I cannot get over the size of these, it makes our city look so so small..

@rustzz8

Жыл бұрын

The little prop plane is the T-6B Texan used for training pilots.

@denevaflath1397

Жыл бұрын

Shut up!!@

@Milleniumlance

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind each carrier can have a compliment of 5000 personnel, and during desert storm 7 carriers were involved

@craigplatel813

Жыл бұрын

The numbers listed don't all live on the base. If you notice they say reservists, family members etc... Reserves all live off base, many active duty and family do also.

@mastervic6230

Жыл бұрын

I used to work there (Norfolk); those who live off base have to come too early in the morning to beat the traffic coming on base. Depending on how many ships were moored at the time, main working hours would be staggered up to three hours during working days to help alleviate traffic.

The airplanes in the video at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi are the single engine Beech T-6B Texan II and the twin engine Beech T-44C Pegasus. It's a Navy flight training school and these are training aircraft.

@bob_._.

Жыл бұрын

They also showed the T-45 Goshawk, the Navy's jet trainer.

@Patriot-bn9om

Жыл бұрын

@@bob_._. Nice catch. Yes, The Goshawk was there for 2-3 seconds.

@americancracker0078

Жыл бұрын

And I thought these were called Lawn Darts. 🤔

@donaldnevgonhapniv3084

Жыл бұрын

I was going to answer him, but y'all beat me.

@donaldnevgonhapniv3084

Жыл бұрын

And I think he meant the T-45s.

My last day in the Navy, I was just trying to get home at the end of the day and 2 aircraft carriers had just come home from a deployment. It took me 3 hours just to get off base. This was San Diego

I'm always amazed how many people don't know about how large my nations military forces and gear are !! 🤔 Semper Fi ❤🤍💙

@georgemoore9924

11 ай бұрын

They really just don't know that's why Russia and China have to team up to even be closely comparable to us ..and still fall short...uss kitty hawk battle group was enough to take out most countries

@georgedarcy4078

11 ай бұрын

And that's exactly the same reason you have no healthcare, homeless veterans and a rapidly decreasing standard of living 🤣

@preach2em968

11 ай бұрын

Hoo ya destroyers 💙😂

@ronniefarnsworth6465

11 ай бұрын

@@georgedarcy4078 Troll !!

@georgemoore9924

11 ай бұрын

@@georgedarcy4078 this is sadly true as well plus the inequitable pay scales Ceo's making 800 times what their employees do..we should rise up & throttle them but on the plus no one considers invading America...lmao..what country are you in..? You better be glad the USA is an ally bcuz it also protects you from your more avaricious aggressive nieghbors like Russia still trying to colonize others & China potentially..

Bear in mind that #4 Navy Base San Diego and #9 Navy Base Coronado are separated by only about four miles. It didn't make the list, but another two miles away is Navy Base Point Loma (home of the 3rd fleet). Ten miles away is Miramar (Top Gun), which switched from Navy to Marines a while back.

@primitivestudio1

11 ай бұрын

for me Naval Base San Diego, Coranado and Point Loma to me are all one base. When I do work, I go between all three sections, often in same afternoon.

My cousin is a civilian nuclear engineer for the Navy (works on dry docks for maintenance on nuclear powered vessels). It's pretty interesting how little he can actually talk about what he does on them.

Mike Rowe did a great series on the Aircraft carrier where he stayed on board and did different jobs for his "Somebody's got to do it" show. "Smarter Every Day's" Destin did a excellent series on a sub.

I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in 1980. We were in the "new" section. I got to wander the base and visited the "old" barracks where sailors stayed during WW!!. The feeling was incredible to see this part of history.

@salvadorvizcarra769

Жыл бұрын

Propaganda, but NOT History, has led us to believe that the Empire of Japan began its territorial expansion in the 1930’s, invading China, creating the puppet State of Manchukuo and “Provoking” the war with the Western Powers. But, Was this really, how events happened? Did Japan invade China and South East Asia? It seems so. However, the Propaganda does NOT say that for centuries, all Asia was invaded by Western Powers. England occupied India, Burma (Myanmar); Singapore, Malaysia and China (Hong Kong, Nanking, Shanghai, etc). France dominated all Indochina. The Netherlands intervened by the Force of its Arms, to all of Indonesia. And Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and of course, also the United States were in South East Asia cuz, for example this country, the US, occupied the Philippines since 1898. (Spanish-American War). Thus the panorama in the 30's, the Empire of Japan, when defeating to the Tsarist Russian Empire, it also decided to "Grow" by invading its neighbors. In those years, all European nations had colonies in Africa, India, the Middle East, Asia and America. (England came to occupy almost ¼ part of the planet). For its part, the US, in 113 years of existence as a nation in those years, had "Grown" 711 the size of its territory from its original 13 colonies. Now is the picture clear? Japan for its part, had fought on the side of the winners in World War I (1914-1918), and they, the Japanese, not awarded any "Gain". The western victors of WWI divided the world. Japan was excluded. Thus, Japan's motives for attacking and expanding as the Europeans and the US did seem clearer, right? Then they, the Japanese, attacked China in 30’s, which was occupied by 6 Western Powers for almost a century. None of the Western Powers occupying China at this time, OPPOSED or fought Japan for Invading China. NONE! Then, 11 years later after having occupied the territory of China and coexisted without any problem with the Western Powers within China, they, the Japanese, attacked Hawaii, which in turn, this Island had been occupied and annexed by the US in 1898. (In 1900-01, Hawaii became US territory and Hawaii ceased to be an independent nation after more than 630 years of sovereignty. By the time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States had just completed the 40th anniversary of the military occupation and annexation of Hawaii). They, the Japanese, attacked Singapore, which was then a Colony of England. They, the Japanese, attacked the Philippines, which were occupied by the US and whose Gov’r, Douglas MacArthur reined as Emperor. Yup… Truly like an Absolute Autocrat. Therefore, the Japanese did NOT attack (In the 40’s), Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Timor, the Philippines, etc. In reality, the Japanese attacked England, France, Belgium, Holland, the US, etc. That is, the Japanese attacked the Western Powers invading all of Asia. That is the verifiable truth. But, Propaganda has made us believe that the good guys were us, the US. And of course… Nanking was a horrendous Genocide committed by Japan, but, it was no more horrendous than the 12 Genocides committed by the United States in his History and all over the world. Nor was it less horrendous than the Genocide committed by King Leopold II of Belgium, in Central Africa. Nor was Nanking more or less horrendous than the Genocides that the British Empire committed in America, Africa, Australia, Middle East, India and also in China too. In the Philippines (1898-1902), the US Army produced a Genocide of One Million people dead. And now, the Japanese are our friends and allies... Yup… But, to fight against China, AGAIN!!! Well… No More. No More British Malaya nor British Borneo nor British wherever. No More French Indochina. No more Dutch Indies. No More Portugese Domains. No More US Domain here. Asia is for Asians and “The China Sea” belongs to CHINA. Westerns powers have nothing to do in Asia.

@webbtrekker534

Жыл бұрын

I was stationed at Pearl from 1966 to 1968 at the Sub Base. Never really got onto the bigger part of the Base. We had everything we needed on the Sub Base. Those were the days before the bridge was built out to Ford Island. We had to circle the island numerous times waiting for our slip to be readied. We rendered honors to the Arizona each time we passed.

@bamfordsteele555

Жыл бұрын

My brother was stationed on the USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) homeported at Pearl Harbor circa 1980.

@HalfUnder

Жыл бұрын

My old man was stationed at Camp Smith from 99-01 and we were living on Hickam in one of the houses that was there during the attack on Pearl. Was made even freakier because they were filming Pearl Harbor while we were there lol.

@mofopopo437

Жыл бұрын

My old man was stationed at schofield barricks in wahiawa Hi in 1980-85, he offended work on ford island at Pearl. Miss those earlier morning company runs throughout the base and cadence chant that woke you up.

Fun fact about Norfolk Naval Base. My husband was an active duty naval officer for almost 30 years. We were stationed in Norfolk many times. Every Christmas the ships decorate the exterior of their ships with electric Christmas lights and families tour the piers in their cars with their kids to see the Christmas lights. We always brought hot chocolate in mugs and buttered popcorn.

I was stationed at Norfolk, VA on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 and I can confirm that base is MASSIVE. We were docked there for a time before we went into a drydock for a major overhaul. When that happens the ship was in Newport News Shipyards which I think at the time had the largest crane in the world, it was beyond huge. My ship alone had over 5 thousand people on it, so I knew that Norfolk had allot of people based there.

@garycamara9955

Жыл бұрын

The Ticonderoga had 3,000 ships company plus 13 squadrons. Tico was the smallest CVA in the fleet, we were also the flagship for the 7th fleet. Never went on water hours. The Midway had to remove her mast to get under the Golden Gate.

@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666

Жыл бұрын

Shit small world I was at Norfolk to lol I was on the uss Helena sun 725

@shawnadams1460

Жыл бұрын

@@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666 Yes it is!! Sub, nice. I always envied the submariners food man....carrier food was like being stuck at a run down Denny's 24/7...lol

@douglasiles2024

Жыл бұрын

My dad served on Ike twice, as Commo. He retired off of her in 93'. I grew up on NAB Little Creek, so I know that whole area well.

@nikkidalyeeveetrainer3666

Жыл бұрын

@@shawnadams1460 lol yeah when are stores ran low tho the food takes a sharp donward spiral lol :P also with ur run downed dennies still better food than the army :P

I was stationed in Norfolk on the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) the ship is massive and I have been tied up with at least 2 other super carriers several times. All of this on just a tiny corner of the base map.

My husband was assigned to the Jacksonville base for a while in the Vietnam era. Then he was moved to the base in San Diego, then to Mayport. He served on the Enterprise. It was interesting that many countries would not allow them to enter their ports because they were nuclear powered. Tasmania allowed them to enter, first time since the II World War.

@garycamara9955

Жыл бұрын

The Ticonderoga and the Midway were oil burners. We actually got into Singapore, Hong Kong, and Yakasuka, also Hawaii. We were near the Arizona.

I was an Australian Engineer Corp sapper during the Vietnam War. I went to Camh Ranh Bay in 1970. They had over 50 000 military personnel. That was more than the entire Australian Army, then and certainly way more today.

Regarding the red planes at Corpus Christi NAS, they are trainers. You can tell a training aircraft by the angle of the wings. Trainer aircraft wings are basically at 90-degree angles to the fuselage and combat aircraft have swept back wings.

I worked for an inventory or audit company which had me traveling a lot. I've been to 40 of the States to count commissaries. The job took me overseas for months at a time. So I've been to a Lot of American or joint ops bases around the world. So many, so impressive.

I was a part of the US Navy and was stationed in San Diego in the early 90's. It's a big base and to think it's fourth is pretty amazing.

@strykrpinoy

11 ай бұрын

Because it isn't its 2nd, the person who made the video was wildly inaccurate. The fact that he left off Yokosuka NB in Japan is also interesting considering its where the 7th Fleet is and that base has 20k personnel on it at least nd has a Carrier Strike group forward deployed as well.

I was stationed at NAS North Island. I love it there in Coronado & loved my time on the USS Constellation CV-64.

I served at Norfolk for 4 years. Didn’t have to go off base for anything. It was great. Did some time in Jacksonville as well.

My wife served and I worked at 32nd St Naval Station in San Diego in the '80s. We loved it out west but I'm glad to be back in the south where I belong.

Hello from Jacksonville FL.. I grew up as a navy brat. My dad was stationed at Norfolk Naval Base for many years. We moved to FL when he retired. Jump ahead, Im now retired Army Special forces, but working for the Navy at Naval air station Jacksonville and Naval station Mayport here in Jacksonville. I enjoy you channel. I've been subscribed for a good while. Keep up the good work.

A note on Naval Base Coronado, the two tall rounded hangers at North Island Naval Air Station were originally built to house Seaplanes in 1941

Aloha @JonoGrahamReacts! I came to this video from your Biggest Naval Ships video. FYI: @4:28 (pause clip), you can see the hospital ship on the right side (you were surprised to learn about it in your video). I remember being in absolute awe of it's size the first time I saw it (2nd in the AWE-impression-scale to the USS Nimitz, as seen from standing directly below it) 🤙

#4 - San Diego and #9 - Coronado are directly across from one another, separated by a bridge.

My dad was station at naval base San Diego and it was incredible there. They have a couple naval ships that are museums there

The small planes at Corpus Christi with the single propeller in the front are called a T-6 Texan II - they are an initial plane that pilots train on when they first learn to fly.

What's great is about Cornado is that it's directly across from Naval Base San diego.

I've been to the Norfolk base a few times, years ago, to pick up a friend's BF. And I went to Ft. Bragg for my cousin's funeral. 🥺 They were very good to my family when that all happened, even if it was because of my Colonel grandad, and General uncle...it was still appreciated. My grandad was career Army, so my dad and aunts and uncles were all born on bases, one being born in Germany. Funny story, my dad is the youngest of six children, and his middle name is the name of the road the base hospital was on, because my grandmother had run out of name ideas by then. She had first a girl, then a boy, then a girl, then a boy, then a girl, then my dad. 😂

20 years US Navy. Stationed on 3 ships based out of San Diego 32nd St. Naval Base. What they didn’t mention is that (I believe it was) #4 San Diego and #9 Coronado are just across the bay from each other. In fact, Coronado bases the aircraft carriers out of San Diego and 32nd st bases the Destroyers, Cruisers, support vessels and (now) the LCS’s (used to have the frigates). The Subs are out of Point Loma. If you look at a map of the San Diego area you will see Coronado island right across the Coronado bridge from downtown San Diego, the ship yards, and into 32nd St. Naval Base.

Ive been on one, even had a15 minute konversation with the boss, Admiral I think it was. What struck me most was not the deck, but the floor underneath. Theres footballfields there with stuff. And MASSIVE elevators! Absolutly bonkers. In a good way. :)

I'm USAF vet. So with some friendly jabs my vet buddies.. Navy is freaking huge. Nice vid

I have friends in the navy, and was able to take a tour of the "Ike" ; it was truly massive. Though i was not permitted on ut i was able to observe the flight deck which was longer than the street i grew up on.

The Naval Station San Diego and NAS North Island in Coronado are just across the bay from each other as well as the Sub Base and several other installations in San Diego California and Just up the freeway is Camp Pendalton Marine Corps base and Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Making the San Diego Region essentially a huge military town. BTW Carriers are enormous several full court basketball games can be held simultaneously in the hanger deck just below the flight. An older and smaller retired carrier (USS Midway) is a floating museum in San Diego and holds daily tours all year.

Seeing one of these carriers move is the most amazing experience. I don’t know of anything to compare.

The funny part is that NS Norfolk is only one of several major naval installations in SE Virginia. There are two shipyards (one owned by the Navy the other privately own but build aircraft carriers) that each have 20k+ employees.

Coronado is right next to San Diego so even though they're functionally two separate bases, they look like one huge base.

A very good video about the workings of Carriers is: "Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work". Great reactions!! I even go back and watch some again. Think about this, Manning one (1) Aircraft Carrier would take a quarter of your city.

I was stationed in san Diego from 85 to 89...great place to be stationed back in those days

I was on 3 of those monster subs at the Kitsap base. They each pack enough firepower to utterly destroy a small country, and we have about eight of them on constant alert patrol, ready to launch in about the time it takes to go get lunch at a McDonalds drive-thru window.

The Navel base San Diego and Coronado are basically next to each other, the thing about the video you were watching is based on population including family members. However there's so much more if you look at where the actual ship's are involved, especially when you consider that with all the current actual active ship's, and then all the ship's and Aircraft that can be reactivated within 72 hours to say 90 days and up to 180 days, it's probably close to 5 time's greater than the current amount of active ship's and Aircraft. Just because they are mothballed does not mean that they are not useful, it's just that they are not necessary right now.

I took a full tour of the smallest USS Saratoga aircraft carrier, you mind really cant grasp how big they are until your standing on the flight deck. Massive

NAS Patuxent River hosts the Navy Test Pilot School and multiple flight test squadrons. There’s just about every current type of Navy aircraft flying out of the base, and the school regularly brings in unusual aircraft for the students to practice on.

Those planes at NAS Corpus Christi are 2 of the five training planes they use. Single trubo prop would be the T-6B Texan (cool little planes) and the daul prop would be the T-44A Pegasus.

In downtown San Diego California the USS Midway Museum is a retired aircraft carrier that is open to the public on a permanent basis

I live near the Ohio River in Indiana, few years ago, the only remaining operational LST 525, from ww2, i may be wrong on the numbers, came up and docked for tours near me. I went on the tour and it was the most awe inspiring, spiritual, eery, emotional feelings ive experienced, only other time was standing in front of the Vietnam Memorial Wall that travels around. The crews sleeping courters were the eeriest feelings of anyplace on the ship. That ship was huge, but looks tiny compared to some of these. If anyone gets a chance to tour the LSt, i highly recommend it. They even shot off the guns as they were leaving.

Makes me so proud to be an American. ❤️🇺🇲

NS Kitsap is just across Puget Sound from Seattle. When you take the ferry from Seattle it docks right next door to the Base. This is also where old nuclear submarines and ships are taken to be cut up when they are decommissioned. The Bangor Base component is about 10 or so miles further north on Hood Canal.

1:44 The reason that Navies have most of their crew on deck like this was to show the people on land they were coming in peace. It shows that the crew are not at their gun ports getting ready to fire the guns .

Warner Springs is about 6 hours away from NORIS but 32rd street is just across the bay.

I was actually stationed on a US aircraft carrier for 8 years. Yes they are huge and yes they are like floating cities.

The funny thing that they don't mention in this video is how close some of these bases are to each other and how many others are close to them. San Diego and Coronado are VERY close to each other. There is also a Marine Corps training base very close to those.

NAS Willow Grove ( North of Philadelphia, Pa.) was a 'joint base' long before Ft. Worth. We had, for the Navy: 2 P-3 sqdrns. - a C-9 sqdrns. - 3 helo sqdrns ( light, medium & heavy ). The Army had 2 helo units - the Marines had fixed wing and helo sqdrns - the Air Force had A-10's and C-130 sqdrns. I was there in '88 -'89 at the Medical Clinic (TAD from Nav. Hospital Philly ). I was the only 'regular' on a base full of reservists. The Navy called full-time reservists TARs - Training Active Reservists.

Right across the harbor from San Diego Naval base is Point Loma Submarine base. Just north of San Diego is Miramar Air base, home of Top Gun. I think it belongs to the Marines now. There is also Balboa naval Hospital in down town San Diego. Coronado is also in San Diego and is the home of the Seal Training center. All together the San Diego area has a massive naval presence in the area.

I live in Virginia.. not far from Norfolk. The base is huge!😊 Sometimes you can hear the sonic boom of jets when you are at Virginia beach...

At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the grandstand seats nearly 250,000 people. With people in the infield, there can be over 400,000 people attending a race.

If you get to the US at the right time of year go to Portland Oregon for the Rose Festival. They have Navy vessels that you can go on and tour plus the food scene is INCREDIBLE

Joint Base Fort Worth was Carswell Air Force Base, 7th Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command. The Convair B36 was built at the Convair plant co-located with the base. I was in the 7th Security Police Squadron working as an aircraft and weapons sentry. BTW - The movie Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart was filmed in part there. At the time Jimmy Stewart was playing an Air Force Lt. Colonel while, in fact, he was a colonel at the time.

At some of the naval bases, there are harbor tours that private companies do. Of course, the navy doesnt let them get real close. The tour boats are double decker and id estimate could carry 200+ passengers. Going past those navy carriers, the tour boat seemed like a speck of dust next to a mountain. Yes, this video shows the massive deck and runway of the carriers. But looking up from the tour boat made the carriers look like skyscrapers! So massive! And that was only one of several in dock at the time.

Before we had to move from Corpus Christi, Texas (born and raised there) my husband and I lived in Flour Bluff which is outside of Corpus Christi on the way to the beach at Padre Island. Due to the pilot training there operations called Touch and Go (land and take off immediately after touching ground) took place all the time over our house. You get used to it. I mentioned on another post that since you’re landing in Austin you should check out Corpus and Padre Island. The beach itself is mostly undeveloped and you can drive on it.

When talking about San Diego they didn't mention it also has a submarine base, it sits right below the Fort Rosecrans national cemetery in Point Loma. Navel station Coronado might as well be considered part of the San Diego navel base since you can almost spit from one to the other.

There are a few videos on YT you might like on the US Mothball fleet, US Navy reserve fleet. Not many have reacted to it. The USN has far more ships just many are in mothballs or abandoned in places like California.

During the American Civil War, City Point was the headquarters of General Ulysses S. Grant during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864 and 1865. To serve the Union army, two huge military installations were built-a supply depot and the Depot Field Hospital. During that siege, City Point was one of the busiest ports in the world. My husband was based in Groton CT Sub Base and where submarines are built. And then at Mare Island near San Fransisco and Pearl Harbor HI

Hi, Jono. Although I was an American paratrooper stationed at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, my family and I went and toured the USS North Carolina (SSN 777). It is moored in Wilmington, NC. on the Cape Fear River. I think you can Google any of our Navy ships and you'll get a pretty good look see at what we have. Good luck.

I was stationed on USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN71,whose home port was Norfolk. Norfolk naval base also is an air station for navy aircraft, known as NAS... The Roosevelt is almost1200 feet long, it's flight deck is four and a half acres, with a crew of just over 3000 while in port{ I live in Reynolds County, Missouri with a population of just over 3ooo,meaning everyone in my county can live comfortably on that ship) At sea, the ship takes on the airwing and it's personel bringing the total number up to 6000 crewmembers

@toemblem

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They moved the "Big Stick" to San Diego a few years ago. Speak softly and carry a nuclear powered Nimitz class aircraft carrier. Big Stick sailors are proud of their ship.

I served on three Aircraft Carriers & yes they are HUGE

#9 was by 57,000 acres, whereas the next largest was 6,400 acres. That is mind blowing big!

The view from my dock is the ships at Norfolk. We also have the some of the largest shipyards here as well.

Remember these where the top ten according to population, not physical size or number of equipment (shios, planes, etc.)

pier 12 was my home for a couple of years at Norfolk and then San Diego for a while back in the day. winter in Norfolk was brutal walking down that pier into the wind trying to sober up before work lol.

You can see the white observatory building and dock in the water around the USS Arizona. An observatory and basically monuments for the WWII ships that are still sunk there, when Japan attacked. Most of those who died inside those ships, are still in them. They've been declared mass graves.

Probably the best video out there on the Aircraft Carrier would be on the NAVY Productions channel and is called: City At Sea: Life Inside the World's Largest US Navy Aircraft Carrier. It is a 37 minute film. That channel has several other great navel vessel videos that go in depth as well.

When you fly into Austin, TX, the airport was formally Bergstrom Air Force Base with B-52's. In Corpus Christi, the aircraft carrier from WW II, the USS Lexington is a floating museum. In Galveston they have the WW II submarine USS Cavalla which sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku. Also on display is the Destroyer Escort USS Stewart. Near Houston is the WW I Battleship USS Texas, currently in dry dock for repairs, upkeep, and painting. It's right next to the San Jacinto Monument where Sam Houston and the Texan army defeated Mexican General Santa Ana to gain Texas independence from Mexico. I am from Austin and was a Comm Officer in the Amphibious Navy during Vietnam. We were based out of Coronado across the bay from the San Diego Navy Base. By the way, Navy Seals are trained right across the highway from the Coronado Amphib Base. Finally, about 90 miles west of Austin in Fredericksburg, the hometown of Admiral Nimitz, is the Museum of the War in the Pacific which is MUST if you get that close. Beautiful countryside and great displays of real WW II airplanes, tanks, AA guns, torpedo tubes, and a partially submerged submarine in the landscape. Tickets were for a two day pass so you could see everything. Also there is the midget Japanese sub that ran ashore during the Pearl Harbor attack.

Duval County Jacksonville Florida - I was born there and lived there until I was 11 years old, I'd forgotten about NAS Jacksonville until watching this, I used to live not far from the base. Good times!

My grandfather, was a part of repairing some of the salvageable, ships from Pearl Harbor. At the Kitsap, in"42".

Some bases have tour days where you can go aboard an aircraft carrier or others, in San Diego they have an old aircraft carrier as a museum piece the USS Midway, it's no where near as big as a super carrier but it's still good sized. My daughter and I spent 2 hours walking around in it after getting back from a champagne brunch cruise a bit tipsy(Hornblower cruise, very awesome). You should come here but be sure to check with locals to the areas you plan to visit so you know what areas to stay out of, the US is safe most places but not everywhere and someone not knowing where to stay out of could find themselves in trouble, in fact I would hook up with subscribers or patreon members to get personal guided tours if possible.

That aircraft was a T-45A Goshawk trainer. It's the current advanced jet trainer used by the U.S. Navy.

@rustzz8

Жыл бұрын

I think he was talking about to prop plane which is the T-6B Texan.

I worked at the Norfolk Naval base.. it was a mile walk from where I parked to where I worked... That was a good day

The USS Lexington is in Corpus Christi, Tx. You can tour it, it's a museum now. Don't know where you'll be in Tx when you go but it could be a stop for you while you're there.

Those small red and white propeller planes are training planes. It is what they start off in when they are learning to fly.

i spent some time at Pax river testing the V-22 Osprey in the 90s. it was the first time i was threatened to be shot if i took a wrong turn.

Canadian here....Glad our American neighbour does this....and this is just Naval Bases top 10.....always loved the comment I have seen many times....USA has the largest air force in the world...the second largest air force is the US Navy...thanks America..much respect

I love my city of San Diego and we love our military!!!

@salvadorvizcarra769

Жыл бұрын

"In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada, 1983. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides and 9 Massacres, ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti. (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-2001). In the Philippines. (1898-1902. Genocide. One Million people dead). In Hawaii. (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba. (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island Guam and Island Wake (1898-1899 and 1902-1905). In Island of Samoa. (1898-1899). In Puerto Rico. (1898-1902 to 2023 LOL). In Colombia. (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico. (1836 and 1847, and 1859-1861 “Cortina Wars”. And 1875 "Las Cuevas War”. And 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916-1917 against “Pancho Villa”). In Russia. (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras. (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela. (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru. (1948 and 1967). In China. (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan. (1951-1952). In Korea. (1871 and 1950-1953). In Iran. (1953). Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. (Massacre). In Vietnam. (1959-1975. Massacre and Genocide.). In Albania. (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama. (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil. (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala. (1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup against Patrice Lumumba and Intervention in Republic of the Congo. (Massacre. 1960- 1961). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece. (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia. (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). The “Bombing of Laos”. (1971-1973). Terror in Uruguay. Support for the regime of Juan María Bordaberry. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Attack on Cambodia. (Kampuchea. 1975). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua. (1928-1932 against Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1984-1987 and again 1995). Coup in Chile against Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Armed conflict between the Saharawi Arab Republic and between Morocco. (1976-2002). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). Military assistance to the rebels of Yemen and Oman. (1978-1979). Military assistance in El Salvador, special operations. (Genocide. 1980-1992). Military assistance to Iraq. (1983-1990). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (More than half a million deaths in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge of Pol Pot. (Genocide 1980-1982). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). Intervention in Grenada (1983). Here, in Grenada, the US Rangers attack lasted 6 hours, since the tiny Island has no Army, no Navy nor Air Force. The Ranges fought against 287 fearsome Police Officers. Actually, half of these Cops, cuz the other half had not yet come to work the afternoon shift. LOL. In Chad. (1982-1986 and 2007). In Egypt, in the “Arab Spring” (2010-2012). Coup in Equatorial Guinea. (Massacre. 1994-1997-2007 and 2021). Coup in Peru against Pedro Castillo. (2022-2023). In Bosnia. (1994-1995 and 2006)... In Libya, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Oman, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Eritrea, Jordan, in Kosovo, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. And… Oh! Yeah: In Ukraine...

I live in Jacksonville, Fl. NAS Jacksonville (53,600) and NS Mayport (34,300) are both here in the same town, and NSB Kings Bay (15,000) is about half an hour away. We used to have NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville as well, but it closed and became an industrial park in 1999. It was the biggest base in the area, much larger than NAS Jacksonville. Needless to say, we are a big military town.

We are a military town with Ft. Carson Army Base, NORAD, Shriver Air Force Base and the Air Force Academy and we only have about 1/2 a million people total in the area.

There are countless videos of US Naval ships, tactics, and encounters. One of the most technical is a web site called "sub brief" hosted by a former submariner. His site is oriented to submarines but he also includes all sorts of information on Navy developments, problems, deployments, etc. Also the KZread channel "Sandbox" covers very detailed analyses of Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and advanced development programs. Also Ward Carroll's website covers Naval aviation issues, but focuses on the F-14 in which he was a RIO for his career. He has great insights and tactics. In fact, KZread has countless videos on Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard capabilities.

My first enlistment I was stationed at goose creek weapons station, part of Charleston navy base which closed in 1996. My second enlistment I was at Nas Miramar top gun ( now a marine airbase) then went on to a ship out of Newport R. I..

Having grown up the son of a 34 year Navy veteran, spending the first 16 years of my life living on a base, these bases are indeed their own cities/communities. I lived on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. We had our own grocery store (called the Commisary on Navy bases), general goods store (the Navy Exchange), tennis courts, bowling alley, gymnasium, mini-golf course, movie theater, swimming pools, gas stations, library, church, medical clinic, golf course, hotel (the Navy Lodge), beaches, and more. I even played Little League baseball on the base for several years. The area/region where Naval Station Norfolk is located has probably the largest concentration of military bases anywhere in the world. The other bases in that area are Naval Air Station Oceana, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Naval Regional Medical Center Portsmouth (where I was born), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Fleet Training Center Dam Neck, Fort Story, Fort Eustis, Fort Monroe (now deactivated and designated as a historical landmark), Naval Station Northwest Annex, Naval Airfield Fentress, the Armed Forces Staff College, Cheatham Annex Naval Base, Marine Corps base Camp Elmore, Langley Air Force Base, and approximately 5 bases for the United States Coast Guard, including the headquarters for the 5th Coast Guard District.

In Corpus Chrity TX the Navy shares a base with the National gaurd and the U.S Coast Gaurd so the little planes with the orange/Red stripe is most likely coastguard search and rescue

29 stumps CA Marne Coorp Base is big. The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base. The base covers a total area of 596,288 acres (931.7 sq mi). It spans 998 acres and is similar in size to the state of Rhode Island. The base has a population of over 28,000, including 12,500 active duty, 24,000 family members, and another 21,000 DoD/Contractors.

T-6 Texans are the prop training planes and the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk are the trainer for those able to go the jet direction. I was stationed on the San Diego strand, Naval Base San Diego, and ACU5 up toward Camp Pendleton/Oceanside. Now I'm a contractor on North Island and I have to admit...it's a dump :D

I have been on NAS Jax, Naval Station San Diego, Pearl, NAS Cecil Field ( now closed ) NAS Mirmar and Naval Base Mayport in Florida. I was never in the service but my uncle was so as kid I would spend lot of summers with them.

getting on an active ship would be pretty difficult to do but there are many museum ship around the us

Another fun thing to note: in the Top 10 Ranking of Military Airforces by number of Aircraft the US takes up 4 spots 01. United States Air Force - 5,217 02. United States Army Aviation - 4,409 03. Russian Air Force - 3,863 04. United States Navy - 2,464 05. People's Liberation Army Air Force (China) - 1,991 06. Indian Air Force - 1,715 07. United States Marine Corps - 1,157 08. Egyptian Air Force - 1,062 09. Korean People's Army Air Force (North Korea) - 946 10. South Korean Air Force - 898 however North Korea is pretty much just old soviet legacy stuff. most of it not able to fly.

@grumblesa10

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..so like the Russian AF then?

@Sauce_Sensei

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@@grumblesa10nahhh the Ruskies just like to add an extra digit when taking inventory of their aircraft and tanks😂

@kellywiewall4928

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Have you done any subtraction with the Russian Air Force

@MrSirwolf2001

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@@grumblesa10 That, or the Chinese "knock off" crap. The Chinese were well known for stopping the old Soviet train cars enroute to N. Korea and swapping the superior Soviet parts for the Chinese versions or even just outright steal the Soviet made parts. Mig Radios and Radar units were common thefts and/or substitutions. Ammunition was another.

@MrZcar350

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@@MrSirwolf2001 that behind the Russia-Korea Friendship Bridge, a direct rail link across the North Korea/Russian border?

I was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro back in 1973. It is gone now but there is a KZread video about it.

I use to work on the Dallas fort worth military base for a few years. And that's a huge base and these make it look small compared to these.

The propeller planes are T-6b Texan II's, a tandem seat trainer to teach future pilots basic aviation skills. Essentially, how to fly a plane. Once the trainee pilot advances to flying jets, the basic trainer at the present is the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk, which was based on a British Aerospace design. It's used to teach how to fly jets. It's currently being considered for replacement with two designs vying for the contract, the Boeing T-7A trainer and the BAE Advanced Jet Trainer. Lockheed-Martin is teaming up with Korean Aerospace Industries to produce the T50-A. It's possible the Navy and the Air Force may choose different aircraft to replace the current T-45's.

NAS Corpus Christi has T6 Texan II as primary trainers, Beech T44 KingAir for multi engine intermediate and T45 Goshawk for intermediate and advance jet training

Naval Station Norfolk isn't the only military zone in the Hampton Roads area. There's also Naval Air Station Oceana in Va Beach. You wondered about a shipyard. Well for here in VA, that's the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA.

Dry docked at, birth shifted to, and separated naval service from Naval Station Norfolk from Mayport FL. USS Leyte Gulf CG-55 (the naval vessel seen in the background of the bodybuilders/burpees in the surf scene from "GI Jane"). Served at #7 and 1.

What is manning the rails in the Navy? Manning the rail - Wikipedia Manning the rail is a method of saluting (or rendering honors) used by naval vessels. The custom evolved from that of "manning the yards", which dates from the days of sail.

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