Just happened to notice a show starting tonight on PBS called Carrier, focusing on life onboard the Nimitz Navy aircraft carrier. Even if you don't watch the show, you might check out their site - really nice.

It runs Sunday through Thursday this week, with start times at 8 and 9pm (CST). Thought some of you here might also enjoy it!

 I saw the promo for this on the Pentagon channel. It looked pretty good and sailors highlighted in the program were so excited !

I watched most of this tonight, and it was REALLY good! Very interesting, and much better than most "reality" television. And you get to hear from all different jobs, ranks, and ages of Sailors (and a few Marines, too).

My favorite part was when they pulled into Pearl Harbor, with all the Sailors lined up on deck in their white "cracker jacks". It actually brought tears to my eyes, and a whole lot of good old fashioned American pride.

I highly recommend checking it out!  

I agree. It was very good and definitely better than most reality shows. Pulling into Pearl Harbor was quite poignant.

I thought it was interesting to hear about life on a Navy ship from a variety of perspectives. I think I would go crazy in such a confined community for 6 months!

Great series and how I wish my co workers would work as well as the team on the USS Nimitz! To me, it shows real life onboard and just how amazing the sailors and officers are who serve our country.

I watched again tonight, and another good show. A bit more about some of the problems the sailors face, some of them pretty serious. But still, most of them are really proud of their jobs and of being in the Navy.

It's quite engrossing - I can't wait to see tomorrow night's episode!

I am loving this program!

Did anyone notice the name "Mel Gibson" is under producers?

Coincidence???  I mean really, I don't know...

ETA: go here http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/

Scroll down, see "Directed by Maro Chermayeff; Executive Producers Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Nancy Cotton, Mitchell Block..."

This is an amazing show! Thanks for linking to it. I started watching it on the website last night and I'm hooked. It's great to see what their lives are like.

Kenamaro:

Did anyone notice the name "Mel Gibson" is under producers?

Coincidence???  I mean really, I don't know...

Yes, it's THE Mel Gibson. If you notice the logo at the beginning and end for "Icon Productions" it's the same "Icon" that made other Mel Gibson movies...

I have been watching this show also and think it is great. I can't imagine sleeping in the close quarters like they do. Watching one sailor demonstrating how he has to get into his top bunk ...geesh!!...It was a beautiful sight to see them pull into Pearl Harbor....Never realized how many different "jobs" there were on board, plenty of opportunities available. (the food didn't look to good though) 

I know I'm late with this posting. . sorry. . .  I just wanted to note that if you had not noticed already, there are four contacts on the Reagan which sailed in May.  (search using the word Reagan)  This is the same sort of aircraft carrier as the Nimitz, which the PBS show was about.  These might be a nice options if you've watched Carrier and if you're looking for someone to support.  FYI, it's still possible to watch the full-episodes on the PBS website at http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/ .  

 George

P.S.  That's all shipmate. . . shipmate. . . shipmate. . . shipmate. . . shipmate.    If he said that just one more time, I didn't know what I was going to do!  LOL

Thanks for the link George - I only got to watch part of the show - so now I can see the rest when I have some time - with out having to watch for rerun schedules on TV. By the way, someone I was talking to a few weeks ago was on the Reagan in the past - interesting job for sure! 

Amazingly informative show, I really enjoyed it!

There was a gal (she'll be in old contacts now) on the Nimitz when the show was on.  I sent her a latter, but I'm assuming she was averwhelmed with junkies :)

 I'm proud to say, my son in law is assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan.  We have been fortunate a few times to go onboard and tour it.  We also went out on a "Friends and Family Cruise" for 1/2 a day that left the harbor and went out into the ocean.  It was a wonderful experience to stand up on the flight deck and watch the land disappear, and the water take over.  I commend all our sailors on the good job they do daily. 

At the present time, my son in law is not onboard during this deployment, as he took an Individual Assignment for 6 months away from the Carrier.  And, yes, I have written to one of the Sailors on the Reagan that posted on Anysoldier.  It's hard to give up old habits.