quartermaster of the Watch) and will log all ships movement, manage the ships position and give recommendations to the officer of the deck in any danger to the safety of the ship regarding navigation.

@gcHK47

5 жыл бұрын

Nick 9918 Thank you for the information, sailor. Looks like I am another one of Wikipedia’s many victims.

@Nick-ck2yc

5 жыл бұрын

gcHK47 No problem, glad to help.

@taylorroberson8120

5 жыл бұрын

QMs navigate the ship

@katiewright3667

5 жыл бұрын

@@Nick-ck2yc Do you like being a QM or do you feel like you were lied to? Cause I want to be a QM and my recruiters gave me CS so I'm trying to get a DAR for QM.

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Naval punishments 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

tittle of the audio pls

Got offered this and Cs got the bad end of both sticks ugh

All the lazy ones don’t like this job lol

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

Who are you kidding its a crappy job, I was BM on an Aegis Cruiser, on That type of ship it sucked, at least under that command. I am certain its much better on a carrier, but when your undermanned it sucks period.

@AlexLYH

3 жыл бұрын

@@danjoy7385 Couldn't have said it better myself.

@BenS65AMG

2 жыл бұрын

All those fumes must of gotten to you. What's to like? Chipping paint and huffing rust for 6 hours a day, then hump chains and sweep for 3 hours right before you stand watch for 5. I just described an average day, it gets worse.

@ajrhy6243

2 жыл бұрын

@@danjoy7385 Lol. You were just commenting saying if they didn’t make it to BUDS and they came to deck then they never qualified on your high horse but you’re no seal. You’re just as much of a BM but more of a shitbag then I’ve seen from the sounds of it.

@samuelquintero4475

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajrhy6243 dont you got floor to sand?

I wouldn't join while we got these fools in Washington DC now though. I'm former army myself but our leaders have lost there dam minds

Hell nah, this is just as bad as going undesignated.

@AoiGP

4 жыл бұрын

then you must want a job that sits behind a desk then. This is a rewarding job skill.

@kjr4766

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Hard work. A lot of work. Not for people that want to be behind a desk

@kjr4766

4 жыл бұрын

@Rich 91 dont want to put the nukes out of a job so they better not swap

@danjoy7385

3 жыл бұрын

worse

Do yourself a favor. Do not get this job. I worked with some BMs on the Stennis as a cadet and I was dirty sweaty and miserable.

@awbooth44

5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Cihal why is that a problem? BM’s are the backbone of a ship and the oldest rate in the Navy. Just because you were “dirty, sweaty, and tired” doesn’t mean there are people out there who wouldn’t enjoy that job. Sorry how miserable it was for you while you were a cadet spending some days on a boat.

@HunterCihal

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of BMs get tricked into the rate by their recruiters. Perhaps I should have mentioned that.

@Leonx3

5 жыл бұрын

Hunter Cihal true that. The torture is real

@awbooth44

5 жыл бұрын

You realize that most BMs do hard work until they reach 2nd sometimes 3rd class to which they become leaders and are some of the most respected people on the boat because they lead all boat evolutions, know the ship in and out, and are the true meaning of a sailor. There are 3rd class BMs leading more junior sailors than a first class in another rate. Maybe you should understand the rate and respect the rate before you go off and start mouthing off about something you clearly know nothing about, other than your field trip as a “cadet”. As a first class in another rate, I’ve met many BM’s and they are some of the hardest working salty sailors you’ll ever meet. And they also have had quite the careers around the world. Maybe instead of reflecting on how bad you may think this job is, reflect on all that “hard” work you did with them and understand without them the navy wouldn’t be the fighting force it is today. The Navy needs BMs that’s why this video was created. Every sailor counts. Remember that when you wear that “cadet” uniform...

@Leonx3

5 жыл бұрын

Oi, someone is touchy. However I digress, since you are defensive and what should have been a good knock on rates in general that most former's really wont care, and get a few good laughs in, cool down man. You know at heart, after work when shooting the sh!ts, we all knock on one another and have neutral respect among all the rates. Seriously man, we all know how much BMs can do, even the ones that go on to become chiefs and warrant officers. Salty as fu=k, yes. BMs clean, scrap, paint, everything on the ship. We know.

Worst job period.

@wisconsinbadgersfootball3327

Жыл бұрын

Were you a boatswains mate?did you hate it?do you ever regret joining the Navy for this job?