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Inside US $2 Billion Nuclear Submarine Kitchen
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2021
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I served in the USAF, and I remember that when we were working 12's on the flight line in the freezing rain that there was nothing we appreciated more than being able to go have a hot meal prepared for us. God bless the cooks.
Same here, Security Police, eating at the Alert Area mess hall was a treat we all enjoyed.
@@ShadyD365 Andersen AFB Guam, during ArcLight was horrible. However, nothing could compare to how bad Camp Bullis was for the week of training I did there. Blytheville AFB Mess Hall however, was amazing.
@@ShadyD365 Ah, the choices for midnight chow were fantastic....eggs cooked to order, milk and juice, bacon, sausage, pancakes, french toast, peanut butter, jams, cereals, fruits....more than I can remember after 50 years. The mystery meat box lunches were another story. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).
@@germantrainer442, could you perhaps fight for your own country instead of blaming the U.S. and seeking refugee status with all its attendant financial benefits?
Thank you for your service!
As a kid, I thought that the most important roles in the military were like the infantry with their rifles, the pilots with their airplanes and the tankers with their tanks. But now I realize that more important than them are the logisticians who move the tanks and shells, the engineers who make sure the plane doesn't just fall out of the sky and the cooks who make the food. Nobody wants to eat a bland gruel and nobody is doing anything if they aren't eating.
Someone should have told Russia.
Bullets dont fly without supply
@@brendon_ly I was just reading something about a Roman general saying the point of the military is to make sure the other side isn't getting their supplies anymore.
I ate more MREs than hot meals as an infantryman. Life goes on with or without cooks.
@@RowdyLpx I sorta helped make MRE’s. Somewhere a cook was involved! We mixed the cocoa drink mix. It was awesome tasting to me. I made sure the vitamins were in there properly. The other stuff came in cans, but I bet people helped the machines make it? Cheers and thanks for the service.
God bless the cooks! I worked the flightline in Japan and the Philippines for 5 years, The food I ate at the Chow halls there was was better than most restaurants.. These Chow halls were the lifeline of our base. I salute each and every member of the military, And especially the cooks!
how they keep food fresh on those ships really amazes me...
especially with vegetables and fruits..
how to make a good and tasty meal from food that may sit for months in fridge... it is beyond me.
@@benjaminshtark5977 I’ve read about how from people who worked on ships but not subs. I assume it’s similar. They get things fresh but also preserved. Of course they have refrigerators there. Bread is freshly baked because it’s more space saving to get flour and yeast then loafs. Fresh or even frozen doesn’t last forever and eventually they’ll rely on canned and others. There’s storage places on ships for tons and tons of canned goods. Variety goes down as the less perishable and more easily canned get repeatedly served. Apparently gelato as dessert and smaller canned eggs become really common. One writer said the most important thing for the crew is coffee though and the writer learned to enjoy coffee completely black.
Of course, these submarines get supplies just like those ships do and this includes food. This video says helicopters every 7-10 days. That before writer said they never ran out of coffee because they always stock tons. And they do plan this heavily beforehand so they’re supposed to last as long as possible for breakfast, lunch, supper, and midrats.
thank you for your service!
I ate at Cubi point and Lower MEF in 92. Both were beyond amazing as were the monkeys raiding the garbage dumpsters.
I served two deployments when I was in the USMC back in the mid-80s to early-90s. Both were on ship. Was the food perfect? No, but overall, I have to say the Navy did a great job serving us 3 hots a day. It is no doubt a HARD and thankless job. Props to all cooks.
how come they don't air lift the food in? I mean they ARE an airport
@@Jack29151 between the boat is $$$$ so rope and pull pull system is cheaper faster
@@Jack29151 the aircrafts cant carry enough food at once so they have to use many aircrafts all at once so they dont have to go back anf forth a long way and i think they’d perfer to do it all closer
and aircraft large enough arent carrier capable
ok
I'm a Navy Vietnam Vet and I can tell you Cooks, Bakers and all food ratings have the highest respect from all of us...
sorry that you lost the war
Vietname coast guard just make a problem and throw rubbish at another country. So shame vietnam coast guard. Thuy nguyen thuuuyyyyyyyyy🤧🤧😪😪
@@gamachesterfield1921 Politicians got involved and the rest is history...US military could have ended it in a couple of weeks.
@@rickolson3114 like they did in North Korea?
@@rickolson3114 Nuclear bombs will have to be used. US will not win in a fair or relative fair fight.
Being a cook is the most under appreciate job on a ship, great meal are rarely complemented, a bad meal is talked about for days.
Sad but true...
yes because they're supposed to be good
@@om-gha Mabe in a perfect world,but not in a real world.
@@om-gha you just proved his point ....... no consideration for things that could happen.. just needs to be perfect for a little princess like you...
@@richd1944 i mean if you're paying for a cook you better get a good one
I was a Mess Management Specialist during the 70s-80s. I served on two aircraft carriers, an amphibious assault ship, and a replenishment oiler. We cook four meals a day, every day in port and at sea. Meal time is the way we knew what time it was.
From what i see militry food was basically nutrients mixed with puke and preservatives up to about 2010 when things got decent, is thast true, of course any food tasts good when your hungry, but objectivly is it true ?
@@mcpartridgeboy I think you need to get your eyes checked because food isn't like that. Maybe it's not cooked by your mommy?
@@arnoldhenry Sorry twhat you wrote is difficult to understand, Not like what ? i said it was awful in the past and pretty good now so i dont know which part you are refering to !
@@mcpartridgeboy балбес...
@@user-dk4io9lg8t ya ne hoches balba pata mooshta ya dumut lubit eto mnoga luchie noo spacibo dlya muysel
A special breed of people who deserve the utmost respect.
The kitchen detail gives everyone on the submarine a reason for living. They just make everyone's day! You are the best! Thank you for honoring the crew!
yes, generally food is a good reason for living - eating - shitting and sleeping
1:00 is universal language for "this shit gonna be good".
Bussin
My old office-mate was a cook on a submarine in the early 90’s and just said I’d be shocked at how much they could get done in a tiny space. He never gave any details more than that, and seeing this, yeah, I get it now.
I got a lot done in the backseat of a car if you know what I mean.
He was a top secret cook . Shh 007
don't buy into the smoke and mirror bullshit my man - most of the food is pre made in cans and then reheated
@@AllenHanPR Wanking don't count. He's talking about working with more than one person. LOL
I was in the Navy and have 2 comments:
1. I was on both an FFG and CVN. The CVN had alot more food options and better overall quality food.
2. The cooks are kinda joked about on the ship but they actually work very hard - probably close to 14 hour days or so.
You had just the opposite of my experience. The food on a carrier sucked.
Never joke about the people keeping you fed. It's not like you have other options.
My ship was CV-64, and we had GREAT chow. I ate better on the ship than at home, and I still miss it.
@@jaffsharp769 - WTF?
Were you stationed on a diesel carrier during the Korean war?
I was on the Carl Vinson. Two (count), TWO galleys for food. A fast food cafeteria (dogs, burgers, pizza, mac & cheese), and the full galley with a salad bar. Mama mia. Imma slappa you wit da wet spaghetti.
Inside $2B United States Submarine..Shows 10mins of Aircraft Carrier... As them Submarines kitchen is the size of a Van....
It shows subs 7 mins in
Came to the comments to find out why the sub's kitchen is the entire sub.
All delicious...
I was wondering that kitchen looked pretty darn big for a submarine....😁
@@raybin6873 sub is almost 500 ft long, 2 football fields end to end.
Seeing all that delicious food being prepared, and it truly does look delicious, makes me want to join the Navy again, but alas, I'm almost 80 years old now and would not be of much use! This is amazing!
Thank you for your service!
The Navy seems to have degenerated into some sort of social experiment and a playground for DC political statements.
Combat? Our warships can't even avoid an at-sea collision with a container ship that had to look like an island on a radar set, and should have been visible to the horizon for an alert watch.
The Navy of the late 50's that you and my father served in is long gone, as is the Navy I served in during the late 80's. The only saving grace appears to be that most other countries aren't doing any better.
We could still use an Old Salt like you ;)
Yea got to love that Grade F meat in Jacksonville FL. The meat that was rejected by the prison dept. No fresh veg. All in cans. Love that salt! Hamburger for lunch Salisberry steak for dinner.
@@kevincrosby1760 are you Republican by chance
I was aboard ship in the 60s and I never ate so well. The Navy knows that good food is a good morale booster.
Somewhere in Japan, a nuclear sub tied up close to us, so I went over to see if they would let me aboard. They did but I could not go into the reactor space or propulsion space at the stern even though I had a secret clearance. "No need to know" according to the XO.
Most of the crew was on shore leave but the guys that were there invited me to stay for dinner. They ate family style. The mess workers, some of them petty officers even, put the food into bowls and placed them on the tables to be passed around. Great crew and great food.
secret clearance LMAO
@@troy430 I was in the nuci program at one time. So ya, I had a clearance.
@@troy430 - You're obviously not a military man.
@@wernerdanler2742 what the fuck is a nuci program
@Alain Portant It was a training program to operate the nuclear reactors aboard ships.
I can't remember for sure, but I think it was about a year long.
Son did 13 years on Fast Attacks. My wife and I had the honor and pleasure of going on board for a tour. One of the highlights was getting to eat supper with the crew. The food was stored everywhere. Supper was fantastic! The shrimp was the largest and best I have ever had. Submariners are awesome people.....a rare breed! I'm glad that they have the pleasure of great food prepared by excellent cooks!
imagine being locked up on that ship with gorden ramsay.
Supply won't last a week because gordon ramshite will throw away all that
he will say "fuck" all the time then jump into the sea ...
Where's the lamb sauce
Ramsey is the best
just dont be the chef
From someone that did a bunch of long deployments on submarines, I will say the quality of what you eat is entirely up to the duty cook. Some are very good and some are not. And there is a limit to how long certain things will last. I was amazed how long eggs would last not be kept in a refrigerator. They were usually stored in a dry bay in the torpedo room bilge where it is normally pretty cool, but not cold.
In most countries, eggs aren't refrigerated and last for a long time. To be safe to eat though, it does mean that the eggs can't be washed in chlorine.
I grew up on a farm and never put the eggs anywhere except in a wire basket on the counter.
Another egg tidbit is the eggs from the US can’t be sold to other countries, don’t remember why but maybe some of you can add the reason 🇺🇸
@@tams805 lol - You read that story 2 days ago. So did I. Difference is that I already knew that.
@@foobarmaximus3506 weird flex, but ok
If you dont' wash eggs you don't have to refrigerate them
I had cooked for both the Navy and the USAF....On one end nothing's more better than a hot fresh meal and other is the privilege to serve it!
It was amazing how much and how good the food was coming out of that tiny galley on the submarine. Those cooks were part wizard.
Humble respect for your navy cuisine America.
Cheers from France👍
The Marines holding their MRE's in some ditch right now
@Stephen Schneider ok boot lol.
@Stephen Schneider what? Plenty of Marines are out in the world doing things. Only time the Marines messed up was in the second battle for Fallujah, accidently putting their vehicles into an army Bradley unit causing a traffic jam at night. That's about it. But just like army infantry, marine infantry do the same and when out in the field either training or on a real mission, everyone eats mre. Back at post or base everyone has chow halls.
@Stephen Schneider you that triggered about Marines?
Marines eat crayons as a rations
Can I have that chicken flavor MRE?
Major credits go to the cooks on the ships or submarines of the US Navy. Thanks to these hard working people for making delicious meal for the US forces.
Canadian Forces cook here, good job brothers. Fed the 101st and marines in Afghanistan, very respectful and appreciate of our efforts.
Friendly greetings to American submariners from Russian submariners! 🇷🇺🤝🇷🇺
Figh the power Russia.
May it always be so!
Greetings from the past.
@@overdrivelzma.9219 🤝
@@eddiebaker3267 🤝
Mad respect for submariners !!!
My dad was in the navy in the 70s. He was an engineman on an lst transport ship. My grandma used to make these huge chef salads with alotnof ingredients I called it the kitchen sink salad cause it seemed like everything plus the sink was in it. My father loved em and they didn't make anything near that on his ship. So one day when they were in port at the home base in San diego my mom brought one to him. A big bowl of it and a bottle of my dad's favorite thousand island dressing. The c.o. saw my dad setting on deck eating when he was off duty and asked why he wasn't in the mess hall my pops told him he didn't have enough to share with everyone but the c.o. was cool and asked my pops what it was. Pops showed him gave some to him and the c.o. liked it so much that he started making sure they kept the ingrediants around in the kitchen to make those salads and even had my dad shown the chef how to make it
Very smart c o
This is an aspect that is rarely seen but so necessary. All hail to those that feed the women and men. You are much more appreciated then three times a day.
These chefs are absolute hero’s. hard enough job as it is without adding the hardships of war!
why war tho ? the concept of protecting cargo ships is more valid because yes world crisis can trigger pirates again..please do not think about somalia they tried lol
@@Teanagemewtantninja thee is no way pirates are going to try and board a US NAVY Vessel. Especially an aircraft carrier. One burst from the CIWS will shred their little toy boat into scrap.
Was a cook on CVN-72. 91-93.
@@Teanagemewtantninja war isn't good but put a US NAVY Carrier in the area and the pirates won't do shit.
@@ronpetrovich9387 a beacon of justice and a bacon of turkey keeps the pirates away.. xD sorry had to do this :P
There’s a pretty big difference in kitchen sizes between a submarine and an aircraft carrier.
The Chefs course is the hardest in the Military. No-one has ever passed it!
I get it. Funny.
HAHAHAHAHAH
I'm wanting to be a Navy CS after high school. And this video makes me even happier with my decision. The joy a good meal can bring... unmatched
Good luck man
lord! I was a cook on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Lots of work.
I can only imagine what the dishwashers go through
You were part of an elite group in my eyes.
I honestly think that is really impressive.
so your rank is up there with the captain haha
Yeah, i didn't respect cooks until I got cook duty for being a S-Bag... after that they became my favorite people. The work of being a cook is insane. Not much sleep, early wake up and prep, after meal cleanning, just to get to the next meal right after. It's honestly wild how much work goes into running a kitchen.
"$2 Billion Nuclear Submarine Kitchen"
That's one expensive Kitchen.
It's a high price for a kitchen, but the shipyard threw in a free nuclear reactor.
Inside
Funny the difference an apostrophe can make....and funny no one practices grammar and editing much....
@@thomasdaily4363 a giant amana radar range
@@georgiobenelli4854 Guaranteed to cook your food FAST!
This reminds me of when I was a Marine on the Dubuque during a typhoon off of Korea in the 80s. Almost all of the crew was sea sick so having a big appetite and being immune to sea sickness, I was able to get not only seconds, but also thirds in the galley.
I’ll tell you though, eating chow on a ship during a Typhoon is an art. Had to time drinking my bug juice with the rolling of the ship!
To anyone that may not know, “bug juice” was a term we Jarheads used for fruit punch.
Mmmm Bug Juice! lol Ours always tasted a bit like kerosene. I miss that flavor! Hahah.
I hear that chow has really improved since the old, old, OLD days. A Marine shipboard, I was served a brownie that could have worked as a paperweight. I pounded it vigorously on the metal tray and it wouldn't break. I saved it in my seabag as a souvenir.
I was a guest aboard a USCG Cutter not long ago. Several of the crew were former Navy. When I asked why the changed over to the Coast Guard they all said the food was better. I must say what I had to eat there was really good.
They were all Navy. The Coast Guard is part of the US Navy. Just don't tell them that. They are special, and have Special Needs.
Spent a couple weeks on a Carrier while in the Marines. A few days in the mess decks working 15 hour days (which was nothing: the Petty Officer I worked for was there when I arrived and stayed at least an hour after I left for the day. In Port even. That guy OWNED the mess deck!) made me appreciate even more the job they do. I mean, I never had a complaint about any mess hall I've been in, but working it puts a whole new angle on things. Certainly curious on how much different it is on a sub though.
I think that's why everyone going through boot camp does kp duty at least once. They work long, hard days!
@@joet7136 Oh, did a week of it during Boot Camp: Just because it's a week without Drill Instructors doesn't make it easy. Quite an eventful week. Started by scrubbing pots and pans and got traded to the bakery when someone from there was caught sneaking cookies. Wasn't an upgrade though: 2nd day there a water main blew up under the floor......
@@joet7136 Mess Hall duty in the USN was what we called Hell Week. Because it was brutal. Days were 16 hours long, at a minimum. Dang that was tough. I never worked that hard until I was in the fleet, and really not even then. Except for BreakOut duty on the carrier.
I did a couple of years on a combat stores ship (AFS-1). We were the grocery store to the seventh fleet. It really was a fascinating experience. Sooo much goes into the process. A truly logistical ballet.
How do the submarines keep fruits and vegetables fresh for 90 days because refrigeration won't do the job.
It makes you marvel at the ability of Alexander the Great to feed his Army 1000s of years ago by also using sea resupplies. His logistical system kept ongoing shipments incoming via rivers to his Army.
I really appreciate the look in side the submarine boats . Now I can appreciate my son's contribution in the Sub Service . ( and his description of sleeping quarters . )
My former boss who used to serve on a Soviet Boomer told me that they would go hide out under the Arctic Ocean and do nothing for months. They had the best food and when they would return to port, many of the sailors gained so much weight they had a hard time getting off the submarine.
🤣🤣🤣 That's awesome! If I were the captain of a Sub, that would be our routine on every deployment!🤣👍
The best canned food the soviets could buy. Sounds like a real treat. ;-)
No wonder so many Russian subs sunk!
That's where all the missing seals and polar bears went. Mystery solved !!
While it wasn't always the best, the food was always palatable. My time as a Hospital Corpsman always seemed to revolve around chow. CS sailors and 3381 Marines were always given a hard time, but they always fed us on time and filled our bellies. I wish I said thank you more often to those service members who always seemed to work harder than I did. Okinawa chow was always the highlight of my day there. I always left happy. One of the few things that kept my morale up so far from home. Thanks to all those who feed others. Oki 2012-2015
did people get fat?
@@popcorn8153 The armed forces throttles chow. Not in a bad way... You get what you need to survive and thrive. You eat plenty. We had fat bodies of course. They preferred to spend their money off base on food they didn't need. Everything was a personal choice. I ate off base plenty of times of course, but the chow hall was my go to most of the time. I paid for it via my BAS.... Think of it as cooking at home vs. eating out. Same principle
i remember the food on our boat was such dogshit we used to walk 2 miles there and 2 miles back to the closest naval hospital to eat their chow - till some asshole ratted us out - so much PETTY bullshit goes on in the services it's sickening
Seeing how good some of that food looks almost makes me wish I joined the Navy instead.
The food on boats (submarines) has to be good, because it's the thing people in those tin cans look forward to most throughout the day.
@@AlphaMachina I'm aware how it all works. Thank you.
I miss being in the Army and eating at the DEFACS wherever I was stationed, including deployment during my 22yrs before retirement 3yrs ago. Much respect goes out to these hard working young men and women. They are the most important in our military. Without them we couldn't do our jobs and missions.
I was Army Infantry... I'm not sure we were even fed food. We would have died on the spot seeing food this good.
Its the same right now, I'm in the army stationed in ft Carson and only time I seen food this good was when I was stationed in Camp Humphrey's South Korea where the R.O.K Army was also eating with us and the katusa's
A huge SALUTE to all the Mess Specialist ( Now Culinary Specialist ) in the NAVY. RARELY had a bad meal ( Yea, Yea, I know Broccoli Beef is suppose to be good for you ), Food always hot, fresh, and the hash browns on my first ship were to DIE FOR! Even the skipper lived for the hash browns smothered, covered, and diced!
Same shipmate- much respect to MS or DS out there.
Being a cook in the military is like an irl support class. Good guys and gals
On the other hand, if you screw up you are stuck with 100 angry people inside a metal tin can with no escape
As a US submariner I am eternally grateful for the CS's (cooks) and the work they do.
I served in the US Navy, onboard the USS Fletcher DD 992. Let me tell you, it is good food. I especially liked the fresh baked breads and rolls. Good old Navy chow.
Yeah man the food we get when deployed is pretty damn amazing. Respect to all the cooks that cook for us man
Keep quite the chinese are watching and probably planning a mutiny
@@trailrunning11vlog 🤣😂, yeah i bet they are aha
Having served in the military for 22 years, there is nothing better than chow hall breakfast and lunch. The military cooks are the best
We ate Good in the Navy. No complaints here. Go Navy!!
LOVED it! Nicely done. It is sooo important to recognize these culinary personnel. NOTHING moves, fights, flies or floats without fuel for the humans making it happen.
"The Navy gets the gravy and the Army gets the beans" . Old Army song I think LOL. I don't know about the Army but when I was in the Navy in the 1960"s the food was really good! Thanks, cooks!
Happy to see the men and women getting quality food during their deployment. Thanks to all the cafeteria staff and support staff.
*Fluctus* : hey!, US Navy can we film on your submarine about food??
*US Navy* : sure but only if you kiss our behind and flatter us the whole time, and call us the best!!
*Fluctus* : no problem!
If I was a sailor, I’d be saying thank you for every meal I had, these guys and gals are amazing!
If that was the case I said thanks once maybe twice a day
Ассортимент круче чем в любой нашей гражданской столовой. 👍
Thank you for all the crew's service... 👊❤✌️🇺🇸
3:43 Pucks refers to the plastic trash which was melted down in the incinerator. They come out in the shape of Hockey Pucks, hence the name.
Thanks for the explanation was wondering.
lol I always learn more from the comments...
Cool
I thought it meant as in 'No pucks given.'
@@donnash5813 🤣🤣🤣
i was 7 years usaf, and everyone in the military knows that the submariners have the best food in the military, and we all agreed: they deserve it. we all nodded quietly in agreement over this.
I wasn't in the Navy, but the Army and we couldn't have done what we did if not for those in the DFAC kitchens. Always respect for those cooking to feed us back then
Sailors eat good as hell. I still remember pounding sliders on USS Ranger as a kid, when we got the chance to go on a family cruise. (And unlimited chocolate milk and bug juice? Seven year old me had never seen anything so beautiful.)
"Menu's must be approved by a registered dietician approved by US Navy Command"...Submarine Captain:..."Hey Chief, we're going to be three weeks late getting supplies, what can we do for lunch and dinner meals? Chief..."Ummm..pancakes".
Pancakes for breakfast too, off course.
Chief:
"Stale ham and cheese sandwiches, an orange, a little can of juice, and a hard-boiled egg in a paper sack. Make sure that the coffee on the mess decks is at least 6-8 hours old"
Cook:
"300 in-port MidRats coming up..."
Dammit, now I'm hungry and want to join the Navy.
@Hanse Rickenbacker every job does
@Hanse Rickenbacker A sub will always have higher deaths due to it's mission. But there are deaths no matter the size in any dangerous industry.
@Hanse Rickenbacker The US sub force has the highest standard when it comes to safety. Zero reactor accident since its birth. Zero submarine loss at sea since SUBSAFE was introduced. The USS Scorpion was lost at sea due to its non-SUBSAFE standard.
Don't fall for it.
@Hanse Rickenbacker this one happened because of lack of routine services for years plus the sub is wayy past its suggested lifespan.
Best advise I have ever heard about military service is from Anthony Gonzales. "pick a designation that has a civilian counterpart or you end up leaving with nothing".
When I served aboard USS Skipjack, I was walking by the galley and the senior MS petty officer said, "Chief, I am making navy bean and ham soup with cornbread, could you tell me what you think?" I took a bite and said "Al, this is as good as my Mom"s." He looked at me and said "I'm done." Navy cooks are the best.
The food looks amazing when the cameras are rolling!
How do you know its worse when they are off. Did u used to work in a submarine?
I've eaten hundreds of meals in dozens of dinning halls, (DFacs) over the decades. Never had a bad bite
@@lameafricangamer9852 The 4 years and 28 days I spent on a guided missile frigate tell me everything I need to know.
@@DILLIGAF2101 Oh wow. So you served? If so thanks for your service.
@@lameafricangamer9852 In two branches! My pleasure!
That video reminds me of my days back in the Navy. I don't think many know the hardships of being in the Navy back in the 1970s and 1980s. You're a long way from home and no way to really communicate except by mail. I don't miss those days. It looks like the food choices have vastly improved since when I was in, but still not enticing enough for me. The quarters are tight and unless you pick a designation that has a civilian counterpart, you end up leaving with nothing. I went back to college and became a CPA. I worked on nuclear submarines out of Guam for a bit.
Being on ships with boilers and evaps that were broken 60% of the time. Remember watching new ships pumping fresh water over the side at sea while we were taking "Navy" showers. Hollywood showers would get you written up quick!
I thought the pay is good....but not for everyone.
Best advise I have ever heard about military service is from Anthony Gonzales. "pick a designation that has a civilian counterpart or you end up leaving with nothing".
Regardless, you get "peoples" experience on a ship.
You probably didn't do well on the ASVAB. Not everyone can be a top sailor. The world needs ditch-diggers too! And CPAs. LOL
You really have to have cooking in your blood to cook for so many, 3x a day, every day for the entire deployment. Much respect to these unsung heroes.
Joined the Airforce many years ago, and as I am watching this video using 5G wifi in my Double Tree Hotel Room for a TDY, watching my Navy brothers in their less-than-prison size sleeping Qtrs 09:00, I am thinking "atleast my brothers and sisters are eating good" while I am here waiting for Grub Hub to deliver my Lamb Bisque and Red Wine from Fogo de Chão like a peasant.
3:21 "4 crew members play an essential role in delivery" - Shows 4 dudes passing packets to eachother
It's called an all hands evolution.
I am ex Royal Navy and what am looking at here does not look like a anything I ate with them, the food the US navy provides is amazing
Shout out to all the men and women who sacrifice their families and lives to serve this great country. My biggest regret is not being able to do my part and serve
Jobs like these make you appreciate the things we take for granted
My dad told me that in the army, the meals are basically prison food. The navy... now the navy just gets this yummy yummy yummy stuff
And the Air Force has it served to them by waiters.
Yes, we did in 1990!
the only thing is that female narrators are displeasing over long periods of time, this is why there are no notable female narrators - get that guy from planet earth up in here stat
@@insulamagnetu3840 You just had to come in here and make it weird for no reason.
@@TerryTerius incorrect, you made it weird - what I originally said is a very common opinion, with which I am sure you agree
Being a cook/ chef is probably one of the hardest jobs in the military or anywhere for that matter. It’s never a never ending usually thankless task. Up before everyone else getting breakfast ready. Then the cleaning up, just in time to start the next lot. Anyone thinking it’s an easy life needs to think again. I bet the us military eats better than any other…
"Food has to be certified by the US Army...."
Me after working 16 hours below deck: F it, I eat everything the galley has made
better than school food, and also free, of course if they have a 700 billion budget
they deserve every bit of it
You don't have to pay for it with money but you pay in a different way.👍
Really loved the 6:40 long introduction part of this video before you actually started to talk about the "$2 Billion Kitchen"
My next door neighbor runs all of the food service for our local hospital. If what he goes through to not only keep the patients fed, but also to keep track of their prescribed diets, and then make sure the cafeterias are running properly, then these military cooks are the bomb!
damn, this ship kitchen looks better than my town's most famous buffet....
That was interesting, but the a little light on the Sub kitchen story I was interested in. I kept thinking near the beginning that those spaces were too big to be in a sub.
9:18 can we just appreciate this dude glugging an entire bottle of Worcestershire sauce into whatever he's cooking?
I remember when I was never in a submarine, what a day
These men and women deserve good food. Food that sticks with them till their next meal. They work hard. Thank you for all that you do for this nation.
I can't believe how good the food looks on a sub, compared to 50 years ago on a carrier.
I believe the great food has always been a major point of attraction for submariners. You need to bring in some a-class incentives to convince ppl to go to live in a fucking metal pressure vessel under the sea.
A great general once said: An army marches on it's stomach. And it's the truth. All hail to you cooks out there.
9:10 great words
Que CHULADA...... no soy un fan de la comida de USA, pero es impresionante ver la importancia que los gringos le dan a la alimentación de sus tropas alrededor del mundo...... MUY BIEN Y MUCHAS FELICIDADES !!!!!!
to all the veterans on this site. Thank you for your Service
You are welcome.
Oh yeah... this was done up for the interview. I remember we were going to get chili hot dogs, but they ran out of hot dogs and buns right away, so they did up rice and tortillas... and we had hot dog chili over rice and tortillas.
Not to mention the "steak and lobster" they sold everyone joining the submarine service. Yeah, "steak and lobster", more like mini-shrimp and Salisbury steaks.
Not all of it was bad, but kudos for playing it up, haha!
Most under appreciated job in the military. Meals in peace and in war. Hot soup in the winter and they get very creative in the summer. And do not doubt that they can handle a weapon!
outstanding documentary. Great to know USN personal are so well looked after by those working in the backend . Who carefully select of food products ensuring its navy personal get a balanced diet....Well Done guys
Kudos! And shout out to all those cooks that keep the fleet going! To those submarine cooks that cook and serve in that tight space great meals! Thank You for your SERVICE!!
Nothing but total respect to the military cooks from all services.
The public appreciate the knowledge of food preparation and food service provided to the US Navy Work force. Thank you, Fluctus! The people of the United States are appreciating the service of the armed forces very much, and thanks for keeping the peace as well as protecting our nation from harms.
I was in the service, US Army infantry, and PT was very highly emphasized as a part of training (back in time and a couple decades ago.) So, how do the crews conduct PT on these submarines and how can you shown us some examples in some other videos?
There's is a saying that submariner's have the best food because if the food is bad the chef have no where to hide lol (2)
LOL
I can't speak for nowadays, but back when I was in (~15 years ago), that wasn't entirely true.
The first meal we had when I reported onboard was surf 'n turf (lobsters and steaks), but the lobster I was served had a barnacle growing on its head and the steak was so flat and small, it might as well have been a burger from McDonald's.
I thought it may have just been a bad set of rations or something until I participated in my first UNREP (underway replenishment, like they show in the video) and saw the labeling on the boxes our meat arrived in: For Institutional and Prison Use Only.
Our cooks certainly did the best they could, but their supplies were definitely low-grade by anyone's scale. And don't even get me started on the UHT milk.
@@garyv83 surf and turf for my first med run after reporting onboard my first boat In 92, the lobster was live from Maine, didn’t get any though, i was a NUB. I remember that grade F meat though. The chili had grissle and veins in it.
@@garyv83 and plastic cow!
@@eking4962 having served aboard the Maine, I can assure you that those lobsters didn't come from there. They were river lobsters, at best, most likely pulled from the dregs of the swamps of King's Bay.
But yes, the gristle and glistening grease of the grade F meat is/was haunting.
Sergeant: Why do you wanna join the navy?
Me: Uhm, I want fo-, I wanna server my country.
@Hanse Rickenbacker At McDonald's you learn how to assemble mostly premade food from a narrow menu. In the Navy you learn how to actually cook a wide range of foods.
No lie, my best time in the Marine Corp was eating the food.
All power to them for keeping the world's dictatorships some what under control, and who the hell calls McDonald's food, have you ever seen a 6 month old burger?
@Hanse Rickenbacker Is that like..humor?
@Hanse Rickenbacker Also as a submariner you had to get basic submariner schooling and learn a lot of safety and emergency procedures which is an elite navy school even if your day job is cooking. I knew a guy who went and he told me they would put you in a dark room ask where such and such emergency cutoff valve was.