If you enjoyed this jam, make sure to check out the voice over linked below, where I break down all the details and highlight some details that you may have missed! kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6ispcuboaa7ito.htmlsi=bRLVJUhBPX1aV3SP If that piqued your interest, make sure to watch this jam, specifically the shooter and deck edge operator interview from the flight deck at the very end for a rare look inside the deck edge operator hatch. kzread.info/dash/bejne/kY2Jt7mYide7lpc.htmlsi=GhdiXt9THupeBq7n

@harry..flashman

8 күн бұрын

Great footage thanks

I was a Shooter on CVN-74 The Mighty Stennis from 2001-2003 OEF. Long at-sea periods. I swear I could smell the exhaust watching this video. Oddly, I feel like I could walk out onto a flight deck and start launching immediately. That shit got BAKED into my brain. Pail, thanks for highlighting this under appreciated and not well understood job that most Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers have to do in their career.

@michaelm9623

2 ай бұрын

Is this a job an enlistee could aspire to? Someone could enlist in the Navy to be a shooter or other launch job?

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

No, this is an Officer job. Watch my sunset catapult VO, there is an enlisted almost equivalent.

@Vicarium

2 ай бұрын

@michaelm9623 An enlisted AB-E could train to be whats called a Topside PO. They're on the flight deck during bubble ops as an additional set of eyes and supervision of the other junior enlisted. The bubble is a chamber that is stowed below deck and lifted to just above deck height during flight ops...it's like a 2-person tank with the catapult monitoring and launch instruments. Being a Shooter isn't just an Offiers job, it's brown shoe only...

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

👍🏼

@bobburk3

2 ай бұрын

I was in the Air Force and worked out on the flightline as a fuel system mechanic. I know what you mean about the smell of JP-4 burning. I always liked the smell. Still recognize it when we are at the airport sometimes and the wind is blowing in the right direction.

Every time a plane took off, I heard in Growlers voice ‘Fly Navy!’

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

😂

@rickwilliamson9248

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if any of the trainees have learned the 'Signature Move.'

@jddress5054

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowlerJams Except for the Marine planes.

@SuperReasonable

2 ай бұрын

But no signature move…

@JulesUS8386

2 ай бұрын

I would have been yelling holy s**t

Its like these jets just spawn out of nowhere one after the other lol. Such an efficient operation that you don't even notice them taxing up! Amazing.

I have a burnt in memory of my carquals as an advanced jet student flying an F-9 Cougar off the USS Intrepid in 1969. (The same week at the moon landing.) I had just completed a touch & go or bolter and heard a radio scream: "Rotate! Aircraft off the angle deck, Rotate!" What that meant or to whom it was directed was somehow not immediately clear. But I recall glancing to my right and looking up at the aircraft and crew on the bow catapults! Oh, he means me, as I made a remarkably gentle pullup. That evening everyone on deck and in the pattern commented how at the first "Rotate!" call the entire traffic pattern rose about 500 feet!. Thanks for your posts, photography and informative comments. Always enjoyable. Fly Navy!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Wow!

@jkaposi

2 ай бұрын

I remember reading an anecdote in the HOOK mag years ago. Went something like 'Aircraft off the cat you are on fire EJECT!! 3 or 4 crews on deck ejected at the one time. Would have been something to see.

@alphakky

2 ай бұрын

Are there even any videos like this from France, or even (shudder) China?

@jkaposi

2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure you can google/youtube French carrier ops.@@alphakky

@c4fishfood

2 ай бұрын

That was a well told story, you should be a writer. I would like to read more!

My father (22 years in Royal Navy) used to say the flight deck was the most dangerous place on the planet. You see these guys launching the aircraft while there are bolters blasting by just a few yards away and yes, I would say he's right. So much kinetic energy and potential for mistakes, which makes it so great to see how the next crew get trained. Wonderful video. Thank you!

@victorglaviano

Ай бұрын

It is, coordinated chaos!

Loved how the trainee on Cat LAUNCH 3 was reminded to not just go by routine, but to actually verify the ready signals. Excellent reminder.

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Nice catch!

@joenewman6494

2 ай бұрын

Yes I noticed that too🤣

@jkaposi

2 ай бұрын

Cat3 not even used in the video, i'm guessing you mean cat2?

@Vicarium

2 ай бұрын

Bow CATs only...3rd launch of the video on CAT 2

@tylindsey19

2 ай бұрын

​@@jkaposiCheckout his chapter titles.

Pail's previous voiceover explaining every step made it so enjoyable to watch this and know what I was seeing!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@grdutton

2 ай бұрын

Indeed! Much less interesting without.

@lisamaranto353

2 ай бұрын

I will never forget the first time I saw a white & orange fighter go screaming overhead! My knees were weak & certain parts got damp! I spent a while on Google trying to figure out what I had just seen…too fast to process anything but the colors. I still get tingles over that! Fly Navy

@ewthmatth

2 ай бұрын

Who? Link?

@GlamorganManor

2 ай бұрын

Pail is the pilot and owner of the Growler Jams channel. He pinned a post of his with the link to the voiceover shooter video. @@ewthmatth

I'm a mere clerk in the Gift Shop and the Midshipmen Store at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and I couldn't be prouder when I remember that all profits go to supporting The BrIgade of Midshipmen. My Dad was a Lieutenant JG in WWII - though not an Academy Grad or a career officer - and I know that he's very happy and proud of that.

@semosancus5506

Ай бұрын

My son is there now! Going NSW or Pilot!

I missed the smooth-as-silk voice-over, at first, but realized I already knew what I was watching. Nicely done! Fly Navy!!

@davidsilvera7436

2 ай бұрын

He took off the training wheels. We're all ready to watch on our own without his voice overs. lol

That was a great 14 minutes in my morning! Inspiring watching professionals teaching professionalism. I wish I'd enlisted. Fly Navy!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Fly Navy!

NZer here - great video! The students may have been nervous but they all seemed to do great take-offs! My father was in the Royal New Zealand Navy during WWII (as a radio/comms operator IIRC). Just like him, I have a huge love for (and respect for) the sea. I love ships and boats - gooooo *NAVY!*

1. "The Navy calls them aviators. They say they're better than pilots." --Tom Wolf, The Right Stuff 2. Pete Conrad described landing on a carrier like landing on a postage stamp pitching in the ocean.

@stevenlarratt3638

2 ай бұрын

A controlled crash landing onto a postage stamp...

@stevecollins9650

2 ай бұрын

Not a pilot but i'd lovet he chance to land a jet on a carrier, at least once. I'd totally settle for a simulator ;)

@onemercilessming1342

2 ай бұрын

@@stevecollins9650 There are simulator games online

@victorglaviano

Ай бұрын

Aviators fly fighting aircraft in the Navy... Pilots help ships navigate restricted waterways while entering ports!

@onemercilessming1342

Ай бұрын

@@victorglaviano Proving that aviators are better than pilots, since aviators don't guide ships into bridge pilings in Maryland. For a delightful play on the words "pilot" and "pirate", look up "Pirates of Penzance" song, "When Frederick Was a Little Lad" and enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan's unique command of the English language.

A few years ago, I attended Speedweek up on the Bonneville Salt Flats. I stood next to the starting line to watch the streamliners start. When the person gave the command to proceed, I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen. To be the one that gives the command would be the second best job in the world. Some of those vehicles have over 5000 horsepower! Then I watch these people in action and all of a sudden, 5000 horsepower cars seem like a child's toy! Thanks so much for sharing these amazing videos!!

This was great! Loved watching the Shooter in training and the coordination among the deck crew for each cat shot. Thanks Pail!

Yes, absolutely great start to the day. Thank you for posting.

Awesome videos as usual. You don't think about it (at least I haven't until now), but a training carrier is also training the flight deck crew, not just the pilots. FLY NAVY!

Thank you for another wonderful video. I'll watch it at least three or four more times. These videos never get old. I'm so proud of our Navy. Fly safe and God bless!

I want to thank all Vets for their service. Thanx Growler! Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸

I'm a fighter enthusiast so I recognized the T-45 of course. What's so cool is it looks to me like this is a day where they're training the deck crew. fucking amazing, makes me with I'd have joined the Nave back in the day.

Great stuff Pail, amazing talent and training going on out in the middle of an ocean that we don't get to see very often, that's for hooking us up !🍺

0-200 Kn in 4 seconds. I love it!!! Thanks Growler. Love your vids.

YAAAAAASSSSSS. exactly what today needed. I hope you are well. Head on a swivel!! I love how there is no Narration. Its such a beautiful thing to watch. You can almost smell it. Amazing.

Mate, this is a great demonstration of how busy the flight deck is and why they say, "keep your head on a swivel". Planes practicing landings on the deck, blokes lining up planes. Hectic. Great video, thank you for taking the time to film, edit and release.

As a Limey I think your vids are brilliant. Cheers Growler.

Such a well choreographed team, Fly Navy!

Loving it. Keep the awesome videos coming Brother.

What an Amazing Job you guys doing for the country. Thanks for your service!

Very interesting to see how training goes on the flight deck! Cool video as always….fly Navy!

Today I had a boring day. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME TODAY. THANK ALL WHO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY TWENTY FOUR SEVEN...

Great videos. I live about 5 miles from NAS Meridian. I see the T45 almost daily and still pause and watch every time. If you ever train over here and have time for a wakeboard or wakesurf session. Hit me up. Students and instructors live all over this lake.

@terrylandess6072

Ай бұрын

T45 - Thx. I kept thinking A4 (TA4) but it didn't look right, even as a trainer. So I looked it up and as a servicemember 80/83 I hadn't seen these before.

Excellent Upload!!!! My son is a Senior Chief in the USN and I’m retired USAF. Your videos give me a much better idea about the different types of ships he has served on. Great Job!

Great, first class stuff! This is a terrific way to close out my week. Nice to see the next generation of flight deck people learning the ropes and doing their thing. You all stay safe out there on the roof! Fly Navy!

I could smell the jet exhaust!! Fly Navy!!

Beautiful display of our American pride

@Paratus7

2 ай бұрын

British jets…..

Having grown up with my nose always deep in Flight Magazine to see these videos is a proper treat . The noise and smell of sea air with burning kerosene is something that KZread can't convey but it's still amazing to watch

You can just feel the thrill and focus needed to land on a carrier…this is a fantastic video. Thanks Pail!

A perfect day to.... fly. Outstanding. 👍👏

Fantastic video, Pail. Thank you for making my day! I never get tired of these. ~Tee #FlyNavy 🇺🇲❤🇺🇲

Just so Good! - The bubble is a nice upgrade to this hole in the deck!

Sir, your whole channel is ASMR for men!!! Keep up the great work!!!! Thank You for your service!!!!

Love the content Growler. I'm an Army Grunt vet myself, but we're all part of that 🇺🇲 Brotherhood. Stay safe. 🤙 Gator3-2 out.

Keep up the good work! As always Fly Navy! ⚓✈️⚓💪 Beers to you! 🍺🍻

I own a small private plane and met so many of these young guys when we stayed the night in Meridian, MS. They actually had my plane parked next to all these little trainer jets, it was cool. I can't imagine getting to do this stuff for a living!! I would have done it in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my vision. Thanks for the video of them on the deck!! Their instructors were top notch and very friendly and talkative when you thought they may have had some big chip on their shoulder, they actually wanted to come see the plane. Love it buddy.

Ohhh...to have your jet pushed back by hand. Great vid as usual Pail!

GREAT !!!!... thanks , Buddy !!! 🤩🥰👍👍👍👍👍👍 !!!

I love watching these videos. I lost track of how many hours I spent on the O-11 aboard Enterprise watching flight ops. After seeing everything from a distance, it's great to see it up close in these videos. I was always impressed by the activity on the flight deck. There is so much going on at any given moment; and all of it dangerous. You really have to observe all the various activity on deck for quite a while to get an appreciation for just how complex an operation it is. Then you talk to somebody who works on the flight deck, or watch a Growler Jams video, and you realize there is about ten times more stuff going on that you didn't even notice. I know it's an old cliche, but flight deck operations really is a tremendously intricate ballet of men and machines.

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I love watching this incredible “dance”. It gives me goosebumps ever. single. time ❣️

When I saw the first plane come in for a trap, it sure looked like he was coming in too fast. Then I noticed that there was barely any wind coming over the deck as normally the deck crew face 20-30 kts of wind and you often see the wind whipping their sleeves and see them leaning into it. Great vid! Kudos from an old hummer driver from VAW-123.

Are you sure they were "terrified", they looked more excited and determined than ever. Terrific!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, I meant what I said. It may be exciting for you, but they had a different reaction.

Thanks to coming across your channel and videos I managed to survive yet another day here - in the rectal cavity of europe, called bulgaria - where all remnants of awesomeness, aviation, and beauty in general, have been long since stripped from us. At least through your lens we got a small taste of life, of actual real meaningful life, even if just a glimmer. Fly on, dude

LOVED IT! Thanks for sharing this.

You are the Best Sir Cheers !!!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

it's beautiful!❤how nice everyone is synchronized!👏what a great team effort, congratulations Commander 👍🏻 in addition to the pilot you are also a good director 😊 always at your command Commander 🇺🇸✈️⚓👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏sei bravissimo ❤.

@Giuliano-Grimaldi

2 ай бұрын

🤗🙏

Pail, you're the best! You gave us such great insights in lives of naval aviators, more than I could ever dream of!

Good video, thanks for sharing. I know you've done voice overlays of 'the dance' of the flight deck before but I was a little surprised you didn't do so this time. Again, thanks for sharing, always interesting. 🙂

Eagerly waiting for your video's ❤

happy growler jams new video day everyone ! ... *pulls self up on pc chair * signature move .

I love watching carrier takeoffs and landings. They didn't appear nervous to me though. Great job guys, and thank you!

Another great video from you.Thanks Navy!!

Impressive!!!! From a retired army guy. Thumbs up!!!!!!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

🫡

I marvel at the "Dance". It is so neat seeing the communication that is taking place by simple yet very effective hand gestures and positioning of limbs. Being an Air Support Operations Operator in the Corp I have a strong appreciation for clear concise effective communication. It saves lives. We mostly had one shot at that communication, so trust is massive.

Very interesting to watch the Officer training and coaching the trainee. So much to observe and take in. Watching the other in bound jets touch and go is awesome. What an experience that must be to do that. Another great video, thanks Pail.

Nice. I like the silent treatment on the narration, yet a director's cut explanation would be cool too.

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

I’m trying to mix it up. Did you see the VO where I broke down all the hand signals? I’m not sure what else I could add to this video, so I left it raw.

@ctempleton3

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowlerJamsAdd Gangnam Style music behind it. Wait, that is already been done!

Old catapult officer will have memories, and the new catapult officer will be making memories! His new name is Shooter!

Thanks for the show !!

Great video, thank you for posting 👍

Man! That has got to be the best job in the Navy. Bright warm sunshine nice ocean breeze. Hanging out with your friends. Not much to do but wave at the airplanes going by. The foods probably pretty good too. Where do I sign up?!!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

😂

@GeneralChangOfDanang

Ай бұрын

Better than the Persian Gulf any day.

awesome Team work! thank you for upload this video, love it! 😎 👉🛫

I'm watching this video and man, these have to be the coolest jobs to have. Bump a 9 to 5 sitting behind the desk. I wish I knew about this when I was a young person. Great video!!!

Great video. So fascinating to see things like this. Thank you.

I would love to hear monologue on how it felt for you or others when you did the training from landing on the carrier for the first time and taking off from the catapult for the first time ❤

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea!

@richardgreen1383

2 ай бұрын

While mine was 58 years ago on a carrier that is now a museum and in an aircraft that is lone gone from Naval Service, I can still remember every part of it. The first time is seared in your memory, the following hundreds not so much. Mine was in a T-28 landing on the USS Lexington (CVS 16 at the time). No cat shots, with 1500HP and a prop, we deck launched, but the signals and process was the same except for the crewman pushing the button. What is not shown are the day and hours upon hours of training gone through before that day. I remember when those of us had finished the T-34 portion were gathered and the instructor asked how many of us were to get our wings that day. After all we now had 30 hours of flight time which a civilian student would get his ticket. No hands went up because we knew better. Then the first part of the T-28 training and learning about torque roll. If you were flying straight and level and went to full throttle and did not lead with rudder, the aircraft would roll 180 degrees from the force of the torque to the prop. (The F-4U Corsair would do a 360 degree roll). Then the first time hitting the carrier in the T-28 after more hours and learning to live the the back side of the power curve. (Where you apply more power to fly slower with a nose high attitude). After we got or first few landings, off to another training command. This time in the older S-2A modified for training, then more carrier landings. Finally after 15 months, we got our wings. But then off to another training, this time in the aircraft we would fly in the fleet. More carrier landings and finally off our our first duty assignment in a carrier based squadron. Now the carrier landings when at sea were on a daily routine. But every landing is graded by the LSO so we don't get complacent.

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Great story. I actually flew the T-34 man years ago.

@jockeyjack3367

2 ай бұрын

@@richardgreen1383 thank you for your service and I can only imagine. I know there is no way this could ever compare but I still remember my first time out of the starting gates as a young jockey in 2009. Completely on another planet compared to land or taking off an aircraft carrier. I always imagined it would keep you high for a few days and have that did I really just do that feeling

@richardgreen1383

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowlerJams Officly the Mentor, we called her the Teeny Weeny. It was a modified Bonanza with a T tail instead of the V tail. And a military cockpit.

Im very early wow

Thanks so much for the video. Fascinating watching the choreography of the crews on the flight deck.

Wow, y'all don't mess around. So much fun to watch. Thanks all for your service!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

OMG U THINK IM FIRST?

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

😂

@ImaChicken_Yeep

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowlerJams what?

These are awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Bravooooooo super magic wow fantastic Mr Growler ❤

My favorite KZread event…A new Growler Jams video posted!! Thanks Pail!!!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Awesome video, thanks Growler !

Love the quality of GJs videos.

Thanks for the video. My "kid" is currently an XO for 1 of the training squadrons in Kingsville ( tail letter B) and I remember his carrier qual week. He wasn't the only 1 nervous! Moms get nervous too.

These guys are not being replaced. Our military retention sucks big time and what what's coming up isn't top notch. As a military power we are turning into a toothless tiger. God forbids what happens to us when the ramparts are breached from within. Proud US Army 1969-1993.

Damn! I miss Naval Aviation! I flew P-3s. The closest we came to carrier aviation was flying no-flap landings. That's the only time we'd fly AoA because of that huge phallic symbol on the back of the aircraft. Lots of fun. I did a deployment to Adak (now abandoned) in 1990. There's a book, "Adak, The Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586" which details a ditching by a P-3 in the Bering Sea. The crew survived the ditching unscathed, but winds blew the crew and life rafts all to hell. The PPC was lost at sea and a couple more died from exposure. You guys had your obstacles, we had ours! Proud to be a Naval Aviator!

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Fly Navy!

Great day pail!

Excellent video of the trainees and pilots on honing their skill sets on deck and shooting off the deck. It is a dangerous dance to get everything correct without mistakes. Hats of to these fine men and women on the carrier operations

Loving the ASMR and meditation tags.

I watched a foreigner do one of the best vids on how the deck runs. I would love your commentary!

Im a moderate 1:24 scale model builder. Built mostly cars and trucks. I decided to try out a F4U-4 Corsair model airplane. Just so happens me and the crew im on are building an aircraft hanger for a public strip that owns mostly cessna's Started out watching old and new paratrooper jumps. Now that ive discovered this channel im watching tons of your videos. Love the fact your not just a d*uchey and cocky service member like a lot ive come across. But a very wise and informative person. I dont know anything about the navy so with Air Force, but watching a pilot in FP is awesome..... giving me motivation to finnish building my replica of history.

Shout out to the guys n girls on the flight deck. Thats some job y'all have there. Two jets on the cats, twice the usual body count, A guy hooked up in recovery, and some yahoo doin' 200 knot touch n goes... Thanks PAIL, its a privilege to see you guys at work.

As usual…..great stuff. Thanks

beautiful. and so meditating..

The touch and go with the clear deck was awesome to see

Thx Pail...amazing choreography by those deck crews.

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thanks Pail. Stay safe out there. “Signature move”🥂fly Navy 🧢

Without the voiceover, that felt training had finished: I was now into a theory test, trying to remember the processes/job roles/hand gestures! Educational and entertaining! Great content - thanks Pail/GJ!🫡

@GrowlerJams

2 ай бұрын

🫡

Lots and lots of people learning up there! When i was in they use the Lexington for training.

Just stumbled upon your channel. As someone who dreamed of being a military pilot since I was a kid, just to be rejected after college because of a family history of migraine headaches, your videos put me in the seat where I wanted to be. More videos on the cockpit panels, throttle, and flight controls! Signature move? Seems to be equipment adjustment.

Great video, thanks so much!

Good stuff. Thank you for sharing 🫡🇺🇸