f-18s helicopters and thousands of
sailors they are the power of the USS
Harry s Truman the finest aircraft
carrier in the fleet according to the US
Navy yeah well I was recently invited to
spend a day and night aboard the ship to
see our men and women including several
from the Houston area working to protect
our country on this final day of
Military Appreciation Month I'm showing
you how they trained how they live and
the pride they show every day breaking
news on a show of force carrier Strike
Group is being deployed to the Middle
East dramatic show of force tears of a
conflict increase
the u.s. sends a carrier Strike Group in
a clear message to Iran we are the
preeminent power on the Seas
a vessel that can change the tone of
international relations with its very
presence behemoth on the seed that
strikes fear in the hearts of America's
enemies and brings Pope to her friends
welcome aboard the USS Harry s Truman
the 75th aircraft carrier in the history
of the United States Navy 5,700 sailors
and pilots aboard the Truman functions
as a fortress on the sea from its
homeport at Norfolk Naval Station in
Virginia to the oceans across the globe
we can take four and a half acres of
sovereign US territory in accordance
with the national law - wherever our
leadership in Washington would direct us
to do so channel 2 recently was invited
aboard the Truman to witness sustainment
exercises about a hundred miles off the
coast of Jacksonville Florida the 74
aircraft on the Truman would make the
carrier the 12th most powerful air force
in the world if it were its own country
it's only one of 11 carriers owned by
the United States being able to say that
I served in the US Navy you know it's a
I'm proud very proud Petty Officer nya
Armstead is a native of Houston's
Northside graduating from Carver High
School a few years ago her first job in
the Navy was helping launch and land
fighter jets on the flight deck he's
kind of dangerous there but it's also
exciting with other things you never see
before I've never thought I'd be up
there you know with jets just flying
past me everyday the average age of the
flight deck is 26 years the average age
of the entire ship is 22 years those
young legs come in handing on the
hundreds of narrow passageways and
ladders throughout this ship as sailors
can easily rack to three miles or more
walking through this ship in one day and
it can sometimes take weeks even months
before a sailor learns to navigate the
ship's labyrinth of passageways but what
you find below deck is a virtual small
city with office space and living
quarters in addition to the chow halls
they even have a Starbucks aboard the
Truman and to keep sailors fit and
active
they have exercise classes and several
workout stations any job here this is
stress level and you got to find ways to
get rid of that stress like for me it's
working out just relaxing but the
carrier's main focus is launching
aircraft anywhere in the world then you
hear them all day and night even during
interviews it's a different transition
coming here but you really get used to
it
operations run round the clock to
simulate a wartime pace but many sailors
we spoke to they joined the Navy to
serve their country and see the world
aboard an aircraft carrier they wake up
every day looking forward to adventures
and challenges being away from family up
to nine months or even longer is
difficult but for sailors like Wohlers
Marcus servant and airman they say
knowing they are sacrificing for their
nation makes the separation a little
easier to bear come true when we were on
the ship there was talk in Washington
that the Truman might be retired early
but Congress recently made the decision
to keep the ship in the carrier rotation
so after it undergoes a complex four
year refueling and overhaul process the
Truman's should be able to sail for
another 25 years
Wow Wow story just makes my heart swell
and so grateful to them for serving our
country and keeping us safe Oh without a
doubt and they're so young and eager and
they're they're doing it for our country
it's amazing this I love that inside
perspective
no that was fascinating I've often been
told that when they land those planes on
the Curie's they have like five seconds
to stop that plane oh yeah yeah they
they get caught by the wire and if they
miss if the hook mistake back up they
have to go right back up exactly yeah
160 miles per hour and have to stop in a
couple seconds if they can yeah way talk
about some g-forces right without a
doubt you have a fun fun story so glad I
got to do it