The Insane Hand Signals on an Aircraft Carrier's Flight Deck Explained

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82 Atlantic- Mediterranean-Sues Canal-Indian Ocean to Diego Garcia to fly a fallen Shipmate there and back Stateside. Engineering /Repair department Pipeshop.
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Much respect.
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They are not there to be loved and admired they are there on the cutting edge, to defend their country and way of life... A strange sort of love a strange sort of service, I take my hat off to them Thanks to all of them... See the ship as a massive technological baseball bat sitting in the boot of a car, you cant see it all the time but it is a deterrent because the other big boys know its there and know why! lol

They think they know
Just for example what is a closed fist with raised hand
AFFA angels never die nffn HMS council

Been there, done that !! The most dangerous yet most exciting and exhilarating job ever !! I just love being on the deck. 😀

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Half of these aren’t right at all

My husband was on the Constellation 62-66 he was a Green Shirt he has a scar that goes all the way down his back from a chain on the deck that malfuncted

WOw, this is AWESOME!!!!

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I mean....It would have been nice to show examples of the hand signals as they were being explained....

Still, awesome footage of flight deck operations though!

I have a back my son

nice

Aye Sir! All due respect and a salute to all the teams working together in harmony on deck aboard the Aircraft Carrier.

I love the navy on the Aircraft Carrier a lot.

Thanks

It is truly amazing to watch these savers in work. I know they have to keep their head on their shoulders so to speak But They amazingly keep it all together, From airborne to landing. God bless their souls, And their families That hang with them.

Very informative I love watching them launch...

Nothing short of amazing!!

My deepest respect to all members of the Armed Forces

Those wearing khakis with an anchor ⚓️ on the collars are Chief Petty Officers anchor with 1 star represent Senior Chief and 2 stars on the anchor Master Chief Petty Officer.

I was stationed on an oiler Uss Kaskaskia AO-27 out of Mayport. The greatest show on earth is having a carrier alongside refueling during night flight ops

Don’t piss the cook and

Was in the Navy. On a DDG never what went on the flight deck.

Info seems good but the fact that the taxi, loading onto the cat and the checklist wasn't in a streamline take mde it confusing visually. Too many film cuts bouncing back and forth which doesn't retain any continuity of the actual hand signals themselves. If you wanna hear how its done, you can read them from the NAVAIR publications, but it shouldv'e been shown in sequence to prevent confusion. 5/10 video. Audio and verbal explanations were good. Actual footage edditing was lackluster at best and utterly a confusing mess at worst.

There were idiots asking if the colours were because of pride 😅😅saying it shows how gay the navy is 😅.

I miss carrier life sometimes

Nice job reading a script you know nothing about. The video had virtually nothing to do with the script.

Sorry, but there where alot of confusion here. You describing the hand gestures, but we are seeing another? This was not easy to follow man.

That is just so wild how heck did they come up with the hand signals in first place

YOU didn't mention purple refueling crew.....

You need to go back and verify your work before recording it. For instance, only officers and CHIEF petty officers wear brown working uniforms, not all petty officers.

Why do you consider the hand signals to be insane? A very poor choice of wording.

Horrible video ..

Pilot,,focus,,focus

This would have been so much better if we actually saw the hand signals at the same time of the description.

It brings back memories.

If this old Army guy knew then what he knows now he would have gone Navy instead of Army!

Yes thank you express

Thank you. I fu..kin love this video. As a kid I wanted to fly jets off carriers.

Love those guys

You forgot the grapes

Who are the purple 'grapes'?

Awesome!!

God Almighty thank you for making me a citizen of this great nation. When I watch videos like this, there is only one thought on my mind: chaos in the world, but meticulous order on this deck. U.S. Navy, I salute your service members.

Good video but would have been much better if, during the hand signal description, there was a video of the exact hand signal

teamwork is a buzz that never gets old

Love it