Customer Reviews:
 Sea Duty July 21, 2008
Excellent documentary of the operational USS Nimitz. Warts and all. It is far more than an carrier aviation story. The documentary focus is on the crew, how they live, what they think about their shipmates, work, living conditions, and US policy. Success,failure and disappointment. It also provides a rare insight into the command structure and highlights key players.
 Boring, boring boring July 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't say that I found one interesting thing in this entire preview. Not a single little piece of the actual content of the series (which looks boring enough), but just a non-stop infomercial.
I would recommend that you not waste your time (as I wish I had done).
 It's nothing more than a long commercial July 6, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Don't bother watching it, wait for the finished copy to be shown on the TV.
Well worth it. May 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very interesting well produced sires on life at sea. I highly recommend the show.
 Life on a floating city May 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched all 10 hours and it never lost my interest. Depicted the aduous life of 5500 sailors aboard a warship on overseas deployment.
The ten episodes profile many of the officers and Enlisted, both men and women, from lowest ranking to highest crewmember. The mixture of fighter pilots to Aviation Boatswain's Mates to Mess Management Specialists to Petty Officers to the Chiefs, is all here.
The only thing missing, quite naturally, was much if anything about the below desks Nuclear Reactors and those highly secretive, wonderous ship's propulsion operations. Suffice to say, a nuclear carrier, at 90,000+ tons displacement, can operate underway without refueling for decades.
Surprisingly, the U.S. Navy has found a way for the crew, both men and women, straights and gays, to perform some of the most dangerous jobs imaginable. They work side by side, 24/7, while air ops are underway, but still keep their "off duty" personal lives separate; a feat easier said than done under such congested living conditions. The aircraft carrier and airwings' daily routine are in complete harmony and about efficient as any large organization possibly can be.
I believe this is the best documentary depicting in great detail, what it is really like to be in the Navy, in the history of documentary films. I should know, I served four years aboard CVN ship during three overseas deployments during the Vietnam War era. The "airdale" (or bird farm) Navy is still a LOT like I remember it from 35+ years ago, except of course, sadly, there were absolutely no women allowed aboard combat ships way back then.
BRAVO PBS for bringing such an interesting, high quality production, both in content as a tribute to America's men and women serving in the Armed Forces, and in format as a the "HD" televison production. "CARRIER" was a pleasure to watch from beginning to end.
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