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Step onto the adrenaline-fueled flight deck of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as Navy Shooters undergo rigorous training in this captivating video. Witness the precision, focus, and teamwork required as these elite personnel hone their marksmanship skills in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Today we are on the bow, we are watching MIL power catapult shots during day carrier qualification. These pilots are Naval Flight Students, working towards their wings of gold on a hot August day, 75 miles east of Jacksonville, FL.
You may wonder why there are two Shooters (in yellow shirts) standing side-by-side, making similar hand signals. The Shooter in the FRONT is under instruction and is practicing the hand signal cadence of the fully-qualified Shooter behind him. This is the Navy-way of training personnel on the flight deck.
At time 2:28, a student did not line up on the catapult correctly, so the deck crew pushed the jet backwards for another try. T-45s only weight around 12,500 pounds, so we can push the jet back with a handful of Sailors. All other jets on the flight deck are too heavy to push and would be required to taxi off the catapult on their own power, turn around, then try to line up on the nose gear launch track again.
And a big thanks to the crew of the GW for giving us insight into their amazing world! You make this look easy.
Fly Navy!
T-45 Handsingals Voiceover:
• Epic Carrier Launch Br...
Growler Jams Voiceover Completion:
• Voiceovers
Chapters:
0:00 CAT Launch 1
2:28 CAT Push Back
3:56 CAT Launch 2
4:55 CAT Launch 3
6:35 CAT Launch 4
8:50 CAT Launch 5
10:40 CAT Launch 6
11:56 CAT Launch 7
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If you enjoyed this jam, make sure to check out the voice over linked below, where I break down all the details and highlight some details that you may have missed!
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If that piqued your interest, make sure to watch this jam, specifically the shooter and deck edge operator interview from the flight deck at the very end for a rare look inside the deck edge operator hatch.
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I was a Shooter on CVN-74 The Mighty Stennis from 2001-2003 OEF. Long at-sea periods. I swear I could smell the exhaust watching this video. Oddly, I feel like I could walk out onto a flight deck and start launching immediately. That shit got BAKED into my brain.
Pail, thanks for highlighting this under appreciated and not well understood job that most Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers have to do in their career.
Is this a job an enlistee could aspire to? Someone could enlist in the Navy to be a shooter or other launch job?
No, this is an Officer job. Watch my sunset catapult VO, there is an enlisted almost equivalent.
@michaelm9623 An enlisted AB-E could train to be whats called a Topside PO. They're on the flight deck during bubble ops as an additional set of eyes and supervision of the other junior enlisted.
The bubble is a chamber that is stowed below deck and lifted to just above deck height during flight ops...it's like a 2-person tank with the catapult monitoring and launch instruments.
Being a Shooter isn't just an Offiers job, it's brown shoe only...
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I was in the Air Force and worked out on the flightline as a fuel system mechanic. I know what you mean about the smell of JP-4 burning. I always liked the smell. Still recognize it when we are at the airport sometimes and the wind is blowing in the right direction.
Every time a plane took off, I heard in Growlers voice ‘Fly Navy!’
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I wonder if any of the trainees have learned the 'Signature Move.'
@@GrowlerJams Except for the Marine planes.
But no signature move…
I would have been yelling holy s**t
Its like these jets just spawn out of nowhere one after the other lol. Such an efficient operation that you don't even notice them taxing up! Amazing.
I have a burnt in memory of my carquals as an advanced jet student flying an F-9 Cougar off the USS Intrepid in 1969. (The same week at the moon landing.) I had just completed a touch & go or bolter and heard a radio scream: "Rotate! Aircraft off the angle deck, Rotate!"
What that meant or to whom it was directed was somehow not immediately clear. But I recall glancing to my right and looking up at the aircraft and crew on the bow catapults! Oh, he means me, as I made a remarkably gentle pullup.
That evening everyone on deck and in the pattern commented how at the first "Rotate!" call the entire traffic pattern rose about 500 feet!.
Thanks for your posts, photography and informative comments. Always enjoyable. Fly Navy!
Wow!
I remember reading an anecdote in the HOOK mag years ago. Went something like 'Aircraft off the cat you are on fire EJECT!! 3 or 4 crews on deck ejected at the one time. Would have been something to see.
Are there even any videos like this from France, or even (shudder) China?
Pretty sure you can google/youtube French carrier ops.@@alphakky
That was a well told story, you should be a writer. I would like to read more!
My father (22 years in Royal Navy) used to say the flight deck was the most dangerous place on the planet. You see these guys launching the aircraft while there are bolters blasting by just a few yards away and yes, I would say he's right. So much kinetic energy and potential for mistakes, which makes it so great to see how the next crew get trained. Wonderful video. Thank you!
It is, coordinated chaos!
Pail's previous voiceover explaining every step made it so enjoyable to watch this and know what I was seeing!
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Indeed! Much less interesting without.
I will never forget the first time I saw a white & orange fighter go screaming overhead! My knees were weak & certain parts got damp! I spent a while on Google trying to figure out what I had just seen…too fast to process anything but the colors. I still get tingles over that! Fly Navy
Who? Link?
Pail is the pilot and owner of the Growler Jams channel. He pinned a post of his with the link to the voiceover shooter video. @@ewthmatth
Loved how the trainee on Cat LAUNCH 3 was reminded to not just go by routine, but to actually verify the ready signals. Excellent reminder.
Nice catch!
Yes I noticed that too🤣
Cat3 not even used in the video, i'm guessing you mean cat2?
Bow CATs only...3rd launch of the video on CAT 2
@@jkaposiCheckout his chapter titles.
I missed the smooth-as-silk voice-over, at first, but realized I already knew what I was watching. Nicely done! Fly Navy!!
He took off the training wheels. We're all ready to watch on our own without his voice overs. lol
This was great! Loved watching the Shooter in training and the coordination among the deck crew for each cat shot. Thanks Pail!
That was a great 14 minutes in my morning! Inspiring watching professionals teaching professionalism. I wish I'd enlisted. Fly Navy!
Fly Navy!
I'm a mere clerk in the Gift Shop and the Midshipmen Store at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and I couldn't be prouder when I remember that all profits go to supporting The BrIgade of Midshipmen. My Dad was a Lieutenant JG in WWII - though not an Academy Grad or a career officer - and I know that he's very happy and proud of that.
My son is there now! Going NSW or Pilot!
A few years ago, I attended Speedweek up on the Bonneville Salt Flats. I stood next to the starting line to watch the streamliners start.
When the person gave the command to proceed, I thought that was the coolest thing I had ever seen.
To be the one that gives the command would be the second best job in the world. Some of those vehicles have over 5000 horsepower!
Then I watch these people in action and all of a sudden, 5000 horsepower cars seem like a child's toy!
Thanks so much for sharing these amazing videos!!
Yes, absolutely great start to the day.
Thank you for posting.
Thank you for another wonderful video. I'll watch it at least three or four more times. These videos never get old. I'm so proud of our Navy. Fly safe and God bless!
I want to thank all Vets for their service. Thanx Growler! Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Awesome videos as usual. You don't think about it (at least I haven't until now), but a training carrier is also training the flight deck crew, not just the pilots. FLY NAVY!
1. "The Navy calls them aviators. They say they're better than pilots." --Tom Wolf, The Right Stuff
2. Pete Conrad described landing on a carrier like landing on a postage stamp pitching in the ocean.
A controlled crash landing onto a postage stamp...
Not a pilot but i'd lovet he chance to land a jet on a carrier, at least once. I'd totally settle for a simulator ;)
@@stevecollins9650 There are simulator games online
Aviators fly fighting aircraft in the Navy...
Pilots help ships navigate restricted waterways while entering ports!
@@victorglaviano Proving that aviators are better than pilots, since aviators don't guide ships into bridge pilings in Maryland. For a delightful play on the words "pilot" and "pirate", look up "Pirates of Penzance" song, "When Frederick Was a Little Lad" and enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan's unique command of the English language.
YAAAAAASSSSSS. exactly what today needed. I hope you are well. Head on a swivel!!
I love how there is no Narration. Its such a beautiful thing to watch. You can almost smell it.
Amazing.
Great stuff Pail, amazing talent and training going on out in the middle of an ocean that we don't get to see very often, that's for hooking us up !🍺
0-200 Kn in 4 seconds. I love it!!! Thanks Growler. Love your vids.
Loving it. Keep the awesome videos coming Brother.
Such a well choreographed team, Fly Navy!
A perfect day to.... fly. Outstanding. 👍👏
Great videos. I live about 5 miles from NAS Meridian. I see the T45 almost daily and still pause and watch every time. If you ever train over here and have time for a wakeboard or wakesurf session. Hit me up. Students and instructors live all over this lake.
T45 - Thx. I kept thinking A4 (TA4) but it didn't look right, even as a trainer. So I looked it up and as a servicemember 80/83 I hadn't seen these before.
Keep up the good work! As always Fly Navy! ⚓✈️⚓💪 Beers to you! 🍺🍻
Another great video from you.Thanks Navy!!
Mate, this is a great demonstration of how busy the flight deck is and why they say, "keep your head on a swivel". Planes practicing landings on the deck, blokes lining up planes. Hectic. Great video, thank you for taking the time to film, edit and release.
Fantastic video, Pail. Thank you for making my day! I never get tired of these. ~Tee
#FlyNavy 🇺🇲❤🇺🇲
I could smell the jet exhaust!! Fly Navy!!
Great, first class stuff! This is a terrific way to close out my week. Nice to see the next generation of flight deck people learning the ropes and doing their thing. You all stay safe out there on the roof! Fly Navy!
Great video, thank you for posting 👍
GREAT !!!!... thanks , Buddy !!! 🤩🥰👍👍👍👍👍👍 !!!
As a Limey I think your vids are brilliant. Cheers Growler.
Very interesting to see how training goes on the flight deck! Cool video as always….fly Navy!
Love the quality of GJs videos.
Eagerly waiting for your video's ❤
You are the Best Sir Cheers !!!
Cheers!
Thanks for the show !!
Great video. So fascinating to see things like this. Thank you.
Beautiful display of our American pride
British jets…..
Thanks to coming across your channel and videos I managed to survive yet another day here - in the rectal cavity of europe, called bulgaria - where all remnants of awesomeness, aviation, and beauty in general, have been long since stripped from us. At least through your lens we got a small taste of life, of actual real meaningful life, even if just a glimmer. Fly on, dude
I love watching this incredible “dance”. It gives me goosebumps ever. single. time ❣️
Excellent Upload!!!! My son is a Senior Chief in the USN and I’m retired USAF. Your videos give me a much better idea about the different types of ships he has served on. Great Job!
I love watching these videos. I lost track of how many hours I spent on the O-11 aboard Enterprise watching flight ops. After seeing everything from a distance, it's great to see it up close in these videos. I was always impressed by the activity on the flight deck. There is so much going on at any given moment; and all of it dangerous. You really have to observe all the various activity on deck for quite a while to get an appreciation for just how complex an operation it is. Then you talk to somebody who works on the flight deck, or watch a Growler Jams video, and you realize there is about ten times more stuff going on that you didn't even notice. I know it's an old cliche, but flight deck operations really is a tremendously intricate ballet of men and machines.
Cheers!
it's beautiful!❤how nice everyone is synchronized!👏what a great team effort, congratulations Commander 👍🏻 in addition to the pilot you are also a good director 😊 always at your command Commander 🇺🇸✈️⚓👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏sei bravissimo ❤.
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NZer here - great video!
The students may have been nervous but they all seemed to do great take-offs!
My father was in the Royal New Zealand Navy during WWII (as a radio/comms operator IIRC). Just like him, I have a huge love for (and respect for) the sea. I love ships and boats - gooooo *NAVY!*
What an Amazing Job you guys doing for the country. Thanks for your service!
Are you sure they were "terrified", they looked more excited and determined than ever. Terrific!
Oh yeah, I meant what I said. It may be exciting for you, but they had a different reaction.
Today I had a boring day. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME TODAY. THANK ALL WHO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY TWENTY FOUR SEVEN...
You can just feel the thrill and focus needed to land on a carrier…this is a fantastic video. Thanks Pail!
Awesome video, thanks Growler !
happy growler jams new video day everyone ! ... *pulls self up on pc chair * signature move .
Nice. I like the silent treatment on the narration, yet a director's cut explanation would be cool too.
I’m trying to mix it up. Did you see the VO where I broke down all the hand signals? I’m not sure what else I could add to this video, so I left it raw.
@@GrowlerJamsAdd Gangnam Style music behind it. Wait, that is already been done!
Bravooooooo super magic wow fantastic Mr Growler ❤
Ohhh...to have your jet pushed back by hand. Great vid as usual Pail!
Impressive!!!! From a retired army guy. Thumbs up!!!!!!
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Old catapult officer will have memories, and the new catapult officer will be making memories! His new name is Shooter!
I love watching carrier takeoffs and landings. They didn't appear nervous to me though. Great job guys, and thank you!
LOVED IT! Thanks for sharing this.
I would love to hear monologue on how it felt for you or others when you did the training from landing on the carrier for the first time and taking off from the catapult for the first time ❤
Thanks for the idea!
While mine was 58 years ago on a carrier that is now a museum and in an aircraft that is lone gone from Naval Service, I can still remember every part of it. The first time is seared in your memory, the following hundreds not so much. Mine was in a T-28 landing on the USS Lexington (CVS 16 at the time). No cat shots, with 1500HP and a prop, we deck launched, but the signals and process was the same except for the crewman pushing the button.
What is not shown are the day and hours upon hours of training gone through before that day. I remember when those of us had finished the T-34 portion were gathered and the instructor asked how many of us were to get our wings that day. After all we now had 30 hours of flight time which a civilian student would get his ticket. No hands went up because we knew better. Then the first part of the T-28 training and learning about torque roll. If you were flying straight and level and went to full throttle and did not lead with rudder, the aircraft would roll 180 degrees from the force of the torque to the prop. (The F-4U Corsair would do a 360 degree roll). Then the first time hitting the carrier in the T-28 after more hours and learning to live the the back side of the power curve. (Where you apply more power to fly slower with a nose high attitude). After we got or first few landings, off to another training command. This time in the older S-2A modified for training, then more carrier landings. Finally after 15 months, we got our wings.
But then off to another training, this time in the aircraft we would fly in the fleet. More carrier landings and finally off our our first duty assignment in a carrier based squadron. Now the carrier landings when at sea were on a daily routine. But every landing is graded by the LSO so we don't get complacent.
Great story. I actually flew the T-34 man years ago.
@@richardgreen1383 thank you for your service and I can only imagine. I know there is no way this could ever compare but I still remember my first time out of the starting gates as a young jockey in 2009. Completely on another planet compared to land or taking off an aircraft carrier. I always imagined it would keep you high for a few days and have that did I really just do that feeling
@@GrowlerJams Officly the Mentor, we called her the Teeny Weeny. It was a modified Bonanza with a T tail instead of the V tail. And a military cockpit.
awesome Team work!
thank you for upload this video, love it! 😎 👉🛫
Wow, y'all don't mess around. So much fun to watch. Thanks all for your service!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the content Growler. I'm an Army Grunt vet myself, but we're all part of that 🇺🇲 Brotherhood. Stay safe. 🤙 Gator3-2 out.
Man! That has got to be the best job in the Navy. Bright warm sunshine nice ocean breeze. Hanging out with your friends. Not much to do but wave at the airplanes going by. The foods probably pretty good too. Where do I sign up?!!
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Better than the Persian Gulf any day.
As usual…..great stuff. Thanks
Having grown up with my nose always deep in Flight Magazine to see these videos is a proper treat . The noise and smell of sea air with burning kerosene is something that CZcams can't convey but it's still amazing to watch
Im very early wow
OMG U THINK IM FIRST?
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@@GrowlerJams what?
These are awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Pail, you're the best! You gave us such great insights in lives of naval aviators, more than I could ever dream of!
Just so Good! - The bubble is a nice upgrade to this hole in the deck!
Thanks for another Jam.
My pleasure!
My favorite CZcams event…A new Growler Jams video posted!! Thanks Pail!!!
Cheers!
Sir, your whole channel is ASMR for men!!!
Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank You for your service!!!!
Looks like a nice day to be on the Deck.
Fantistic as usual
Thanks Pail 👉❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, thanks so much!
Loving the ASMR and meditation tags.
Good video, thanks for sharing. I know you've done voice overlays of 'the dance' of the flight deck before but I was a little surprised you didn't do so this time. Again, thanks for sharing, always interesting. 🙂
Thanks so much for the video. Fascinating watching the choreography of the crews on the flight deck.
Good stuff. Thank you for sharing 🫡🇺🇸
THE BEST aviation channel, military or otherwise.
Appreciate it.
I own a small private plane and met so many of these young guys when we stayed the night in Meridian, MS. They actually had my plane parked next to all these little trainer jets, it was cool. I can't imagine getting to do this stuff for a living!! I would have done it in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my vision. Thanks for the video of them on the deck!! Their instructors were top notch and very friendly and talkative when you thought they may have had some big chip on their shoulder, they actually wanted to come see the plane. Love it buddy.
I marvel at the "Dance". It is so neat seeing the communication that is taking place by simple yet very effective hand gestures and positioning of limbs.
Being an Air Support Operations Operator in the Corp I have a strong appreciation for clear concise effective communication. It saves lives. We mostly had one shot at that communication, so trust is massive.
Very interesting to watch the Officer training and coaching the trainee. So much to observe and take in. Watching the other in bound jets touch and go is awesome. What an experience that must be to do that. Another great video, thanks Pail.
Excellent video of the trainees and pilots on honing their skill sets on deck and shooting off the deck.
It is a dangerous dance to get everything correct without mistakes.
Hats of to these fine men and women on the carrier operations
Thanks Pail. Stay safe out there. “Signature move”🥂fly Navy 🧢
Carrer is coming full circle. Congrats sailor
That was my first squadron in the Navy the aircraft with the A on the tail but we had the TA-4J. Loved that aircraft.
Thanks Pail for posting another Riviting Jam. Fly Navy !
Fly Navy!
The touch and go with the clear deck was awesome to see
The tradition/experience this type of direction must come from is amazing.
Continua così Great Commander ❤
What a great reveal, thank you.
4 NAVYS & 4 MARINES !!!!!! ...............CONGRATULATIONS ....NICE VIDEO !!!
Hi Pail. Great video.
Always loved these trainer jets wish I could buy one 😮🛩
Nice video. Fly Navy!
Without the voiceover, that felt training had finished: I was now into a theory test, trying to remember the processes/job roles/hand gestures! Educational and entertaining! Great content - thanks Pail/GJ!🫡
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Definitely not something you would learn on a CBT. Great video!