Nobody spins a yarn like a sailor. Generations of young men and women have joined the US Navy to serve their country and to see the world. Somewhere between the boredom and adventure of life at sea, many have also found the stories of their lifetimes.
Riding the wave of national interest in the Navy being generated by the 10-part PBS series CARRIER, Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 have collaborated to create a multimedia repository for tri-state area sailors to collect and share their own past or present Navy experiences. Whether they’re tragic or trivial, from the bridge or the boiler room, we welcome all remembrances of life aboard America’s fighting ships.
A. Ryan Says:
Thank you for doing a series like this. I was very much glued each night. My Husband is a Merchant Mariner, and I taped it for him, as he is away too. I empathised with the families. I have great admiration for all those who serve, in every way. Please give us more series like this on the other branches of the Military.
JJ Says:
I served 8 years in the Navy, 4 active and 4 active reserves. This is about a real as it gets when it comes to the navy. My wife worried i would want to join again after seeing this series. But to her delight i have served my country and don’t want to go back to 7-8 month deployments. Plus i remember the long days out to sea and the short port calls. If you haven’t been in the Miltary and want to get a taste of a deployment in the Navy. Well this here is the best way to see it without doing it.
Charlasu Says:
I am to the Left. I never have and never will hold a gun. I’m not a fan of military power. HOWEVER, this series showed the Navy as a job–a job that may very well save the lives of a number of people who don’t know where to turn. It made me think that perhaps one of the most difficult parts of the navy (along with deployment, which can’t change) is the constant moving of one’s family. If the military would allow people to settle into communities then maybe that wife who had a miscarriage would have had more than one person to turn to in that emergency. Seems to me that’s an easy policy to fix in helping to create a better a work-life balance.
judybh Says:
The previous writer so well summed up this incredibly good production. The lives of many of these young seaman often brought me close to tears. The Navy budget is worth every penny, if only for their secondary role of helping young people who were on the verge of falling off a cliff, find some footing in their lives at sea. This should be aired again soon and required viewing for all who blithly dismiss anything military.
Maresy Says:
Thanks for airing this! Our son is on a carrier in the Navy and is a green shirt. We are very proud of him and all the other sailors aboard his ship. This program tells it like it is.