My grandfather was in WWII on a boat in the North Pacific. The boat was icy and blacked out to not give away their position. He mentioned Japanese bombers flying over them many times without detecting them. One night the ship hit a wave and the icy deck caused a bunch of sailors overboard. With only the moonlight they begin pulling people on board when sharks appeared. They couldn't pull them out fast enough and everyone began to panic and scream, possibly being attacked, my grandpa never confirmed if they were actually being attacked yet. Anyhow, as they were pulling them out they heard what he called "eerie screams" coming towards them. Moments later a school of dolphins come and fought off all the sharks, giving the sailors a chance to get back on board. My grandfather passed not long after I had a the chance to meet him and hear this awesome story. I only ever seen him twice in 2005 when I was 25 years old and he left me with that awesome story that I love to share with others whenever I get the opportunity.

@Nazzz65

Жыл бұрын

I don't doubt it. That's a wonderful story! Your grandfather sounds like one of the greatest men from the Greatest Generation. Be well, stay safe and Cheers! Timothy Horan

@louisauger626

Жыл бұрын

Nice story

@shystthaloc399

Жыл бұрын

Sounds fiction to me buddy he might have just been pulling ya card

@Wiliraughshai

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a nice tale but chances of this being reality is around absolute zero.

@trungpham3081

Жыл бұрын

Nói phét thế chiến 2 mà những người trên ko lấy súng bắn đuổi ông bạn đang kể chuyện cho trẻ em nghe và dọa bọn trẻ khi nghe để nhắn với chúng ko được tắm biển khi ban đêm chứ tôi không tin truyện của ông bạn

Swimming in the open ocean thousands of miles from land and with miles of water below you is a very crazy experience.

@yelleryoung5870

Жыл бұрын

Idiotic more like.

@brianjewell6815

Жыл бұрын

In the 60’s we had swim call off the coast of the Canary Islands……water was 3 miles deep. Glad I did it then cause at 74 I don’t want to do it now!!

@donnalarkins2971

Жыл бұрын

Fish food

@MonroeSim

Жыл бұрын

What are the chances of ‘something’ living in the depths?

@aliray1165

Жыл бұрын

@@MonroeSim 3 miles of chance

Imagine being a shark and seeing this giant object in the water suddenly start throwing hundreds of snacks out in the middle of nowhere.

@allonotieno6919

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jugo1944

2 ай бұрын

That's why white tips are so dangerous, they're pelagic open ocean sharks so they're very opportunistic

@joerobert-qe9cn

2 ай бұрын

they prefer fish and chips

@majorGator38

2 ай бұрын

🤣😂

@Vince27.

2 ай бұрын

@@joerobert-qe9cnChips being the humans I guess

There's something so American about army guys swimming and the lifeguards protecting them from sharks with guns lmao

@melissalayson7275

18 күн бұрын

Well, swimming is a fixture of American life. Even the worst swimmers know how to tread water for 20 or 30 minutes.

@dantedelgadillo9289

Күн бұрын

Um AcTuAlly thEsE GuYs ArE SaiLorS

@Vuvuvu75

9 сағат бұрын

@@melissalayson7275 lol

@thewolfofgod3908

2 сағат бұрын

⁠Almost half of Americans cant swim.

When I was 20, I was pretty fearless and unconcerned about consequences. Now, at 72, every step is calculated before hand.

@ishotthesheriffthedeputyididnt

Жыл бұрын

Wisdom

@lisawillis8227

Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@victorcaldwell2900

Жыл бұрын

Lol, 51. Facts.

@AvgIttoEnjoyer

Жыл бұрын

For me is the opposite. I long for the age where contemplation is no longer a burden.

@choppingchannel

Жыл бұрын

💯

It doesn't seem like much but swim call is one of the craziest experiences. Once you realize just how clear the water is, how far down you can actually see and how there's virtually no bottom. It's a very unique state to be in. I went through the USCG egress training in Elizabeth City. Most fun I've legally had while still wearing pants.

@MasonRomp

Жыл бұрын

Awesome comment

@rusty2381

Жыл бұрын

@@FreeTrollCounselingForDummies I had a video from when our ship struck on with the supports of the ships prop. It was felt throughout the ship and we were unsure what had happened until we stuck a go pro on a boat hook to look

@makegaminggreatagain3907

Жыл бұрын

@Rusty LOL.

@STROONZONY

Жыл бұрын

What have you done without pants illegally??

@georgebronte840

Жыл бұрын

@@STROONZONY He didn't say that what he did without pants was illegal. Probably sinful, but not illegal, unless he was in Iran or Saudi Arabia or some other human paradise.

Swim call is probably one of the coolest experiences to have. Its also pretty scary in some ways. You are thousands of miles away from land and there is thousands of feet of water below you. I did my first swim call above the Mariana Trench. You'd also be shocked how clear the water is when you are miles from shore. Goes from green to blue and crystal clear. One funny fact about swim call is that if you ask the guys going around in a RHIB for shark watch during this they'll claim that the protocol was to shoot the closest person to the shark so everyone else an get away. At least that's what our guys would say lol. A dark joke for sure, but hey, it's the military.

@gxldxn

11 ай бұрын

😂

@puppergump4117

10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of what my dad said about bear attacks. "You don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the guy next to you."

@nala7658

Ай бұрын

They let you swim over the Mariana Trench? That sea is one of the most shark infested waters on the planet. You all must have had balls of steel!

@806055

21 күн бұрын

If you’re so frightened of the ocean, maybe being in the navy is not the smartest of decisions. It makes no difference if the water is two metres deep or more. Swimming/floating is something you can teach a child.

@806055

21 күн бұрын

@@nala7658your so full of shit

A few months ago I did my first swimex as we call it in the Australian Navy. It's a lot of fun and a pretty crazy experience. We jumped off the forecastle of the destroyer I'm posted to. Lots of people did various flips into the water including myself. I ran to do a frontflip and as soon as I left the deck, I realised how much higher up I really was! I proceded to over rotate the flip and landed on my face with a slap. Hurt a fair bit, but I shook it off. The feeling of treading water in the middle of the ocean is quite surreal. Miles of water underneath you with no idea what's down there is a bit freaky! A mate brought his snorkeling goggles in the water and some mates and I passed it around having a turn looking at the ships underside and the vast deep blue abyss below the keel. That's when the eerie feeling set in for me. Having the ship as scale to the emptiness underneath, damn it was freaky!

@daddyrabbit835

Жыл бұрын

I scuba dive mostly in the Great Lakes around Michigan. We have massive freighters that travel (and sink) through our area. My buddy and I dove under one, one time. It was freaky.

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

@@daddyrabbit835 : If you can, go dive at the end of Navy Pier in Chicago. You will see a bunch of old WW II-era planes.

@nicolasbaker9601

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing man, I could only imagine.

@tunerterror

11 ай бұрын

@@SV-kr9fu at the end of the pier ? i want to go

@SV-kr9fu

11 ай бұрын

​@@tunerterror : Navy Pier was used to train WW II Navy & Marines aircraft maintainers & operators (radio, radar , sonar etc.). And there were 2 faked aircraft carriers that were used to train pilots in taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier (long before computer simulation was created). I guess there were quite a few pilots that overshot the runway and landed in the water around that area. In the past, the Navy have recovered quite a few of the sunken-aircrafts from the bottom of the lake, but there were still quite a few of them that never got recovered. I dived around the area once and saw a few planes that were still down there. It was an incredible sight at the bottom of the lake. Though, I do not know whether it is legal or not to dive around there nowadays, if you were on your own. I dived with the Navy and there were a couple the boats from CPD Marine Unit that secured the area around our diving spot.

That looks like a lot of fun BUT terrifying at the same time.

@Insomniakin

Жыл бұрын

It's both at the same time lol

@Starr0010

Жыл бұрын

I agree cuss I would be thinking the minute I jump in that a 🦈 is somewhere near by I couldn’t even try ta enjoy myself. I’ll just Watch for those that go in if I was there. Call me the watch out King. In I mean no Distractions

During a swim call near the Virgin Islands in the 70’s, one sailor scraped his knee on the “non skid” on the front of the sub, within a few minutes we were surrounded by hammerhead sharks which the watch on the fairwater planes immediately saw! Unbelievable how fast they appeared, gave me a whole new appreciation for sea life!

@aero1866

Жыл бұрын

But sharks don’t smell human blood

@smartguy360

Жыл бұрын

The sharks were probably always there, him scraping his knee just rang the dinner bell

@denningfamily2145

Жыл бұрын

@@aero1866 not true... just google search it

@hotboy80baby18

Жыл бұрын

🧢

@Thequietone974

Жыл бұрын

@@aero1866 that’s sooooo not true !!! Blood is the one thing that brings them in. Where’d you get such an idea,,,,,

Retired Navy, I quit doing swim calls about halfway through my career when I took time to think about it lol. I never thought the M-14/M-4 was for the sharks, I always thought it was to put the unfortunate Sailor that got grabbed out of his misery

@ms.understood_2.0

18 күн бұрын

Seriously is that what they do?

@claytonhill936

18 күн бұрын

​@@ms.understood_2.0 I wouldn't be surprised. You're expendable in the military. Just a number. But we 'know' that when we enlist

I was on the aircraft carrier, the USS Midway CVA 41 during the Vietnam war. We didn’t get to swim like this but two crew-mates decided to take dips on separate occasions jumping over board while we were underway at full steam from San Francisco to the Philippines. We plucked them out of the water with one of our Sea King helicopters. After the second guy got picked up out of the water our captain gave us all fair warning. No more stopping to turn around to get you. Anymore sailors going for a swim from now on will be left to the sharks. We had orders to get to the Tonkin Gulf and fast. There were no more swimmers after that. That was 1972 and a much different world back then. It was war.

@roosdad1

29 күн бұрын

I flew onto the Midway during Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf in 1990.

@christy76840

13 сағат бұрын

Between 6 and 8 feet? That's tiny in comparison. Lol

As a GMG, I was assigned to shark watch. My Chief gave me 5 minutes of training. Don’t shoot the shark until it’s right on top of the men. Shoot the shark, shark bleeds and you draw more sharks. I was the gunner in the Man over board boat. I’m glad I never had to execute that assignment.

@samuelschick8813

Жыл бұрын

My first ship would not let us shoot until ordered or if the shark was withing 100 feet of the man overboard. Oddly enough I don't remember the old man sending a gunner in the boat. I do remember standing on deck with the M14 and 2 mags watching for sharks. But then again first ship and CO were pretty screwed up.

@tonyharty3666

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelschick8813 , lol. I also had an M-14 with 1 mag in the rifle and 4 in a reserve belt. I was just an E-4 but I was in charge of the Ships Armory. I was included in the man overboard party and stood roving armed patrols aboard ship anchored out in Thailand. 72/75 vintage. Ammo Ship Vietnam, twice. I was lucky during rough training in Cuba. I had to shoot a mock up in the water and put it down. 1st time it went down quickly. Observers thought we rigged it. So we had to build another one and do it again. In the Cuban heat, decked out with a foul weather jacket and helmet the sweat was pouring into my eyes. I did put it down again, just not as fast. The whole crew then named me AA, anti-aircraft…….lol. The name stuck.

@samuelschick8813

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyharty3666, GMGSN LST 1189, GMG3/2BB 63 1981 - 1989. 16 inch turret 3 and LPO ships armory, BB 63. My first ship was an LST and the GMG and Marines had a good relationship. The grunts would come up to the O3 level where the 3"50' s were to read, write, sun bath and such plus we would trade. We had 2 that jumped overboard from the O3 and each time they did they asked who was the GMG on duty. I was on the O3 working when one took off his boots and socks and walked to the port side railing, climbed up and did a spectacular swan dive into the water. The grunts on deck just wrote real fast and held up signs 9.0, 8.5, 7.0. But it meant me running down 4 decks on the starboard side to the armory then back up one. As for the 3" 50' RF guns I always thought they were pieces of shit. Rounds have to be loaded just right or the shear pin breaks, the gun goes down and a few hours to replace. Then there was the ensign right from the academy who was made our DO that pissed GMG2 off. But that is another story. LOL

@gabrielsireliangusteinhast9059

Жыл бұрын

You apprentis war artist... Man overboard boat.. i was the wall for the boarding party to make a scène short i blew Up uss Coles uss Lincoln and i bit drill the heck out of your oxygène Tower system on Utah

@gabrielsireliangusteinhast9059

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelschick8813 speak télékinésie you look like you sound

Can we say thank you and we love you to all the vets,public workers,police,nurses,doctors,teachers,army people,navy,all of those types.These people leave their families and sacrifice their lives for family and strangers(us) and when they are injured or die they can’t even get the right amount of help they even need to live life and provide for their families like they would like too.I respect these people sooo much.❤

@melindabiggs7873

20 күн бұрын

Amen❤❤

I envy people who aren’t afraid of the ocean or diving in any bidy of water. I think even if I’m a good swimmer, my anxiety is just too much

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

It takes practice, just like anything else. The first time I got dropped to swim in the middle of the ocean, I nearly $hit my pants. But after a few times, then it was just normal.

All these guys in the rescue/protection sector are heroes without a doubt. Unfortunately, and fortunately, I had the honor of being airlifted by the PJs in Afghanistan. Those guys and gals are the pinnacle of bravery and honor. I would’ve lost my leg if it wasn’t for their bravery and willingness to sit on station for almost 10 minutes till I got inside of the aircraft. It’s a weird sensation getting airlifted. In one way. I was elated that I was going to be safe but at the same time I had this overwhelming fear in the pit of my stomach that my team was one man short now. That’s the worst feeling of being airlifted out. I don’t remember the pain only the fear…I found out the next day after waking from surgery that my team was extracted about an hour and a half after I was. Mission accomplished, and thankfully no one else was injured.

@AfricaGeo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and sharing that story

@gypsyrose5672

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service, I had no idea our military can wear civilian clothes while on the ship? These kids was in civilian clothes.

@vanhattfield8292

Жыл бұрын

@@gypsyrose5672 You don't where uniforms when you are on a recreational swim.

@tysheenlee9826

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣❤️ hero’s ? 🤣🤣🤣

@ralphcotter7175

Жыл бұрын

@@tysheenlee9826 yeah they are the same people to pick you up when your face down in a ditch with half your leg blown off in the middle of combat. They just aren’t there to pick up people out of the swimming pool. I can tell by your 😆 that you know absolutely nothing about the military or what it consists of. I hope you never have to experience being airlifted out of a situation where your life is in danger. They don’t just do it at Water. They do it at land too.

Damn that maritime enforcement specialist was shooting damn close to those sailors 😂

Stop screaming when you jump from the hangar deck - you'll wake the sharks.

Friend was on a carrier for a few years, he told me about how unnerving it was to be swimming in the middle of the ocean and look down to just see darkness.

@johnsimth6587

Жыл бұрын

I grew up a surfer and when I enlisted I was DYING for a swim call. We finally got ours in the middle of the Indian ocean and I was one of the first into that water. Was swimming the whole time, kept going out a little farther than they wanted etc. "FC2 Get back!" they kept yelling. Then it hit, after a long time out there the sensation just hit and it was... I want to say other worldly but its not, its especially not its our world. It just felt like being in space or something alien, I fuckin panicked and swam back to the ship.

@landtuna3469

Жыл бұрын

Even more unnerving is looking through murky water at the bottom of your ship.

@TheBishop12

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsimth6587 Thalassophobia

@johnsimth6587

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBishop12 I've spent many hours of my life in deep lakes or in the ocean, beaches of course mostly. I was always comfortable even when deep sea fishing etc. It was not being in a boat, it was being just on your own out there. The immense size of the ocean hits you in a way thats not easily describable. It is very easy, especially after sailing across the oceans as many times as I have, understanding how sailors got so damn superstitious.

@puppergump4117

10 ай бұрын

@@johnsimth6587 Thinking about it, the ocean is a completely alien world for us.

4yrs aboard a DDG and NEVER got Swim call. Thanks Captn.

@ronmounts8075

Жыл бұрын

20 years in the Aircraft Carrier Community and never once from 1983 thru 2003!!!!!! Thats Bullshit!!!!!

@pheakofficial1232

Жыл бұрын

Wow amaing👍

Нет ни чего важнее жизни человека. Спасение жизней людей - самая ответственная и честная работа. Честь и хвала этим парням и девчёнкам.

Sharks: Navy legs eww...too oily Sharks: Coastie legs YESS, Jackpot! Nice and tender nomnomnom

The Med & Aegean water is so blue & clear it's amazing. Glad to see the crew getting a swim call, work days are so long at sea. FLY NAVY!!!

@joelbell9082

Жыл бұрын

It's great to have a swim call let's hope it's not a feeding call for great whites just to be on the safe side I stopped taking a bath since I saw Jaws just to be on the safe side I only take showers now my foot on the drain

@foxtrotsierraproductions8626

Жыл бұрын

@@joelbell9082 You sir dont know nothing about sharks. "Dont take a bath just to be safe" sounds very stupid

@DavidZaG-

2 ай бұрын

thank u for ur service

@USNveteran

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support. FLY NAVY!!!@@DavidZaG-

This amazing to watch!!! To all the vets and current solders, sailors, etc.. thank you for your service!! 🇺🇸

@daerronglenn851

Жыл бұрын

Amen 100

@geraldfranklin8685

Жыл бұрын

And to Mr PM thank you for the compliment to the vets to all of us we appreciate it I'll speak for all of us we appreciate it I never heard anybody thank me until after 9/11, but I want to thank you because you took care of things back home while we were serving far away it's called iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another we all had a job to do so thank you no matter what you did or what you're doing now whatever your career was I appreciate you and a shout out to the vet that are retired like I am when you get a chance the next time you're in a store you see a guy at the cash register or a gal, or you see a truck driver unloading a case of beer or sodas or whatever they might be unloading, stop give them a moment tell them how much you appreciate them tell them thank you I stopped a bunch of railroad workers LOL one morning because I live next to the tracks in my hometown in a train comes through 2 to 3 times a day and I flagged a truck the type of truck that actually drives on the rails I stopped one LOL and it was about Five Guys in the truck maybe six and I just told him how much I appreciate them how important they are

@bryanjk

Жыл бұрын

It's absolutely reckless and irresponsible.

@ryanp8925

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanjk Sounds like you have seen Jaws one to many time you wanker. Sharks are generally just curious, it is extremely rare for them to attack.

@RR-uw9gc

Жыл бұрын

@@bryanjk agree with you. 🇧🇷🇧🇷

I can assure you that I would never in my life want to swim so badly, that I would get into the ocean, leaving life/safety up to the eyesight, attention span, and shooting accuracy of a few colleagues. No thank you. I’d sooner they just setup one of those inflatable Kiddy Pools for me on the lower deck. 😂😂😂

During my mid 70's WestPac, we were in the Philippine Sea. The Squadron declared a swim call, but our Captain said no, "Because he thought it was too dangerous". We were the Squadron Command Ship! Our friends on the other ships all had a good time. Our Capt was a jerk! So that was one grand experience I missed. Though about 20 years later, off Malibu - I did "swim" with sharks, a couple 8 foot Blue Sharks!

When in the Royal Navy I was tasked to dive under a carrier to plug a small crack in a weld. We were in the middle of the Mediterranean in open water. It was a weird feeling under that keel seeing the sunbeams filtering down into the blackness of 12,000 feet of water.

@user-rh7di7gm9s

Жыл бұрын

Керемет!👍👍👍👍👍🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

@krausriggentropp1970

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nightmare material mate!

@tunerterror

11 ай бұрын

balls of steel

My grandfather was in the navy. He told us a story about how sailors could jump in and go swimming sometimes. He said he was swimming and asked a fellow sailor why are they standing up there on the ready to shoot if they see any sharks. He then would laugh and say that was the last time he went swimming.

@nitrocell9287

Жыл бұрын

He sounds like a brave man

@johnsimth6587

Жыл бұрын

I always assumed they were there to shoot us haha to put us out of our misery as the shark bit down. I mean we all understand how rounds dont move through water.

When swimming in the open ocean it is MUCH more terrifying keeping your head above water not knowing what is lurking underneath. As opposed to having a snorkel on and diving under so you can actually see what is down there. Learned that when I swam with sharks off the North Shore of Oahu in 6,000 feet deep water surrounded by Tiger sharks.

@catsooey

Жыл бұрын

I want to go to the North Shore to surf Waimea and Pipeline. I grew up skateboarding but I was jealous of anyone who grew up near the ocean, cause they also got to surf. 🙂 I live about 4 hours west of Welfleet, MA, which is the only place I could go. I love sharks too - that must have been amazing (and scary!) being in the water with Tigers! Did you actually see any of them?

@texasdiscountland

Жыл бұрын

@@catsooey I hope you make it over to the North Shore one day. I too grew up skateboarding and used to flip through Surfer Magazine and see those legendary spots in Hawaii. It was incredibly awesome to finally see those World famous surf spots in person. As for the Tiger sharks yes we had several swimming underneath us and they got as close as 3 to 4 feet away. We were not in a cage either so it was pretty crazy!!! LOL

@texasdiscountland

Жыл бұрын

@@k33p1tc00l Sounds like you had a different experience with fewer sharks than we saw.

@texasdiscountland

Жыл бұрын

@@k33p1tc00l Okay, you win. Not looking to argue about sharks and the North Shore.

@christianross3933

Жыл бұрын

@@catsooey bro pipeline is not for novice surfers at all. You will die or get seriously injured

This is why I joined the Army. No way in hell I’m jumping into the ocean.

I have done many swim calls but they were uneventful at most. We did see a couple of sharks but mostly dolphins. Even though it does not look that high the bottom elevator is about 20+ feet from the water and it's a rush when you hit. The Coast Guard pilots are great and skilled. One of my friends resigned his commission in the Marines. He was also a pilot and when he went into the Coast Guard he had to go through flight school all over again. He also lost his rank as a 1st Lt and started out as an Ensign. Big difference from being an attack helicopter pilot to flying a rescue helicopter.

Screw that! The last time I swam in the Ocean, I was nearby baby sharks. You know what that means when you’re around baby sharks. I couldn’t get back to shore fast enough especially being out about 100 yards. Respect the Sea and what’s in it.

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

Try swimming near a school of baby barracudas. Though, they are much smaller, barracudas are, in general, a lot more territorial than sharks.

I love the United States Coast Guard and the brave women and men who risk literally everything, to save idiots like me.

@joepetti8443

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't use the word idiot, but this is a US Navy ship, not Coast Guard. I spent 4 yrs on this exact ship. Also, it's the USS Carl Vinson (CVN70), not the Truman like the guy says in the video.

@BarrettWillsonoutofmylife

Жыл бұрын

🤝 👍👍👍 My best Greetings to you from Germany, Barrett

@jesuschristTRUTH

Жыл бұрын

It is the mighty dollar they are after not you or me.

@BarrettWillsonoutofmylife

Жыл бұрын

@@joepetti8443 🤝 Hey Joe my Bro 👍 I sent you my best Greetings from Germany 🤝 Barrett

The shooting is not meant to hurt the sharks - just to create loud shockwaves that the sharks can feel and avoid. High velocity rifle rounds don’t penetrate very far underwater before they lose all energy and just sink, or disintegrate.

Hats off to the people that are brave enough to swim in the ocean. But remember this when you do go into the water you are no longer top of the food chain. You are the food

It’s a weird feeling not knowing what lurking beneath the ocean while you’re swimming. I guess that why the thrill to do it at least one time in my life while serving in the navy.

@Nathlete_

Жыл бұрын

I feel that way in my local lakes 😅

@ambrosianapier7545

Жыл бұрын

On old rock quarry that’s been filled with water will give a similar feeling. To be honest it’s safer to be under the water then on top swimming

@daddyrabbit835

Жыл бұрын

How would you like to go behind the carrier and swim by the massive propellers? Not moving, just sitting there. Shit creeps me out.

@mjleger4555

Жыл бұрын

it's even worse to KNOW what is in deep ocean waters! You do NOT want to be splashing around on the surface, resembling a wounded sea lion or other animal!

@padarousou

Жыл бұрын

It's the not knowing that's the worst part... it's like you know the odds that something will attack you is very low, yet the uncertainty of not knowing what's there is anxiety inducing

I would feel much better knowing I had armed guards watching while I took a swim in the ocean!

@samuelschick8813

Жыл бұрын

WC REVIEW, When someone falls over the side the duty gunnersmate gets an M14 and 2 mags from the armory and stands guard topside watching for sharks. But the draw back is we could not fire at the shark until we were given permission. The other drawback (?) was we could not shoot at the shark if it was within 100 feet of the sailor. Theory was if the shark was say 75 feet away the bullet might deflect in the water and hit the sailor. At least that was how my first ship did it back in the 1980's. I always found that to be rather stupid since the bullet loses almost all of it's power within 24 inches into the water.

@FlyAgaric525

Жыл бұрын

I'd much rather lose Military people than a shark, shit I'd even feed people to them.

@michaeld53

Жыл бұрын

That’s smart, shoot at the shark. Scare everyone, 6-8 foot is just a baby ! Smack him on the nose he’ll leave

@FlyAgaric525

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeld53 blood attracts more anyway

@michaeld53

Жыл бұрын

@@FlyAgaric525 yes I know. So does splashing around in the water.

Retired GMCS , swim call was rare because schedules were pretty hectic back in the day .. We had a couple GM's with rifles watching over everyone when we had swim calls .. Good Days back then .. Great shipmates ..

My father was in the Navy South Pacific during WWII, and he always chose to be on shark watch when they had swimming opportunities. He hated swimming.

@KingsMom831

22 күн бұрын

My grandfather was also in the South Pacific during WW2 as a signalman.

@onemercilessming1342

22 күн бұрын

@@KingsMom831 👍

Salute to all American sailors!

@getlost4827

Жыл бұрын

Even the tools that left BILLIONS

@magnetmountain33

Жыл бұрын

All order followers are unaware of natural law and personal sovereignty

Beautiful moments May God saves all soldiers 🙏

@SpartanHeaven

Жыл бұрын

Warms my heart seeing the soldiers having a well deserved break god bless.

@Jakabre

Жыл бұрын

@@SpartanHeaven *Sailors :D

@farhanjaan3152

Жыл бұрын

@@SpartanHeaven 😊👍🙏

@tubthump

Жыл бұрын

I care more about the sharks

@psycho6542

Жыл бұрын

The only thing that saves soldiers are more soldiers

I was a Marine infantryman on a Med cruise in about 1988. The North Atlantic is NO JOKE. Black, cold, salty, and very scary. No swim call lol

Excellent video. Brings back many memories from my time in the Coast Guard.

Been there, done that back in the early 70's (Vietnam era). Those who have never been at sea on a ship (not a "boat") for an extended length of time will never know what sheer joy it is to be able to jump in the ocean, knowing that it could be thousands of feet deep, and relax for a few minutes!

@Seadog-6411

Жыл бұрын

like how you got that right,as a BM,learned subs liked to be called boats.

@jordanminshew1763

Жыл бұрын

This really doesn't pretain to much but my older brother 22yo was on a carrier for a record deployment being out at sea for the longest that the US has ever had any boat ship whatever. It's the weirdest thing because when he left the world was normal and when he came back literally everything about everyday life was changed because of covid. I struggle to understand how that would feel bc I didn't experience it myself but it must've been crazy.

@AC-Austin-MHG

Жыл бұрын

Shut your mouth doesn't matter if you done it or not

@topshots-856shakur6

Жыл бұрын

@@AC-Austin-MHG sounds like you don't know how to float

@AC-Austin-MHG

Жыл бұрын

@@topshots-856shakur6 sounds like you don't know how to fight

I was on a coulpe of different aircraft carriers years ago and some of my best memories are seeing large schools of dolphins pacing the ship. Diving and breaking through the waves barking playing. Sometimes as many as approximately 50 or more. Didnt see any sharks but obviously thier out there. I remember watching nighttime launches of f18s f14s etc. At night its quite a sight seeing the flamage shooting 30 n 40 ft out the back of them as they screamed of the deck.

@timwynne4209

Жыл бұрын

Great comment that painted some great pictures for me.

@briancorle128

Жыл бұрын

That is something that I have always wanted to witness first hand seeing an f-14 or f-18 execute a flawless carrier launch seeing just how quickly they accelerate in person as opposed to on video has to bring an entire new element of surrealism to the experience feeling the vibrations and smelling the combination of salt water spray and burning jet fuel would make that the most amazing experience I can think of and definitely the most fun I could have legally with my pants on lol if I had only enlisted when I was still young enough and physically capable of accomplishing the requirements of all the training I would definitely go back and do it without a second thought about it for sure! My deepest gratitude respect and appreciation for all the men and womens of each and every branch of the United States armed forces.m"

@geraldfranklin8685

Жыл бұрын

Good job Roger Coleman I love your comment especially about the night launches I work the night Flight shift on the deck and the aircraft were impressive and as a professional photographer now I wish I would have had a camera but we couldn't have anything like that taking our Focus off I guess I actually could have taken some pictures when I wasn't working but rack time was always important at least to me anyway those 12 hours we're hard up on the deck and you only had 12 hours away from it for Chow letter writing going to the ship store and trying to sleep during the noisiest part of the ship during the day shift

As a fellow service member of the US Air Force and a content creator in Atlanta who's done several narrations on shark and other animal attacks …I'd never trust anything man builds to protect me from an ocean that he hasn't even conquered yet! Common senses tells me that we don't know what's down there!

Was fortunate enough to do a swim call in the Mariana Trench in 2012. An incredibly surreal experience.

@joeschmo7145

Жыл бұрын

chomp chomp thrash scream pulled underwater chomp thrash chomp chomp float dead partychompfeast deader

Sadly throughout my 7 years career with our United States Navy 🇺🇸. I never once had a swim call opportunity. Enjoy my shipmates today who can. Yahweh bless you all

@denniswhite166

Жыл бұрын

Same for me when I was serving. Not many swim calls in the Gulf of Tonkin.

@vincentperratore4395

Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy who was stationed on the USS Comstock, an LSD, and they regularly had swim call. Often, though, they'd caught a shark in the well deck while submerging.

@byronharano2391

Жыл бұрын

@@vincentperratore4395 In the well deck? Oh that is scary.

@jameskelly9457

Жыл бұрын

4 years on the USS Independence ( CVA-62 ) 1969-1972. Never had a swim call.

@aradyngaming6263

Жыл бұрын

Same here. 3 deployments/3 different ships (carrier/amphib/destroyer).. from the Pac to the Indian to the Med (never Atl). No swim calls. I remember hearing about them. I am convinced they let 1 ship do a swim call every 10 years just so they can make a recruiting video of how awesome it is. Even in this one it's a carrier with 100 people in the water... What about the other 2900-4900 people on board?

I can't help but think of the crew of the USS Indianapolis when 100's of them were taken by sharks after the destroyer was sunk by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. Survivors were left stranded for 4 days,with very few lifeboats, before they were found and rescued. I can't imagine the terror they must have felt everytime one of their colleagues were taken.

@DBAllen

Жыл бұрын

Indianapolis was a Cruiser.

@cynthialewis7460

2 ай бұрын

The movie was terrifying. I only learned about the USS Indianapolis because in the movie “Jaws”, the boat captain was telling a story and mentioned it so I looked it up and saw the movie. After watching the movie, I KZreadd survivor videos on the USS Indianapolis. The stories they told were horrific.

These rescuers are heroes. 🙌

No way in hell I'd jump into the open ocean. I did it as a kid, but now the feeling of not knowing what is beneath you is not a good one.

@nutswanger6655

7 ай бұрын

Live your whole life being scared of the unknown? What a pathetic way to live

@TheSportsPROgram

7 ай бұрын

@@nutswanger6655 I suggest to go deep in the Amazon jungle and jump in the Amazon river and just keep swimming until you meet something that is going to send you to the "unknown" ....It is not pathetic, it is called not taking unnecessary risks. Now go climb the Himalayas, and then jump off them with one of those flying body suits and enjoy your adrenaline rush.

@a.avcier8277

18 күн бұрын

That's your personal choice, I get your point.

How incredibly awesome we have such individuals that join the military and do an incredible job. Thank you for your service

Navy SEAL: I got bitten by a shark during my combat dive. Jocko: Good.

that feeling when you are half in the boat and half still in the water

Thanks you so much america for helping the phlippines. God bless

“The shark to appear to uninjured as it swim away” …from multiple rounds pumped into the ocean to “distract” the shark🤔 RIP little Sharky🦈 🙏🏽

I was a H-60R Rescue swimmer for 6yrs attached to CVN72 I remember being the very first one to jump of the ship in the gulf. It was kinda eerie. But that was my job and it was also cool to be the first outta 5000 people and be a life guard I guess.

@putgenius

Жыл бұрын

My brother does this now in the Navy. Now I understand what he does better.

Imagine being in the water, while people above you are shooting next to you, trying to hit sharks. 💀💀💀

I could never do that. Wayyy too scared so boyyy are all those sailors brave! 🤛🏾💪🏾

Swimming in the ocean is like sky diving. You're literally hanging above miles of land like you're in the air, but you're suspended in water like a roach in a pond and creatures all around you. If that does freak you out 😬

I've been sailing for 30 years. And have been around sharks a bit. One of the best ways I have seen to distract sharks is to throw aluminum foil in the water. Like a large lightly crumpled ball. The sharks go crazy over it. I'm not sure why but they immediately become obsessed with it. Circling and bumping it like they cant figure it out.

@leslievey8453

Жыл бұрын

It's the shine of the foil . I had always heard not to wear shiney objects in the water .

@ilovecoffeev

Жыл бұрын

@@leslievey8453 I think that's more for barracuda.

@dchiznit209

Жыл бұрын

So…sharks are like dogs…got it

@notmeatall7116

Жыл бұрын

@@dchiznit209 Well actually that's not far from the truth Don Cuyson. As a professional diver ( another one of my career experiences) I have been in the water with sharks a few times. Most sharks I have seen in the water have behavior that reminds me of dogs. This would preclude some, such as great white and tiger sharks. These seem to behave ... well, more like tigers. But, all that said I think the reason for the fixation on the foil has more to do with the sharks sensory systems. Sharks have a row of nerves up their sides and a concentration on their noses. These nerves can detect the electrical activity of other living things like fish and other pray. Perhaps the foil reacts with the sea water and triggers this system in a profound way. Kind of like us seeing UFO or something. Just a guess.

@slappy8941

Жыл бұрын

@@notmeatall7116 That's what I was thinking.

This is what blows my mind about Navy Seals and deep sea welders for oil rigs. Talk about men with no fear. That's a whole different breed of man.

The first time I went scuba diving, I was very humbled. As I watched the various fish and nurse sharks move with ease below me - and dart around at lightning speed - that’s when I realized how useless and fragile humans are in the ocean. These animals moved like torpedoes while we haplessly flap around. I felt like I was just an ingredient in a huge bowl of soup. Very humbling experience for sure.

Very much enjoyed learning about the various procedures and Branches of Service that provide this vital capacity. Thank you!

I was on the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 " one of the ships in this video" from 2000-2004 and we never had a swim call one time. I was very disappointed. We had 2 steel beach picnics on flight deck. Basically every 45 days at sea without seeing land they have a bbq on flight deck and every one aboard in given 2 cans of beer. They actually open them before they hand them to you. I saw people sell them for $30 each lol. Also 9/11 happened in middle of deployment so that is probably why we never had swim call.

@chadillac365

Жыл бұрын

Served on the chucky v 95-98 no swim call at all. We did have what seemed like a endless list of celebrities coming onboard for a visit. I think I would have rather had the swim call.

@kaydublin5164

Жыл бұрын

My husband was on the USS Carl Vinson back in the mid ‘80’s for his 2 weeks active duty when he was a reservist, out of San Diego.

@jdotgee88

Жыл бұрын

I did one in 2020 on the Vinson

@shemp815

Жыл бұрын

Uss Ranger 88 to 92...no swim days, but yea Steel Beach was nice

I spent 20 years as an airdale in the US Navy (Aviation Electronics Technician) and went on a whole bunch of cruises in WestPac on three different aircraft carriers during that time...never, never, never were sharks an issue. Didn't bother watching what happens to sharks when they swim too close to us as it isn't "a thing" in the Navy. Now, recently I did see where an aircraft carrier did allow its sailors to take a dip, but if one does any research, you will learn that is a very, very rare event...one never experienced on any of the ships I was assigned to...just keeping it real.

The ocean and that music is giving me subnautica vibes 😂. It's bringing back them terrible nights 😅. Oh man

This was a breath of fresh air. I served with VFA-131 while we was attached to CVN-73 and CVN-69 and remember having all the swim calls. Also was stationed on CVN76 but never had a swim call when I was stationed on it. But great times. Go Navy… HOOORRRAAAHHH!!!!

@toniponi8640

Жыл бұрын

VFA 136 here

@Funk_Reactions

Жыл бұрын

@@toniponi8640 yooooo The Knight Hawks. Y’all were our sister squadron when I was at 131 from 03 to 06. That’s what’s up…

WE did this when I was in the Navy. It was really fun to swim in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Imagine the shark came back with a laser beam 😂 little reference there LOL

God Bless them all. These young men and women are the pride of our country.

As a former pro ocean lifeguard, and longtime recreational shooter, it my belief that this practice is extremely dangerous. Armed Divers in the water would be a better defense. Mid ocean sharks like the white tip featured in this vid are extremely curious as well as very dangerous. Rifle bullets dissipate their energy quickly in water and would likely be worthless. Splashing and crowds would undoubtably attract uneanted attention. The USN had been lucky. Dying of a shark attack during a recreational swim would be the most ridiculous reason to die. Divers with shotshell bangsticks and spears, a better strategy. "Remember the Indianapolis"

@shannongreen1520

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately......FACTS 🤦‍♂️🤮🙏

Dang. I never thought of this. Stumbled across it! Very interesting

When I was in the Royal Navy we had "hands to bathe" which was going over the side for a swim. In case of sharks, we had a lookout on the bridge with a rifle (SLR) The rule was that they were to shoot the shark if it got too close to someone but if the shark got a person, then the unwritten rule was to shoot the person.

@griffini19

Жыл бұрын

You fools. If you are afraid of sharks stay out of their world. Human fools.

This makes me feel better as a mother of son who is in the Navy. He said that the gunners wasn’t there to shoot the sharks but whoever they attacked !!! So I hope this video is true and my son was Messi with me.

@jessshine9625

Жыл бұрын

He did you wrong ma dukes lol

@gWanny2

Жыл бұрын

@cali gdp he is a shit head legend! 😂

Did a swim call once. 40 some years ago. Climbing up a Jacob's ladder is harder than it looks

@triciac1019

Жыл бұрын

Oh it looks hard to me.

That's pretty cool! I didn't realize sailors were posted with live weapons ready to shoot any threatening sharks!

🦈Shark: ooooh meat 🌊🤽🏻🥢don’t mind if I do… 🛬🚢⛴️🛳️navy: come any closer…. 🧨🧨🧨💣💣💣💣🔪🔪🪓⚔️🗡️🔫🧯🎇🎆🌅🔥☄️💥☀️

Oh no. If I can't touch bottom, I ain't going in. There are big fish wirh big sharp teeth swimming around waiting to have a snack. Ever heard of the USS Indianapolis? They come up from below to attack, by the time you see them it is too close.

@West_Coast_Gang

Жыл бұрын

Bro they’re just sharks, they’re chill, just give them some space and they’re cool Unless its a bull shark Don’t trust those guys

@West_Coast_Gang

Жыл бұрын

Plus humans taste like ass, you aren’t food

Swim call on board the USS Boxer LHD4 was when they flooded the well deck which was the back part of the lower end. They launched the LCUs and the LCACs. It was about 10-12ft of water and was like a giant wave pool!

Sharks are beautiful creatures 🦈 ❤

2:55 - 6 and 8 feet? Heck, I have had 10 to 14 footers swim under me while surfing in South Florida.

1986 USS AMERICA CV-66 Loved the med cruise and swim calls. ( also loved using the big eyes at night looking at the universe up on Signal bridge )

I miss my navy days. Wouldnt trade for nothing. Met some great brothers and sisters that i still communicate with today

I always loved seeing black tip sharks swim by the boat from the weather deck right prior to swim call. Did we still go? Heck yes we did!

Love all the comments of those that served. Thank you all for sharing.

My ex was in the Coast Guard in Guantanamo bay and they went swimming and he was taking his time. All his friends were screaming at him to hurry back to the shore, which was all rocks. He finally made it back and looked behind him and there’s a school of barracuda right on his feet. I always thought the big ones I’ve seen snorkeling on the reefs were the scary ones but it’s the smaller schools of barracuda that attack and will hurt you. 😬

@griffini19

Жыл бұрын

BS. Idiots

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

When I was swimming/diving in the Navy, I was more scared of barracudas than the sharks.

@madisonbrown5766

Жыл бұрын

@@SV-kr9fu That’s exactly what he said. 👍🏻

@SV-kr9fu

Жыл бұрын

@@madisonbrown5766 : I think that due to movies/media/news, most people have sharks on their minds, but not barracudas.

@madisonbrown5766

Жыл бұрын

@@SV-kr9fu Definitely. He used to jump off his 180 foot cutter in the middle of the ocean and never had any issues with sharks. They knew to stay away from the oceanic white tip but otherwise they went swimming a lot on their off time.

И что бывает? неужели акулы прогрызают корпуса кораблей? А почему не прыгают с верхней палубы, боятся бравые моряки?🤥🤥

every splash in the water is a call for the next shark

the Sar techs in those helicopters are some of the best trained people on the planet their training far exceeds most anything else in the military and it goes up exponentially as they progress into specialized fields like the PJ's etc. I flew with some of the canadian SAR techs while doing local SAR training in choppers and c130's for downed aircraft spotting seriously impressive

What if the shark comes from underneath,do they have someway of detecting it???GOD BLESS

I went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea on one of my deployments and again in the Red Sea. It was enjoyable and a great experience.

Great video n so nice to see the sailors taking a deep with as much safety as the navy can offer them

Went deep sea fishing once. Learned the sea is something to be respected is all.

@ckay4469

Жыл бұрын

Most definitely 💯

Never knew u could be a sailor and block your nose when swimming… actually makes perfect sense

I thought "sharks rarely bite humans" .....at least that's what they say ...yet you regularly hear of people being bitten by them in the water at random.

@ey7290

Жыл бұрын

They confuse humans with prey like seals. They are never out to get humans, just mistaken identity

When I was at sea in British Merchant Navy, we had a swimming pool on the Aft Deck of most ships, that could be filled from the emergency fire pump every weekend for some relaxation. I, and most of my crew mates had NO DESIRE to dive into the Mid Pacific or wherever, to swim with the local wildlife. A cool off in the pool and a case of beers was good enough for us, then up to the boat deck for a BBQ in the evenings, and a game of frog racing, or horse racing, and some good music. Ahhh good times.

@bravotoomuch4218

Жыл бұрын

What years?

@ivorgotten2368

Жыл бұрын

@@bravotoomuch4218 mid 70s to mid 80s.

@redrumtruecrime

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great, that don't fly in the British R N 🇬🇧 🏊 🦈

God bless we have all these brave men and women who train for helping people in an emergency!

To all men and woman who are serving or served including my father 22 years eldest brother 20 years and my middle sibling 10 years thank you from all and from the bottom of my heart for protecting us and allowing us to live the life's we live and have all the things we have yous are the real heroes

The dolphins putin trained: “fookin hell Ivan, don’t go near the aircraft carriers, Vasiliy the shark got shot last week”