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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.

A very interesting well produced sires on life at sea. I highly recommend the show.

This is really great. Instead of other military documentaries that focus on the action, this focuses on the behind the scenes and the day-to-day. Some reviews have called this boring but I'd disagree. It's really interesting. It's the reality of actually BEING in the Navy.

This is an amazing documentary!! I don't usually like real-life shows or books but this is one of the best shows I've seen before! I wish they would do another documentary

It isn't a documentary intended to inform. It isn't a mini-series with a story to tell. This program is simply reality TV of life on a carrier. At times the experience on the carrier is exciting, at times tedious and boring, at times controversial. The range of personalities is vast. It's basically a video scrapbook of life on a carrier and the people on it. There is no form or structure of traditional storytelling. This production is really a collage of experiences. If one understands and can accept this, one can probably understand why this series may feel slightly loose and aimless. But such is the nature of a photo album (in this instance, a video album). You are simply looking at different pages (episodes) and enjoying each one for what it is. Can be enjoyable for folks who appreciate the military life. And can be an uncompromisingly blunt view for folks who have no concept of or experience with it. Would not call it an infomercial, or even a recruiting commercial, since there is no RAH RAH SIS BOOM BAH "marching band" style patriotism. It's honest in presenting the positives and negatives of life in the navy. You, the viewer, are left to judge for yourself what the issues are to consider.

I think this is a weak version of what could have been great. I like the format of it, but I think 1/2 of each episode could have been edited. It just seems slow and bloated.

Don't bother watching it, wait for the finished copy to be shown on the TV.

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).