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  • Naval Aircrew Candidate School is one of the several training schools one must complete to become a part of Aircrew in the Fleet. Class 1242. Aug-Sept 2012. NAS Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida. United States Navy / United States Marine Corps. "GOON SQUAD" ** Click share and copy URL to your Facebook wall.**

Komentáře • 645

  • @MilesCB15
    @MilesCB15 Před 10 lety +158

    I've been an aircrewman for almost 4 years, I love it ill never regret signing my papers to join this family.

    • @michaeltomkowiak8132
      @michaeltomkowiak8132 Před 4 lety +1

      just a quick question do u have to be an officer to be eligible for aircrew ?

    • @abbieburke2945
      @abbieburke2945 Před 4 lety +2

      solar savage no

    • @garneroutlaw1
      @garneroutlaw1 Před 4 lety

      Very dependent on which command you go to. There are good ones and bad ones. My advice for candidates is when they get to FRAC better start doing some networking and asking about possible future commands. I prepared to leave the service a few months after checking into my first command, and no regrets on doing it and no regrets on getting out.

    • @christianmichaels6834
      @christianmichaels6834 Před 3 lety +1

      Signed to be an aircrewman/atf. Can you give me tips on what the job entails? They kinda mislead me already 🤣. Also, how hard is the swimming?

    • @dannywelcome8403
      @dannywelcome8403 Před 3 lety

      Is it hard to actually get in

  • @CBackwardz
    @CBackwardz Před rokem +13

    I’ll be headed here as soon as I finish basic, excited to take on the challenge and give every last ounce of honor, courage and commitment to making this dream come true.

  • @MrWilburlandaverde
    @MrWilburlandaverde Před 9 lety +188

    it only takes 13 minutes to get thourgh school? sign me up! haha

    • @WheatleyGLaDOS
      @WheatleyGLaDOS Před 9 lety +16

      +Wilbur Landaverde Yeah, 13 minutes of training, 2-4 months of "barrack support" ... non-stop latrine scrubbing fun.

    • @MrWilburlandaverde
      @MrWilburlandaverde Před 9 lety +1

      You were in barracks support? That sucks.
      Was the latrine very filthy? Lol

    • @WheatleyGLaDOS
      @WheatleyGLaDOS Před 9 lety

      Mostly the big latrines are filthy. The individual ones are okay.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 Před 6 lety

      MR.X ^

    • @mattr7118
      @mattr7118 Před 6 lety

      Wilbur Landaverde it's 3 weeks long initially. Not long at all. Not many people drop from the course either. You could do it if you worked hard too!

  • @DP-pg1yi
    @DP-pg1yi Před 6 lety +66

    Just graduated class of 1830.
    from a marine’s perspective:
    Over all not bad of a school house a lot of waiting when not classed up and a lot of PT when classed up. You do all the swimming the first week fun stuff the second week (dunker) graduation the third week and gear issue.
    Make sure you don’t lose focus when you are waiting to class up and make sure you PT regularly prior to classes.
    Don’t expect to leave right away after graduating. There’s more waiting after class.

    •  Před 6 lety +1

      You got that right, it was the same in '88! I know I waited at least a month before I was assigned to my next station after graduation.

    • @beauxhenry8847
      @beauxhenry8847 Před 5 lety +1

      Pabes! Whats up man?!? Lmfao

    • @adamreyes1058
      @adamreyes1058 Před 4 lety +2

      This is all true in the year 2020

    • @hectortorrez1595
      @hectortorrez1595 Před 4 lety

      Adam Reyes stfu reyes

    • @benhepler7943
      @benhepler7943 Před 4 lety

      What is the swim like

  • @cwby4christ06
    @cwby4christ06 Před 4 lety +21

    Retired aircrew as a P-3 Orion Flight Engineer. Aircrew for 12 out of my 20 years. Loved it, I will always cherish the memories of obtaining my “Wings of Gold!”

    • @youtubesavage8330
      @youtubesavage8330 Před rokem

      Dayum, my dad was a flight engineer on P3s, Chris Felton ring a bell?

  • @kmdunnster
    @kmdunnster Před 11 lety +124

    When I went through SERE, EVERYBODY had to "turn themselves in" the last day of the Evasion phase of the training. Then you go into the Resistance & Escape phase. My tent buddy(they pair you up) was an Ensign just out of BUDs and we never got caught. The longer you can stay out of the camp, the better.

    • @richardmercado6285
      @richardmercado6285 Před 3 lety

      That sounds awesome can a regular sailor do sere?

    • @ryanas447
      @ryanas447 Před 3 lety

      I’m in training rn

    • @artmathias9725
      @artmathias9725 Před 3 lety +5

      I did my SERE in Maine in during the winter. We only spent 1 night in the woods before the safety officer had us "caught" due to a blizzard. We got an extra night of babies crying, yippee. My partner was also an Ensign straight out of BUDs. As the whole experience sucked as it was, it was the guys that had tattoos that I really felt bad for.

    • @artmathias9725
      @artmathias9725 Před 3 lety +2

      @@richardmercado6285 back when I went through, No. Unless it has changed, SERE was only for service members who's job would have you operating within hostile combat zones.

    • @artmathias9725
      @artmathias9725 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryanas447 If you are going to be assigned to a Marine unit, more than likely you will go.

  • @RightCenterBack321
    @RightCenterBack321 Před 11 lety +38

    Being a Naval Aircrewman seems like the best job in the Navy.

  • @vets_alex02
    @vets_alex02 Před 7 lety +180

    good video but Jesus Christ the music is horrible

  • @flashgordon6238
    @flashgordon6238 Před 6 lety +38

    We had the real Helo dunker when I when through in 1983. Six people in a drum that dropped from above the water and sank then flipped in a random rotation. No one caused it to flip in a predetermined direction - that depended on the current weight distribution. You had to go three rounds and exit the side "windows" once all motion stopped. Last dunk was with blacked out goggles to simulate night conditions or jet fuel in your eyes.

    • @andrewpetersen1347
      @andrewpetersen1347 Před 6 lety +4

      Flash Gordon that’s what it still is. You don’t know where it will spin.

    • @realMartinHamilton
      @realMartinHamilton Před 2 lety +1

      I was there in January 1986 and know what you're talking about. I got kicked in the face on one egress but made it out anyway.

    • @flashgordon6238
      @flashgordon6238 Před 2 lety +1

      @@realMartinHamilton I was a lifeguard before I went in, so no issues in RTC or Aircrew School.

    • @flashgordon6238
      @flashgordon6238 Před 2 lety +1

      @@realMartinHamilton I ended up flying in the Antarctica as a Polar Crewchief for three deployments in UH-1N helicopters with VXE-6!

    • @sugarman924
      @sugarman924 Před 2 lety +1

      Also went on the real helo dunker two weeks ago

  • @armandodrozjr.8854
    @armandodrozjr.8854 Před 5 lety +13

    Thank you for posting this video. I went through NACCS in 1984 (5 wks) and the training looks very much the same. There was an obstacle course we had to do as well, the parachute drag, and a 5 mile run to the lighthouse and back.
    Great memories and you never forget that training. It stays with you forever. Teamwork!

    • @benhepler7943
      @benhepler7943 Před 5 lety

      What should you do before u go to the school

    • @benhepler7943
      @benhepler7943 Před 5 lety

      I ship out aug 2020 I still have senior year of high school but I got my contract

    • @armandodrozjr.8854
      @armandodrozjr.8854 Před 4 lety

      @@benhepler7943 You are young and in fit shape by the time you get to NACCS. You will have no problem with the PT. But you better be a great swimmer. Lots of swimming.

    • @benhepler7943
      @benhepler7943 Před 4 lety +1

      Armando Droz Jr I’m ok at swimming I use to do it a lot they said I would be able to pass cuz of my fitness and my ironwilled

    • @armandodrozjr.8854
      @armandodrozjr.8854 Před 4 lety +1

      @@benhepler7943 Good luck to you. All the best. Naval Aircrewmen are among the finest members you will ever be a part of. Thank you for your anticipated service to our wonderful country. Stay strong, stay in good spirits and do well in the Navy. Never let an opportunity for advancement go to waste. Study and train hard. The life you save may be your shipmate's and your own.

  • @hawkeye0927
    @hawkeye0927 Před 3 lety +11

    One of you guys gave me my first salute back in Feb 1987 after completing AOCS, just across the street, (Battalion II building).
    As a prior enlisted former AME2 with 6 years in at that time already, it was a great feeling. I always looked after my sailors when I returned to the fleet as a Naval Aviator a few years later after flight school.
    Nice vid of your school👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

    • @gageciuba6123
      @gageciuba6123 Před rokem

      I am a ame rn and seen the aircrew and thought it would be cool too cross rate too aircrew but also want to only do one contract ,how hard/worth it is you say aircrew is ??

    • @chuckamucksc
      @chuckamucksc Před rokem

      Chrome Domes Unite!!🤣

  • @tommy2x4
    @tommy2x4 Před 2 lety +4

    nothing but great memories for me!!! p-cola was such a great time of my life!!! getting paid to train all day, then spend the weekend at the beach.

  • @Im_Not_Entertained
    @Im_Not_Entertained Před 8 lety +4

    Went through Aircrew Candidate School in September 2003. Great video. brings me back. 29 days of some of the best training I've ever had.

  • @chrispotter3190
    @chrispotter3190 Před 4 lety +6

    In case anyone is looking at this in 2020 or later, NACCS has gotten even easier. The only PT you do in actual class is one week of “hell week” where u do maybe 3 hours of pt a day. The rest of the day you swim. Every other week is just classroom training pretty much. It’s super easy. If you’re a decent swimmer and can do a push-up, this school is cake. The single worst part of this school house is the waiting. You’re in backlog for almost 2 months before u start the actual school, which only lasts 4-5 weeks. Then you’re in grad hold for 2 months. Then you’re in barracks support for a month before you start A school. So much waiting

    • @exotech3325
      @exotech3325 Před 4 lety

      Really? I'll be there in after boot. I've been busting my ass because I'm told its going to be difficult. Like hours of PT every day, 10 mile runs, etc. The swim I'm not worried about.

    • @chrispotter3190
      @chrispotter3190 Před 4 lety

      exotech nah man. That’s how it used to be like 5+ years ago. And that was for backlog before naccs. Before quarantine when I was in backlog, the only pt we did was going to the gym twice a day to do our own workouts which for a lot of people was just playing basketball or racquetball or something. And then they closed the gyms so we didn’t workout at all lol. It’s not bad. Now RSS is a different story. If you’re a rescue swimmer then you’ll be doing a hell of a lot more workouts

    • @skeezahkahal8464
      @skeezahkahal8464 Před 4 lety

      Do u need to complete a 2nd class swim test at boot camp? What should I learn before leaving for this school?

    • @chrispotter3190
      @chrispotter3190 Před 4 lety

      J Hunny you don’t need to complete a 2nd class swim no. They may not even offer it to u at boot camp. Just get ur strokes down for naccs. U could learn the Aircrewmans creed. Apart from that there’s nothing really for u to do to prepare. It’s not bad

    • @skeezahkahal8464
      @skeezahkahal8464 Před 3 lety

      Sorry one more question, how does aircrew get there orders (specifically dry aircrew)? I heard dry aircrew will most likely get put as a AWO on the P8s and I was wondering what bases have p8 squadrons and if you get a choice on which one you go to or is it completely needs of the navy?

  • @xxraggarxx2929
    @xxraggarxx2929 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The first building in the video is where all aircrew would form up for classing up and classes is being condemned cause a baby possum fell out of the ceiling into the cage. One of the instructors said they wont fix the building for use they will just make the outside look pretty since the repairs for making the building serviceable would cost to much. they planned on moving to another building removing the original wings and painting new ones at the new building. My class 2343 was the last one to have a full cycle through it. We made our class patch honoring that possum who made a huge change to the history of aircrew training. the patch is several possums wearing piss covers diving out of a c-130 with "END OF AN ERA" at the bottom of the patch. HOORAH AIRCREW!

  • @rickscott7350
    @rickscott7350 Před rokem +1

    Welcome to Naval Aircrewman. Best Job in the world in the Navy. We didnt have Aircrew Candidate when I first became and Aircrewman, just SERE and DWEST and EW Training at North Island for the job. When I went for my 2nd tour the Detailer mentioned AC Candidate and I asked if I needed it since I already had my wings, He decided not. I just did DWEST Again and then EW training at Corey Station in PCola. FE School, later at VP31 and Dwest again.
    Again, Welcome and its the BEST Job you will ever have.

  • @redbaron7117
    @redbaron7117 Před 2 lety +3

    I love looking at all the comments on here, it's crazy how long ago some of them were. I ship out next July (I'm DEP) and was able to get aircrew. I'm very excited for the future adventures military life holds for me.

    • @jackbrantly2953
      @jackbrantly2953 Před rokem +1

      I ship out in 3 weeks (DEP). I’m also enlisted aircrew through USMC. I’ll come back and let you know anything you want

    • @gioret998
      @gioret998 Před rokem +2

      How did it go?

    • @jonathanjuwainat5535
      @jonathanjuwainat5535 Před měsícem

      @@jackbrantly2953update?

  • @realMartinHamilton
    @realMartinHamilton Před 2 lety +1

    I was there in 1986, January. Was in CPR training when the tragedy of the Space Shuttle happened. It was super cold that morning. Thanks for your service ladies and gentlemen.

  • @davidhenry8137
    @davidhenry8137 Před měsícem

    Went through this school in 1996, and it rocked and was very strenuous n tough! But fun. 5 days in woods was argh no food no coffee. Spin puke tub was fun, etc. Very proud to be a naval Aircrewmen. Rock on.

  • @Snowcat89onXbox360
    @Snowcat89onXbox360 Před 8 lety +51

    Can't wait to get there! I ship out in a couple of weeks to Navy Bootcamp as an Aviation Rescue Swimmer!!!

    • @geraldhartman2336
      @geraldhartman2336 Před 7 lety +9

      You should have graduated by now. I hope went well.

    • @Snowcat89onXbox360
      @Snowcat89onXbox360 Před 7 lety +27

      Gerald Hartman Thanks, everything did! Graduated RSS a few weeks ago and now waiting to go to A School!

    • @ZaStacher
      @ZaStacher Před 7 lety +2

      What do aircrewmen do? I'm interested in it.

    • @Snowcat89onXbox360
      @Snowcat89onXbox360 Před 7 lety +6

      Stacher. ($) Fly! :)
      It depends on what aircraft you crew. Anything from sensor operating and mine hunting to door gunning and SAR.

    • @geraldhartman2336
      @geraldhartman2336 Před 7 lety +2

      +Snowcat89, that's great to hear (read).
      I'm envious - because I'm too old and broken to wear the uniform any longer. ;-)
      Do good and be well.

  • @thomasdaily4363
    @thomasdaily4363 Před 4 lety +5

    Ok, that's not cool. Our class photo was taken in wet flight suits and barefoot, outside the pool building, after the mile swim, in January.

  • @coconino18
    @coconino18 Před 11 lety +3

    NACCS is 4 weeks but you on hold for an undetermined amount of time. it depends on how many people are ahead of you. then you go to RSS if youre a rescue swimmer for 5 weeks. then you go across base to "A" school which depending on the rate you get whether its AWO,AWR,AWV,AWF, or AWS determines the amount of weeks of training. after you graduate then you go to SERE in Maine.

  • @moddedmedia415
    @moddedmedia415 Před 9 lety +5

    NACCS in 2000. Females were not allowed in that MOS (marine corps anyways) but we did have female navy

  • @mrcringle
    @mrcringle Před 8 lety +7

    Boy does this bring back memories.
    I went through back in 86.
    Went to AW school in Millington TN right after A/C school.
    Then SERE
    Then to my RAG at VS-41.
    I didn't make the Navy a career but I don't regret one day of the 5 years I was in.

    • @cellardoor199991
      @cellardoor199991 Před 8 lety

      Please tell us everything about SERE. Also, I heard Aircrew used to have an obstacle course back then? Share stories please.

    • @GarySanOly
      @GarySanOly Před 7 lety

      Did you know AWCM Paul Bigelow in VS-41? He and I were in VP-6 and CPW-2 together in the late seventies. In the mid nineties he was Embry Riddle's Center Director at NAS Whidbey; I taught for ERAU too 83-2002.

    • @MichaelJohnson-ip9sj
      @MichaelJohnson-ip9sj Před 4 lety

      GarySanOly I knew Paul Bigelow when he was AWCS. We served together in VS 21 from 85 to 89.

  • @andyhwell8419
    @andyhwell8419 Před 7 měsíci

    My dad was an AW from 1977-2001. Iv been an AW since 2004 and retire in 7.5 months. Pensacola was a good time.

  • @RT-zt4xx
    @RT-zt4xx Před 7 lety +4

    7/87 class. Man, this brings back some fun times. Looks like things have changed a bit; new helo dunker, etc. AW/SS3 P-3b/c update 2.5; VP-22 (decom). Good times. Also, glad to see they are still using the same barracks, etc.

  • @stevenhageman8255
    @stevenhageman8255 Před 4 lety +1

    That school house was so hype, waking up shouting out the Petty officers names as they come out then running like 6+ miles doing several minutes planks... it was the life haha

  • @Mariner311
    @Mariner311 Před 4 měsíci

    Went through way back in 1987 - forgot the class number, but we started the Tuesday after Memorial Day... then on to RSS Class 8719 (Number One, First in Line, Conway's Last, Guarido's First) - STILL have and fit into my UDT Shorts.

  • @DreamLifeLiveDreams
    @DreamLifeLiveDreams  Před 11 lety +6

    Go Marines the end. you will get all the info you need when you finish each step. Vision correctable to 20-20 and good depth perception. Marine corps will get you in shape for the job.

    • @artmathias9725
      @artmathias9725 Před 3 lety

      I find it odd that the Marines that go through NACs are the ones that have the toughest time, they tend to be the ones who have the most trouble with the swimming part of training. With that being said, I will also add that it doesn't change the respect I have for jarheads.

  • @lalocedillo8228
    @lalocedillo8228 Před 2 lety +5

    Saludos desde México. Y mis más profundos respetos a estos Guerreros.

  • @surfbum1151
    @surfbum1151 Před rokem +1

    Damnit man now I feel old, I went threw that back in 09. Saw this was 10 years ago and checked to see how close our classes would have been but it hit me how long ago I went threw LOL 🤦‍♂️ forgot all about the hypoxia chamber

  • @Job433
    @Job433 Před 7 lety +1

    Graduated NACCS in 1980 as an ADAN then to USS America CV-66 COD Crew and VRC-40 then to Reserves VP-62 as a flight engineer trainee. Good times. Lots of changes in Naval Aviation since then.

  • @SMyD77777
    @SMyD77777 Před 11 lety +5

    Definitely thinking about doing aircrew, shipping out to Navy RTC soon, gonna be an AD. HOOYAH!

  • @christopher1073
    @christopher1073 Před 10 lety +1

    Thanks chunkbarf, i plan to go into the USMC so it's good to see what's expected of me there.

  • @maddcadets
    @maddcadets Před 11 lety +12

    Good memories though, easiest school you'll ever do as an aircrewman

    • @chrispotter3190
      @chrispotter3190 Před 4 lety

      Nah A-school was much easier

    • @maddcadets
      @maddcadets Před 4 lety

      @@chrispotter3190 fuck that noise, A school nearly kicked my ass

    • @chrispotter3190
      @chrispotter3190 Před 4 lety +1

      maddcadets what’s ur rate? I’m about to graduate AWO(electronic) A-school and the class itself is a fuckin joke. We spend over half the time “reviewing” without an instructor even in the room. The worst part is maybe the PT because it’s so early. But even then, it’s only 1 hour for 3 days a week

    • @maddcadets
      @maddcadets Před 4 lety

      @@chrispotter3190 I was an AWR. But back then the AWO's had to go through acoustic AND non-acoustic woth the AWR's regardless of what they were going to do at the FRS. And it was hours a day of furious note taking, trying to capture every little detail theu were sending us through a firehose and a major test every other week or so. I think the only test I aced was the aquatic physics (I forget what it's called) test in the very beginning.

    • @maddcadets
      @maddcadets Před 4 lety

      @@chrispotter3190 the PT at A School was always a joke when I was there

  • @deltaalpha21074
    @deltaalpha21074 Před 8 lety

    Navy ever needs somebody expert in Sports Science and Medicine I am up for that never forgot starving those 2 weeks at EGLIN AFB ,,,,,,,ever!!!!! Today built like SEAR INSTRUCTOR ...loved my SAR DAYS best training ever got in my whole life---- thank you NAS PENSACOLA FL!

  • @Juanchopepe86
    @Juanchopepe86 Před 12 lety +2

    Amezquita here.
    Even though I got rolled back in week 3, I am still a GOONSQUAD!!!
    HOOYAH GOONSQUAD!!

  • @aircrew101
    @aircrew101 Před 11 lety +1

    For you guys who were asking about the training pipeline. Normally you go from bootcamp to aircrew canidate school. I dont know about nowadays but in 2004-05` I think the school was 2-3months of just nothing but working out and swimming all day everyday. PT/meal/PT/meal/swim/secure.. Then I went to AW school Now its called AWO A school. That should be 4 months of hard core in the books study. I watched alot of people drop out of both schools so keep your game face on and your military bearing.

  • @kmdunnster
    @kmdunnster Před 11 lety +1

    Went through NACCS back in the Stone age(1988), but seems nothing has changed much. After that was "AWA school" in Millington ,TN for another 6 months, then SERE school in San Diego, then 6 more months of the "Rag" Squadron, then you get to your final permanent duty station. Mine was Hawaii:-)

  • @erica_l_bzidi
    @erica_l_bzidi Před 11 lety +2

    awesome video! I just heard about this from one of my friends and looked it up! I was in class 1244, I'm somewhere in the mess of white shirts showing the "stress sets" before p.t. towards the end of the video lol, great upload to show people what NACCS is really like!

  • @patobrien7009
    @patobrien7009 Před 4 lety

    This seems so strange to me. Went to boot at San Diego in 1970, NATTC at NAS. Memphis. AT school for 6 months the C school for 3 more. After that shipped out to my squadron and was assigned to a flight school, 6 months later I got my wings. I got sent back for SERE, DWEST, and altitude training 2 years later. It was a whole different world then. GO NAVY.

  • @DP-pg1yi
    @DP-pg1yi Před 6 lety +1

    Leaving November 27, 2017 signed a contract for AG (aircrew) for the Marine Corps. See you guys back when I make it through all the training! OoooOOhRA

  • @roccodonato6236
    @roccodonato6236 Před 10 měsíci

    Very challenging and fun! Got my gold wings in 1990. Ended up stationed in Hawaii flying P-3c Orions. *Goooo for it kids!*

  • @tristanfreeman4029
    @tristanfreeman4029 Před 4 lety +1

    Crazy to look at the front of the building on youtube while I'm currently in it now

  • @patrickbooth5091
    @patrickbooth5091 Před 9 lety +13

    Literally the easiest thing I've ever done was graduate this school. Just wish I could've made it through RSS

    • @Snowcat89onXbox360
      @Snowcat89onXbox360 Před 7 lety +2

      Patrick Booth Tough shit man... what's the Navy got you doing instead?

  • @Juanchopepe86
    @Juanchopepe86 Před 12 lety

    Aircrew Candidate School (NACCS) is about 1 month but you are gonna be waiting to class up, so it could range anywhere to 6 weeks to 6 months. After NACCS, you go to your A-School at the other side of base for your rating ( your job in Aircrew).

  • @GarySanOly
    @GarySanOly Před 7 lety

    Became USN Aircrew before there was a NACCS; AWs were sensor operators only. Flew as SS1/3 P-3 Orions 77-91 homeported NAS Barbers Point. Cool video; times have changed retired from USN June 1991 hard to believe that was 26 years ago seems like only a few years ago.

  • @awbooth44
    @awbooth44 Před 11 lety

    If your going to Aircrew school and want to be a in TACAMO either becoe an AWF( Reel Operator) or what I am a AWV ( In-Flight Technician or Airborne Communication Operator) once you complete ATT and AE or ATO strand you will get a choice to where you wanna go...maybe. If you qualify for a TS clearance AND you want to go to Tinker then im sure you will get it. Its not all that bad here, its what you make of it. But just remember its the needs of the navy and if you get selected!

  • @doughnuts7740
    @doughnuts7740 Před rokem +3

    Bruh what is this music 💀

  • @sgtdesertfox
    @sgtdesertfox Před rokem

    Thank You For Posting This, this has really helped calm my nerves as to how it may go

  • @randalbloomquist7812
    @randalbloomquist7812 Před 6 lety +3

    Same buildings, I think we did the mile swim in the intercoastal. I know that the training changed alot after the kid across the hall from me drown in the pool. Before that there was no such thing as training time out or stress card's. The Navy expected you to be tough! If you couldn't hack it you were dropped.

    • @andrewpetersen1347
      @andrewpetersen1347 Před 6 lety

      Randal Bloomquist no such thing as a stress card. If you can’t cut it and it’s too hard you DOR which means you quit and you find a new job. Training timeouts are for when you’re about to pass out.

    • @charlesmeaux3954
      @charlesmeaux3954 Před 5 lety

      Sean Thompson That was meracci he was in the class right before mine, he drowned in RSS during pollywogs

  • @shawnjvojames96
    @shawnjvojames96 Před 8 měsíci

    This is motivation. I’m currently looking to join the navy and I wanted to be a Seabee but also interested in aircrewman helicopter rate it’s so many things to do

  • @wildin2
    @wildin2 Před 11 lety

    Finishing my physical tomorrow and then getting orders to go to NACCS on friday can't wait to be there.

  • @artmathias9725
    @artmathias9725 Před 5 lety +2

    Wow, that brought back a ton of memories. Thank you. Orion's all the way!!!

  • @deathfire096
    @deathfire096 Před rokem +1

    I went to this school in the summer of 1990 after Boot Camp in Orlando. The President was HW Bush, that's 32 years ago. A lot has change. Many same drills but different places in the base. We did the 1 mile swim outside in the pool. We did the obstacle course a lot. The mess hall was very nice. It was officer quality type but for enlisted. As of matter of fact, it was the best base out of my 5 year enlistment. After Pensacola, we went to Millington, TN for A school and that was a downgrade. That base sucks and the mess hall was Alcatrazz level.

  • @geffreybolster3780
    @geffreybolster3780 Před 5 lety +2

    Great! Just g r e a t . I was there in 89. AC/RSS H-3s. Hey, is that PBY-5 wreck still in the building? I always loved the survival displays there. Oh! Did you go to SERE school?

  • @slavefeet57
    @slavefeet57 Před 10 lety +1

    I just got the paperwork cleared away for this, i know it's AG under mos 73xx enlisted crew, but there was one other either AJ or AH that was also aircrew the other is an aircraft mechanic position which would still allow you to become aircrew just much later down the road.

  • @Juanchopepe86
    @Juanchopepe86 Před 11 lety

    Your Aircrew rating, whether it be AWF, AWO, AWR, AWS, AWV, is chosen for you in the final week of NACCS. They'll ask you to put on a paper what rating would you like and depending on the needs of the Navy and space for the job, They'll give you that rating, or they'll give you your second choice. It all depends how manned they are and the needs of the Navy.

  • @billygalyon3553
    @billygalyon3553 Před 2 lety

    I attended this training in Pcola. Class (19) 9209. Brings back some memories.

  • @jgalliher9
    @jgalliher9 Před 6 lety

    I was in Class 8225. We did the helo pick up with a real helo in P-cola bay. We also did parachute training from behind a truck at Elgin AFB.

  • @catdaddy57
    @catdaddy57 Před 3 lety

    Vp-22 Barbers Point Hawaii 76-80...best time of my life and best friends I ever had... boy this brings back memories

  • @hayden4516
    @hayden4516 Před 9 lety

    I'll be here in June and I can't wait. See you soon.

  • @zachariahhostetter1893
    @zachariahhostetter1893 Před 7 lety +5

    I swore into the DEP for USMC about a week ago. I hope there is an opening for an AG contract, this is the job I want to do so bad!

    • @paulvigneau4933
      @paulvigneau4933 Před 7 lety +2

      Looks like you and I are going to be fighting each other for that earlier ship date. Where you at brother?

    • @zachariahhostetter1893
      @zachariahhostetter1893 Před 7 lety +1

      Paul Vigneau I'm from Lancaster pa rss. My ship dates for November. But recruiter wants me to go in May.

    • @paulvigneau4933
      @paulvigneau4933 Před 7 lety +3

      Worcester, MA RSS, October ship date. Until you know for certain you're ready to go, fight your recruiter for that later ship date. Hang tough and do well bro!

    • @zachariahhostetter1893
      @zachariahhostetter1893 Před 7 lety +1

      Paul Vigneau thanks man, see you in the fleet!

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 Před 6 lety

      Paul Vigneau hey im from Brockton and Bridgewater :D show those marines what a true asshole is, Masshole brother! :D o7

  • @RightCenterBack321
    @RightCenterBack321 Před 11 lety +1

    Lots of great information! Thanks for taking the time to deliver that.

  • @21Pescatore
    @21Pescatore Před 6 lety

    I went there in 1980, I remember the helo dunker, the 1 mile swim and being out in the field for days with no food.It was a great experience!

    •  Před 6 lety

      The Eglin AFB camping trip was fun! It was cool to hang out with the instructors and just shoot the shit with them.

    • @1111oakland
      @1111oakland Před 5 lety

      Why did you guys have to go to the field in NACCS in 1980? We dont do that anymore

    • @mrorange6660
      @mrorange6660 Před rokem

      @@1111oakland It was the real deal back then.

  • @deadkennedy00
    @deadkennedy00 Před 11 lety

    You can also be a CTR, CTI, or CTT. But if thats the case you have to elect to join the Aircrew pipeline after you start your A school.

  • @gregorystevens4086
    @gregorystevens4086 Před 10 lety

    That school was awesome. I'd do it all over again.

  • @adam-ip3xe
    @adam-ip3xe Před 9 měsíci

    9:28 That cat walk does not exist anymore. The only remaining part are the concrete support beams which kinda just awkwardly stick out of the bay. 9:41 That Glass building is also the new Naccs HQ. I can proudly say I helped move every single piece of furniture from the old building into the new 😂 👍

  • @HiImKodyB
    @HiImKodyB Před 11 lety

    for the navy you go to a school which is just on the other side of base then you go to sere

  • @AC9Bizzle
    @AC9Bizzle Před 11 lety +1

    Awesome video man, the instructors must have really lighten up to let you guys bring in cameras.

  • @morgandavis6996
    @morgandavis6996 Před 4 lety +2

    I ship in 9 days 🤞🏼

  • @RATyson
    @RATyson Před 11 lety

    Great Memories!
    I attended NACCS a LONG time ago. Arrived in November 1987.
    If i remember correctly, I think I was in class 8808.
    Do they still do Rambo week?

  • @aircrew101
    @aircrew101 Před 11 lety

    (continue) after A school you will go to SERE school in maine or san diego, (good luck with that) . thats about 1 week of classroom work and 1 week in the field. Then you would go to your platform school. I went to P-3`s as An AW to VP-30 in jacksonville FL. That school is about 8months. Then you will go to your squadron and once you get qualified there you will get your gold wings. In the squadron for first timers in a p3 it will take between 6months and 12months. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

  • @shawnawesome4848
    @shawnawesome4848 Před 6 lety

    Class 8710 God, I miss those days Only to follow up with SAR School 11 years later...At 34 I could still Lap half the young'ns. Good Times, "Always Ready"

  • @RightCenterBack321
    @RightCenterBack321 Před 11 lety

    According to the Airborne Command Post fact sheet on the STRATCOM official website:
    "Members of the battle staff form operational teams and represent all branches of the armed services."
    Is there always a battle staff flying aboard TACAMO every time the aircraft takes off for a mission?

  • @kmdunnster
    @kmdunnster Před 11 lety +1

    The Navy/Marine Corps have had SERE school classes at Warner Springs since the 1960's. If you do go there, there's not much around in the form of animals around. Plenty of prickly pears to eat. Ha Ha.
    The guys that have been through SERE usually won't devulge any info about the actual "stuff" that goes on inside POW camp.

  • @patricklawhorn1783
    @patricklawhorn1783 Před 10 lety

    i leave december 10. ill be in nacs in february. ive always wanted an adventure like this

  • @JrodJakerz
    @JrodJakerz Před 10 lety

    i ship to rtc on nov 4th. going here January. so stoked, this all looks fun to me

  • @aircrew101
    @aircrew101 Před 11 lety

    Nice video. I was there Dec 04`. I miss all those aircrew beach parties and hotel parties in PCOLA.. mannnn we got beat at that school house

  • @DM-pz5ky
    @DM-pz5ky Před 11 lety +1

    Awesome video! Can you make it available on mobile version please?

  • @flashgordon6238
    @flashgordon6238 Před 6 lety

    We did our PT on the Grinder (hot asphalt), not soft green grass!

  • @mako2350
    @mako2350 Před 10 měsíci

    we had a Puddle pirate helo pick us up in Pensacola bay not what they have in the pool now... Class 9133 here... is the F4 phantom out side the admin bldg still there, to the left of the barracks as you exited? I believe if I remember right it was from the Constellation...

  • @jake247Y
    @jake247Y Před 8 lety +1

    What happens if you wear contacts/glasses? I would assume you wouldn't be allowed contacts since you're opening your eyes underwater, but I didn't see anyone wearing glasses.

    • @AlexGotUtube
      @AlexGotUtube Před 8 lety

      +jake247Y I've been trying to figure that out myself because I want to join Aircrew. But I think you can still join with correctable vision aka classes or contacts. The worse vision you can have is like 20/400 ( people with vision like that will need glasses) or something like that. I'm 1 point off from 20/20 so ive been trying to figure it out. If anyone knows please tell me.

    • @AlexGotUtube
      @AlexGotUtube Před 8 lety

      +jake247Y I've been trying to figure that out myself because I want to join Aircrew. But I think you can still join with correctable vision aka classes or contacts. The worse vision you can have is like 20/400 ( people with vision like that will need glasses) or something like that. I'm 1 point off from 20/20 so ive been trying to figure it out. If anyone knows please tell me.

    • @jake247Y
      @jake247Y Před 8 lety

      Yes, you can. I have an AG contract for enlisted aircrew, and it specifies that "vision must be uncorrected 20/100 (distant) or better, in each eye vision correctable to 20/20 (distant)". That and you must have normal depth perception. 

    • @AlexGotUtube
      @AlexGotUtube Před 8 lety

      +jake247Y Ah then I'm fine. Thanks so much, I've been stressing over this for a long time, I go to MEPS in a month so I've really been trying to figure it out. Thanks

  • @cassiusharris2132
    @cassiusharris2132 Před rokem

    I leave in 10 days nervous as idk what

  • @GAZZAR1959
    @GAZZAR1959 Před 9 lety

    wow! been a longtime i guess things change, cool video. I went in 1981, I'm actually the 2700th graduate, back then the school was 5 weeks and the helo dunker was no joke. i guess too many washouts they had to soften it up a little. I hope they didn't soften up SERE too.

    • @U5MCcrwchf
      @U5MCcrwchf Před 9 lety

      Eh i would say they probably softened SERE up a little bit too, but I still thought it sucked fuckin balls.

    • @ScottReichertSrrWood
      @ScottReichertSrrWood Před 9 lety

      U5MCcrwchf They softened everything up. I was in Rescue Swimmer School before you were allowed to take a 'training time out' WTF There's no training time out in war! Of course they did kill somebody in the class just after mine.

  • @donaldbolen9371
    @donaldbolen9371 Před 6 lety

    Mixed up the sweat chair with the helo dunker. No sweat chair obstacles or maze? When did you guys get life vests? And, why no boats or helos during bay ops? Things have changed I guess. Hooyah Aircrew, wings of gold!

  • @gilbertdavidson7287
    @gilbertdavidson7287 Před 10 lety

    It's weird watching this now that I'm going through it. We just did the helo dunker today and it was awesome. Things have changed though since this video came out. Things like bay opps isn't in the bay anymore like in the video, it's just in a pool now. Kinda lame but that's what happens when budgets are cut haha.

  • @emilioruiz1261
    @emilioruiz1261 Před 11 lety +1

    I found my MOS i want for the marines this is it!! hope to be training hard as you guys in a couple moths!! Go MARINES!!!

  • @deadkennedy00
    @deadkennedy00 Před 11 lety

    I love it, couldnt think of anything id rather do.

  • @jackshittle
    @jackshittle Před 2 lety

    Went here July/August of 1990.

  • @metaldemonseanknels
    @metaldemonseanknels Před 2 lety

    I graduate this week on Thursday. Gonna miss my time at NACCS sometimes. Hooyah class 2221

    • @obloccog2891
      @obloccog2891 Před rokem

      What are the physical requirements to go air crew

    • @metaldemonseanknels
      @metaldemonseanknels Před rokem

      @@obloccog2891 get a good enough score on your asvab and get good high on your PT. You can pass with good low but you probably won’t last long if you barely make it. The “minimum” requirements though are good-low

    • @obloccog2891
      @obloccog2891 Před rokem

      @@metaldemonseanknels do you recommend going into another mos then going into air crew school

    • @metaldemonseanknels
      @metaldemonseanknels Před rokem

      @@obloccog2891 just go aircrew honestly. There’s a reason as to why they say it’s the best job in the navy. Just decide if you want to go rescue swimmer or regular aircrew, just know you’ll be in Pensacola for a long time lol

    • @obloccog2891
      @obloccog2891 Před rokem

      @@metaldemonseanknels I’m just worried about the flight physical cause I hear a lot of people her dropped for it

  • @DreamLifeLiveDreams
    @DreamLifeLiveDreams  Před 12 lety +1

    SERE School is the next school for Marines.

    • @cwby4christ06
      @cwby4christ06 Před 4 lety

      Jake West And the Navy, I was there in April 2003.

  • @HiImKodyB
    @HiImKodyB Před 11 lety

    I was at naccs I got dropped from the program I will defiantly will be going back to get the ac wings

  • @ant.d.2077
    @ant.d.2077 Před 7 lety +8

    Marines go here too?

  • @matthewshinkunas7989
    @matthewshinkunas7989 Před 11 lety

    your going to love aircrew.

  • @ChrsitopherC
    @ChrsitopherC Před 2 lety

    Googles in the pool? Since when!?

  • @bondiada1010
    @bondiada1010 Před 11 lety

    To anyone who has been in/through the course- I leave for Parris Island in August and I'm wondering what were some things you wished you knew before going there? Thanks.

  • @streetgangtm
    @streetgangtm Před 11 lety +1

    Classing up monday, RAH

  • @jeepjaxn5619
    @jeepjaxn5619 Před 5 lety

    That was so fun I’d do it all again if I could

  • @damonlemay1921
    @damonlemay1921 Před 11 lety

    Had some good times there man. I see some familiar faces though, who were the instructors?