Customer Reviews
Very Sad - Less Than 1 Star 
2008-06-20
I got this DVD series and was extremely disappointed in it. If you like hearing people swear and use the F### word - this DVD is for you. The cinematography is wonderful. The carrier technology and the planes technology is fascinating - but the constant usage of very graphic language throughout - ruined it. I could only make it through the first couple of segments before returning it - which I promptly did. I would not recommend this to anyone. It's not a cuss word here and there - it's constant vulgarity and disrespect to authority. Maybe I am old fashioned but if you don't like being on a ship and can do nothing but swear about your superior officers when they're not around - don't join the Navy. The sub-title of this DVD is 1 ship 5,000 stories. More realistically it should be 1 ship 5,000 cuss words.
Carrier Keeps it REAL 
2008-06-18
I have been in the Navy for 17 1/2 years. I have been on six deployments in that time. Two of those deployments on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). So when I say this is a acurate look at what a deployment is like...I think I am a person who knows what they are talking about.
If you want a bunch of pompus officers sitting there spitting out the same talking points you can hear again and again then this isn't the documentary for you. However, if you want an honest uncensored look at what is like on a deployment then this is what you want to watch.
You see the good and the bad. The Sailors drawing strength from each other as days turn into weeks and then months. You see how crap really does roll down hill as far as things not being the way they should be.
Now, I have read that some who have said, "I can't believe these young Sailors and the way they are acting in this video."
Well here is a honest look at those who are young, those who are in the middle and those who are older.
Many of those younger folks in the military do as little as possible and get mad when they are told to do something right.
You see it all here.
The one sraw back of this video is that it spends too much of its time in Air Department. I really wish it had taken more time with other departments.
This video is as real as it gets...and I hope everyone who has a family member serving on a carrier watches this!
This is a winner! 2008-06-16
A very interesting look at USN. It shows us how brave our service men and women actually are. You will not be disappointed!
Real American Heroes 2008-06-16
"Carrier" allows the rest of the world to see what the United States Navy and Marine Corp Soldiers do everyday, and their heroism to keep our country free. It obviously is not easy living on a ship for several months at a time, but it shows that our lives are easy compared to theirs. These men and women should be our heroes! I recommend his set of CD's to anyone interested in our military today and how they live.
Exactly what it's like on a carrier! 2008-06-16
I spent 20 years in the Navy and my last sea duty was a carrier and this DVD has captured all the things I remember about it, both bad and good. I think they did a great job on it and I wanted it to be able to show my girls some day what I did in the Navy, in my previous life, before having kids! I watched it all on PBS and liked it so much I decided to buy it myself.
Carrier - A look at Naval life in 21st Century 2008-07-05
This is a ten part view of what it is like to live on a Carrier in the 21st Century US Navy. there are happy and very sad times, but overall a balanced view of all the different personalities that are on a Carrier.
carrier 
2008-07-05
"CARRIER" WAS A FATHERS DAY GIFT FOR MY HUSBAND. HE WAS IN THE NAVY
50 YEARS AGO. HE WAS AMAZED OF THE CHANGES AND REALLY ENJOYED THE DVD
Very Good 2008-06-29
I really enjoyed this series. It was very realistic and true and had heart. It tells the story of people in the Navy and Marines aboard an aircraft carrier on deployment for 6 months. It also interviews both enlisted people and officers as to why they joined the military, where they are from, and also how they feel about their jobs. They cover what it's like to be away from their family and friends. It shows the day to day life and people at their jobs and what it takes to make the carrier work. They show some of the places where they go for liberty. And it also covers the family members and what it is also like for them to be seperated and reunited with their loved ones. Watch this series in part to find out what it takes to keep America free and also to find out how hard our military works in part to help keep us a free and wonderful country.
Pretty good. Show some more helicopters next time ! 2008-06-21
I bought this DVD for my folks back home so they could get an idea of what life on a carrier is like. It might be a little over-dramatic but it's all good. Show the other squadrons on a carrier next time ! It's not just jets on a carrier. All in all, a solid and well-made documentary that breaks the mold of military documentaries
CARRIER 2008-06-21
fASINATING LOOK AT THE LIFE OF SAILORS AT SEA. I APPRECIATE MORE OF WHAT THE MILITARY (NAVY) SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY.
PHIL TACOMA, WA
