I spent the BEST 4yrs of my life on USS Independence CVA-62 from 75-79. Man, all my stories are AWESOME !!! Oh, and ALL the food we had back then... *WAS FRESH* ... we didn't have all this "re-heat" stuff !!!
My hats off to those Navy cooks; they kept us well-fed during my time in the Navy. Except for mess cranking, they sent us to the grinder!! The POT SHACK in 1990 sucked.
My x wife was in the Navy and yes I can agree that the Navy feeds its people very well. We had a family "Golden Corral" kinda place on base whre we were living and for $5 (if you weren't enlisted) you got 2 plates of food as high as you could stack it. I won't lie I'd enlist but I'm 36. I just want an honest job in life.
Army in early eighties, I appreciated the food and found it enjoyable. But it was absolutely mind blowing when you consider the quantity and quality these guys produce every single day.
I got out of the Navy in 1974. I can tell you they had some of the best food in the military or at least I thought it was when I was growing up it was just me and my brother and my dad. We learned how to cook, but when I went in the Navy, the food got a lot better.😂 I think all young men should have to go into the military at least for a year out of high school. You’ll get integrity and learn a lot and it’s a good place to get a education for a job like pipefitter or even the Seals. That boy cooking has a tattoo on his neck. That stuff wasn’t allowed when I went in. They must’ve lightened up a little bit. I’ve been hearing there a little bit you know what 😅
Navy veteran here, great food, nothing like a night on the town when in port, comimg back to midrats, custom order omelets sunday morning, put on 30 lbs
Man maybe I am the only one that feels this way and it’s ok. But it pisses me off to watch these guys have to pay for anything. They are out there 24/7 protecting our freedom they should be able to get a soda whenever they want or a snack or a Starbucks coffee without having to pay a cent out of their own pocket while on the ship Thank you for all that you do for our country.
It’s not out of their pocket. They get a allowance that they can only use of these kind of services or purchases. This allowance isn’t dollars it’s electric allowance.
Well, they say "Freedom doesn't come free". This is what they mean. But you should be worried about Malaysian and Hong Kong Businessmen making a fortune supplying them. Wasn't one caught in a scandal. Apparently, he was rewarding officers with women too, who complied.
Absolutely amazing how they provide fast and nutritional meals round the clock for 5000 people!!! Incredible!! Keep up the great work Ladies and Gentleman!!
I would consider it an honor because I would still be serving my fellow sailors. You know you don't have to be a fighter pilot or anything like that to support others
As a EX CULINARY SPECIALIST. 1992 ABOARD THE USS HOIST ARS 40 CREW COMPLEMENT: 108...ALWAYS FELT that its the MOST *CHILL* job to have....besides being a STORE KEEPER/ BARBER OR YEOMEN, OR PERSONAL DEPT. When women weren't allowed to serve on COMBAT SHIPS....SEEING the SCALE of this is very NOSTALGIC.
I've been deployed for both Thanksgiving and Christmas many times. In the entire 6 years I was in the Navy I only spent one Thanksgiving at home with my family. The CSs work very hard to make it as good as it can be
@@AlbertoGonzalez-sz5qt Hi, Thanks for that. I’m just a pissed off Taxpayer, Gun owner. 💪⚖️🇺🇸 Dad, brothers, almost all my uncles in WW11. 🇺🇸SERVED 🇺🇸 all gone✌️🕊️
The Navy provides 3 square meals a day. However, snacks not covered under the military like skittles and hot cheetos are paid by individual sailors. If they were given a free snack buffet, everyone would be fat within weeks.
I was on the Harry S. Truman back in 2000 and was on the first deployment and I remember on Christmas Day was the best meal that I’ve ever had. I’ve never seen so much seafood in my life and that ice cream socials they have were just fire. God i hated Norfolk with a passion, but the Harry Truman will forever be a memory.
Thank you for this uplifting video! It makes me happy to see the care and imagination the galley crew takes to feed ships full of brave men and women. They deserve the best, and it looks to me they are served just that! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
🥩🥓🍔🍞🍍🍆🥔🥝🍅🧄🥯🥞🧇🧀🍖🍗🥚🧆🥙🫔🌮🍕🥗🫕🥟🥠🎂🍩🍨🍧🦐🦞🥧🍮🍯🍶🍽🍴🔪I recently retired from the US Navy after a record 33 years of service THE rank of Master Chief Petty Officer, spent a great lifetime serving sailors and Marines on Nimitz class aircraft carriers serving in mess halls of various ships.
بما انك بحار في بحريه وقضيت وقتا كثيرا ورايت اشياء فضيعه وأشياء جميله وأشياء صعبه ماهي نصيحتك بشكل عام للذي يريد أن يترك دراسته وحلمه ويصيح فردا بالقوات العسكريه وخاصه البحريه
As an ex Austrailian soldier, I remember having a meal in the Sargents mess on the USS Barbor County but in 1987. All I can say is that it was equal too or maybe just a little better from what we were getting in the barracks at my mess at Enoggerra Barracks.
I tell you, cooking is not difficult here. The challenge is planning the supplies, making sure everyone is well fed, enough food for every single one everyday. If you ask me, the cooking planning and logistics team really is a stressful job
The ship doctors will take care of their health by conducting regular medical laboratory tests since the foods they eat are rich in bad cholesterols and sweet foods are abundant plus the soda drinks.
Is anybody surprised that Starbucks makes them pay for coffee on the boat? It really seems like it should be free for the soldiers in the cafeteria on the ship
Is this accurate,or they put the best food only for documentary. Its clear that sometimes they have to eat whatever there is available. What I meant is that,do they really eat this good most of the time. Lets say 60% of the time. If that is the case they eat better than most people from third world country or middle class family. If I was an American,I will definitely join navy.
نعم صحيح وانا شخصا عراقيا وليس فردا امريكيا انا لاتستطيع ان تقارن نفسك بشخص عسكري ايا كان صنفه بباقي الناس المدنيين الذي يتجولون داخل مدنهم بشكل سلس وطبيعي ومن الطبيعي ام يقدم للبحار خاصه مثل هذا الطعام وان يشعر ببعض الرفاهيه لان الخدمه العسكريه وبعدك عن عائلتك ومدينتك واشيائك التي تود أن تمارسها بحد ذاتها هي صعبه عل كل فرد ولأن الإنسان يشعر بالملل وقد يصيبه الاحباط فهذه الأشياء من الطعام او حتى الالعاب وغيرهه يمكن أن تكبح جماحه وتغير مزاجه وبالنهايه اخطر واصعب مهنه هي العسكريه ولانك قد لاتعرفها لهذا تسال
I remember having to push all this cargo up three ladder wells just to get to the mess decks before they could even begin preparation. Good ole' mess cranking duty.
Home in port No! last meal is dinner. Deployed only Midrats = midnight Rations aka lunch and dinner leftovers till 1 or 2 maybe earlier bc the CSs start morning breakfast prep around 5 am.
Be nice if they had three restaurant size smoker's one for brisket, one for rib's, and one for chickens corn bread are corn bread muffins and collars greens
This is why I am trying to get FLorida to get the Nimitz before it gets ripped apart and sold off. Just strip vulnerable stuff and leave the rest for turning it into a floating hotel and reunion ship off the coast of FL. Lots of JOBS and INCOME for FLORIDA
As an Army Veteran I can tell you that our food wasn't nearly this good, My brothers served in the Navy and they concur that the food was awesome. However those Air force people are just plain Ole spoiled, They had telephones and there own latrines in their rooms. This was back in the 80's, I can only imagine what they have now.
Speaking as an Australian, the sheer logistics blows my mind. Absolutely brilliant!
Thats why we are THE only remaining superpower on the planet
I spent the BEST 4yrs of my life on USS Independence CVA-62 from 75-79. Man, all my stories are AWESOME !!! Oh, and ALL the food we had back then... *WAS FRESH* ... we didn't have all this "re-heat" stuff !!!
Congratulations shipmates God bless you always and thanks for your service 👍👍👍👍👍
thankyou for your service. God Bless
@tobyargall8202 Good morning!. God bless you happy Monday 🌄
@tobyargall8202 you are very welcome shipmates aboard uss Carl Vinson 🇺🇸
if you thought carrier food was good you must have grown up eating dog shit
My hats off to those Navy cooks; they kept us well-fed during my time in the Navy. Except for mess cranking, they sent us to the grinder!! The POT SHACK in 1990 sucked.
To bad the Navy is not what it use to be
@@GeorgeMoss-t5i Thats what I hear, but then again, nothing seems to be.
Now you have places like Golden Corral to look forward to! Seems like I'm always seeing veterans at that place. Now I why! 😆
@@GeorgeMoss-t5iAround the time I got out is where it really started changing. I am happy I got out when I did.
Just got done with dinner watching this, now I am hungry again !
FUNNY
If you saw what we REALLY ate most of the time you would lose that appetite real quick lmao
❤ 🌹 God bless America 🌹❤ thank you all u.s service personnels 😘❤️❤🌹
Thanks for your comments and suggestions on this post. God bless you too 🙏
My x wife was in the Navy and yes I can agree that the Navy feeds its people very well. We had a family "Golden Corral" kinda place on base whre we were living and for $5 (if you weren't enlisted) you got 2 plates of food as high as you could stack it. I won't lie I'd enlist but I'm 36. I just want an honest job in life.
I’m 39 going into the Army, I think the cut off age is 42. Just had to write a letter telling why I chose to join so late.🤦🏿♂️
Army in early eighties, I appreciated the food and found it enjoyable. But it was absolutely mind blowing when you consider the quantity and quality these guys produce every single day.
I got out of the Navy in 1974. I can tell you they had some of the best food in the military or at least I thought it was when I was growing up it was just me and my brother and my dad. We learned how to cook, but when I went in the Navy, the food got a lot better.😂 I think all young men should have to go into the military at least for a year out of high school. You’ll get integrity and learn a lot and it’s a good place to get a education for a job like pipefitter or even the Seals. That boy cooking has a tattoo on his neck. That stuff wasn’t allowed when I went in. They must’ve lightened up a little bit. I’ve been hearing there a little bit you know what 😅
ever been onboard merchat ship?
@@ReynatoSantillan-po8pw no but I heard those destroyers fed better than the carriers
You must’ve been eating on base and not on any ship.
Fuck that the government shouldn't force a job unless there's a national emergency even if there is pros
As someone in the Army, the first time eating at a Navy galley after years of DFAC food was like walking into 5 star buffet.
Aircraft carrier is one city has five thousand peoples on board. Breakfast,lunch,supper, fifteen thousand meals give them for a day.
It’s great job.
Thank you for your service ladies and gents...
I suddenly felt hungry when I saw the delicious food on the aircraft carrier !!!
Just to let you know, this is all for show. My last deployment they didn't even get us real eggs
Navy veteran here, great food, nothing like a night on the town when in port, comimg back to midrats, custom order omelets sunday morning, put on 30 lbs
Man maybe I am the only one that feels this way and it’s ok. But it pisses me off to watch these guys have to pay for anything. They are out there 24/7 protecting our freedom they should be able to get a soda whenever they want or a snack or a Starbucks coffee without having to pay a cent out of their own pocket while on the ship Thank you for all that you do for our country.
What freedom?
It’s not out of their pocket. They get a allowance that they can only use of these kind of services or purchases. This allowance isn’t dollars it’s electric allowance.
Well, they say "Freedom doesn't come free". This is what they mean. But you should be worried about Malaysian and Hong Kong Businessmen making a fortune supplying them. Wasn't one caught in a scandal. Apparently, he was rewarding officers with women too, who complied.
As much as I want to say "The ship's paying for the food", they are still chefs at heart. The food still is on a tab... and someone has to pay.
100% Agreed!! ❤❤❤ Thank you to ALL who serve!!
Absolutely amazing how they provide fast and nutritional meals round the clock for 5000 people!!! Incredible!! Keep up the great work Ladies and Gentleman!!
Imagine joining the navy, being assigned to a carrier, and then getting posted at the Starbucks serving coffees.
That would be awful
Maybe the person has Barista background
I would consider it an honor because I would still be serving my fellow sailors. You know you don't have to be a fighter pilot or anything like that to support others
@ yeah you can find honour in it but my point is most people wouldn’t have joined the navy to serve coffee from a Starbucks
Mmmmmm, mess hall food! I used to go to the mess hall to eat on holidays because the food was so good!
You can never tell they’re even in a ship. Incredible.
I love the Christmas feast! ❤🎄 I LOVE the Santa Claus going-dow--the-chimney cake!
As a EX CULINARY SPECIALIST. 1992 ABOARD THE USS HOIST ARS 40 CREW COMPLEMENT: 108...ALWAYS FELT that its the MOST *CHILL* job to have....besides being a STORE KEEPER/ BARBER OR YEOMEN, OR PERSONAL DEPT. When women weren't allowed to serve on COMBAT SHIPS....SEEING the SCALE of this is very NOSTALGIC.
I was in the Navy for 22 years. The cooks on ships are rarely chefs. The chefs work in Admiral's quarters!
IN THE AIR FORCE WE HAD GREAT FOOD.. AIM HIGH,,,,, GO AIR FORCE.
Call’’em Whatever you want to but a cook is a COOK‼️
I've been deployed for both Thanksgiving and Christmas many times. In the entire 6 years I was in the Navy I only spent one Thanksgiving at home with my family. The CSs work very hard to make it as good as it can be
❤ U.s navy best of the best ❤🌹
Wow. They eat good,and they should. They are warriors
A Starbucks, on an Aircraft Carrier? Outstanding, Shipmates!!!😊😊😊
@@Dockenneson43 awesome service shipmates aboard uss Ronald Reagan 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
God Bless those now and past veterans in USA armed forces 🇺🇸
Which god?
@@or2akthe god of your understanding chump
@rolandgraff414 thanks for your service and God bless you 🙏
@@or2ak Hello
Happy and blessed Sunday. May the Lord send a rain of blessings to you
@@AlbertoGonzalez-sz5qt Hi, Thanks for that. I’m just a pissed off Taxpayer, Gun owner. 💪⚖️🇺🇸 Dad, brothers, almost all my uncles in WW11. 🇺🇸SERVED 🇺🇸 all gone✌️🕊️
The food 99.9% of the time does NOT look like this!
And they don't look fit either. I had never seen a Navy men with a pot belly back in my day. Except for the chef.
Yes, it is one of my oldest.brothers was in a plane carrier. He told me, it was very good.
Was you a sailor on an airplane.carrier. yes or no
u got into the wrong boat
I was on the JFK CV67(1998-2001), our food was pretty darn good! This was the transition period from Mess Specialist(MS) to Culinary Specialist.
One thing I learned from a fmr navy culinary crew member is they love to cook and know how to do it really well on a large scale.
Kind of crazy they have stores on the ships. Shouldn't all the people get their needs provided without spending their own money?
That’s why we pay them. So they can decide what they need. Sounds like you just want them paid more
The Navy provides 3 square meals a day. However, snacks not covered under the military like skittles and hot cheetos are paid by individual sailors.
If they were given a free snack buffet, everyone would be fat within weeks.
I was in the Navy for 20 yrs and NEVER did we EVER refer to them as "Chefs". LOL
Excellent. USA navy n when it comes to Super Carrier. 👍👍👍
Heart and soul of any ship
I was on the Harry S. Truman back in 2000 and was on the first deployment and I remember on Christmas Day was the best meal that I’ve ever had. I’ve never seen so much seafood in my life and that ice cream socials they have were just fire. God i hated Norfolk with a passion, but the Harry Truman will forever be a memory.
The narration of this moving picture utilizes a plethora of vernacular that is boundless
Thank you for this uplifting video! It makes me happy to see the care and imagination the galley crew takes to feed ships full of brave men and women. They deserve the best, and it looks to me they are served just that! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
Awesome video posted congratulations shipmates aboard uss RONALD REAGAN 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
HS-14 deployed on the USS KITTYHAWK during operation freedom and Iraq, Afghan campaign as they call it. The most fit I’ve been in my life.
Crazy to see on here someone who was not only on the kitty hawk but also in HS-14. I was in both.
Unsung heroes!
Rule #1: Don't anger the cook. Rule #2: Refer to Rule #1 !! Be thankful for MIDRATS.
Cholesterol coma.
I LOVE IT!
Leave me alone in my artery hardening fantasy!
Great video , educational , God bless our troops , 🙏🙏🙏
Which god?
2,400 to choose from.
🥩🥓🍔🍞🍍🍆🥔🥝🍅🧄🥯🥞🧇🧀🍖🍗🥚🧆🥙🫔🌮🍕🥗🫕🥟🥠🎂🍩🍨🍧🦐🦞🥧🍮🍯🍶🍽🍴🔪I recently retired from the US Navy after a record 33 years of service THE rank of Master Chief Petty Officer, spent a great lifetime serving sailors and Marines on Nimitz class aircraft carriers serving in mess halls of various ships.
بما انك بحار في بحريه وقضيت وقتا كثيرا ورايت اشياء فضيعه وأشياء جميله وأشياء صعبه ماهي نصيحتك بشكل عام للذي يريد أن يترك دراسته وحلمه ويصيح فردا بالقوات العسكريه وخاصه البحريه
As an ex Austrailian soldier, I remember having a meal in the Sargents mess on the USS Barbor County but in 1987. All I can say is that it was equal too or maybe just a little better from what we were getting in the barracks at my mess at Enoggerra Barracks.
This boat is probably one that got coached heavily before camera crews arrived. They knew to be on their best behavior
Thank you ALL for your service.
My family has a long history in the Navy!!! 🎉 Thanks for making this great video and thanks to all our service members! Hugs ❤ 🤗
为美国军人点赞感谢你们为国股务
Hey guys I think you've shown this before... At least I've seen it a couple of times just rebranded.
Man, I remember these meals!
I found the food on the train to be even more delicious than at the restaurants I usually eat at
I really like it when you can find a sense of humanity in a place you never imagine before.
food looking good ! thanks to the skillful staff on board.
I tell you, cooking is not difficult here. The challenge is planning the supplies, making sure everyone is well fed, enough food for every single one everyday.
If you ask me, the cooking planning and logistics team really is a stressful job
Love videos like this and the comments where veterans share their stories
I was in the navy for 27 years before i retired serving upwards of 15,000 meals a day to my fellow sailors and Marines.
Thank you for your long service.
Chunky sailors today, very different from WWII sailors same food
The pizza looks delicious❤❤❤11:15
我也在海上用餐兩年，台灣
Everything looks great 👍
This is absolutely amazing 💯
A Starbucks in an Aircraft Carrier...that´s so american! 🤭
Should be Black Rifle Coffee Company.
Who runs the Starbucks
God bless the souls of USS Cole. They were hit while in the Galley
For the best food in the military, you need to serve on a submarine.
The ship doctors will take care of their health by conducting regular medical laboratory tests since the foods they eat are rich in bad cholesterols and sweet foods are abundant plus the soda drinks.
God bless our troops
Keeping the Navy sick from the toxic food.
食堂車！😂 多人数に 海特食堂船 牽引船 ？ 集中的に攻撃されそう😂
世界 平安維持のために お疲れ様です❤
一人一人に ❤
God bless you and U S A ❤😊
Wow!! And that is just one ship!! The US has many more ships with lots of people aboard. So that must me thousands of meals a day.
On the Essex we won the Ney Award and the trophy was thrown overboard in Okinawa lol😂 everyone was like this is bull😅
Fabulous food.
Splash a bottle of 🍷 now
NAVY No1 ❤❤❤❤❤
Another really good video thanks
My ex husband’s father was a Chef for the Officers in the US Navy man I miss him and his cooking
Chief I am on vacation!
God bless the 🇺🇸
Is anybody surprised that Starbucks makes them pay for coffee on the boat? It really seems like it should be free for the soldiers in the cafeteria on the ship
Nothing is free.
A little rum ration would go well You know like the one the Capitan has in his quarters
Sir i have a question?if the jet fighter pilot have a mission they are allowed to bring food ?
Is this accurate,or they put the best food only for documentary. Its clear that sometimes they have to eat whatever there is available. What I meant is that,do they really eat this good most of the time. Lets say 60% of the time. If that is the case they eat better than most people from third world country or middle class family. If I was an American,I will definitely join navy.
نعم صحيح وانا شخصا عراقيا وليس فردا امريكيا انا لاتستطيع ان تقارن نفسك بشخص عسكري ايا كان صنفه بباقي الناس المدنيين الذي يتجولون داخل مدنهم بشكل سلس وطبيعي ومن الطبيعي ام يقدم للبحار خاصه مثل هذا الطعام وان يشعر ببعض الرفاهيه لان الخدمه العسكريه وبعدك عن عائلتك ومدينتك واشيائك التي تود أن تمارسها بحد ذاتها هي صعبه عل كل فرد ولأن الإنسان يشعر بالملل وقد يصيبه الاحباط فهذه الأشياء من الطعام او حتى الالعاب وغيرهه يمكن أن تكبح جماحه وتغير مزاجه وبالنهايه اخطر واصعب مهنه هي العسكريه ولانك قد لاتعرفها لهذا تسال
I did kp for 3 months then volunteer Ed for 3 more months then switched to it full time from 79-83
It is Persian gulf not Arabian gulf
Arabian gulf is an alternative name
Not generally known, but Navy chefs are trained by the Army at what was known as Fort Lee, VA.
surprising amount of money
I remember having to push all this cargo up three ladder wells just to get to the mess decks before they could even begin preparation. Good ole' mess cranking duty.
Let’s see them gear dogs and what they eat!
this is how you recruit people to join navy... food
Is the kitchen going 24 hrs 7 days a week with the different shedules?
Home in port No! last meal is dinner.
Deployed only Midrats = midnight Rations aka lunch and dinner leftovers till 1 or 2 maybe earlier bc the CSs start morning breakfast prep around 5 am.
i love video cooking
Wow.. Can i join you?
Be nice if they had three restaurant size smoker's one for brisket, one for rib's, and one for chickens corn bread are corn bread muffins and collars greens
This is why I am trying to get FLorida to get the Nimitz before it gets ripped apart and sold off. Just strip vulnerable stuff and leave the rest for turning it into a floating hotel and reunion ship off the coast of FL. Lots of JOBS and INCOME for FLORIDA
please try to write your own scripts. it feels like chatGPT himself is reading the script. nice video but 0 effort on script, not original at all
I am now eating Hot Dog with tocino
0:36 big homie from the army hood got everyone covered with meals :P
If you know, you know
Back then they use to spit in your food and hand it to you 😂😂
AND THEN FOR DINNER SOMETHING LIKE A BURRITO BOWL
Now you have places like Golden Corral to look forward to! Seems like I'm always seeing veterans at that place. Now I why! 😆
As an Army Veteran I can tell you that our food wasn't nearly this good, My brothers served in the Navy and they concur that the food was awesome. However those Air force people are just plain Ole spoiled, They had telephones and there own latrines in their rooms. This was back in the 80's, I can only imagine what they have now.
The Space Cadets in the new command must get out of this world foods ....
That's my son's only complaint about being stationed on a carrier. He told me the food is a-- but loves everything else aboard.