Hello , I'm Captain Tom Mays ,
commanding officer of US , John L
Conley , the fourth ship in the Lewis B
Puller class of expeditionary sea bases .
Haley , originally from Texas . It's
been my honor to serve the US Navy and
its sailors for the last 28 years . US .
John O Conley is named after Sergeant
Major John Lee Conley who was
originally awarded the Navy Cross for
his heroic leadership at the battle of
Way City in February of 1968 in 2018 .
This was upgraded to the medal of honor
and this ship was named after him .
Unfortunately , Sergeant Major Canley
passed away May 11th 2022 . The John L
Canley is a floating command and
control platform is divided into four
main sections . The forward house , the
aft house , the flight deck and the
mission deck . The forward house
carries the 145 military crew members
or mill crew . The outhouse carries the
44 civilian mariner crew members and
supports all navigation , engineering
and crane operations after the Ford
House is the third largest flight deck
in the US Navy capable of supporting
four simultaneous helicopter operations
as well as a hangar , command and
control facilities and maintenance
facilities below the flight deck is a
reconfigurable mission deck capable of
supporting a wide variety of operations .
It features two large das for launching ,
manned and unmanned surface vessels
features space for mission modules as
well as aviation mine hunting gear cap
capable being towed by the mh 53 echo
helicopters can , can support a wide
variety of missions all across the
military and humanitarian aid spectrum .
You can basically think of it as a
large control platform for sea basin ,
marines and special forces . I am BM
three , Rio Dee . I'm originally from
Guayaquil Ecuador . I've been in the
Navy for about two years now . I've
been aboard the US S John L . Kenley
since September 6 2022 . I am part of
the deck department . We are
responsible for 51,000 square feet of
the mission deck . Good morning . I'm
CS two pla originally from Spanish ,
Harlem , New York . I've been in the
navy for seven years and I've been
stationed on board US S John L Camly
since May of 2022 . I'm the S two food
service division , assistant galley
supervisor in the work center suit .
And right now we're currently standing
by the serving line which feeds the
entire crew and it sets us apart from
many other ships because everyone from
E one to 06 all come to the same
serving line . Greetings . I am a bh
one M I'm from Retros California . I'm
in the Navy for 11 years . I've been on
board since September 2022 . I am the V
one leading patty officer on board . He
says John L Canley , I am responsible
for the safe and efficient movement of
aircraft on the flight deck and hangar
deck . I am ABF two mayors . I have
been in the Navy for two years . I'm
originally from Sterling Connecticut .
I have been with this command , the
John L Canley since May of 2022 .
I am part of the V four division , also
known as the grapes . And we are
responsible for not only fueling the
aircraft but also quality assurance
testing and maintenance of our fueling
stations and other fueling equipment .
It may seem like a simple job just
working with gasoline and jet fuel ,
but the jets and helicopters quite
literally could not go anywhere or do
their job without us . I'm a just one
white . I've been in the Navy for about
19.5 years . Come up 19.5 years from
Cody Wyoming . I am a aviation sport
equipment technician , first class A S
one I work on sport equipment , tow
tractors , forklifts , fire trucks ,
see the background . I'm ET three
Gardner and I'm originally from Napa
Idaho . I've been in for three years
and I've been stationed on us general
family since December of 21 . Now , the
ESP platform is unique in the way that
it provides communication support to
embark forces behind me . You'll see
two metal comic boxes that we call
radio modules and these radio modules
are specifically designed to support
expeditionary forces such as Marine
Corps , expeditionary units and special
operations forces of all services . Now ,
let's take a look inside and see what
everything looks . These radio racks
are designed to hold green radio
equipment which is commonly used for
ground forces or boots on ground
operations . All the embarked forces we
need to do is insert the radios into
these slots and they'll have an
immediate connection to the R antennas
located on the mast . These radios are
also capable of communicating to ground
forces and air assets via line of sight
and satellite communications . This
radio module is also outfitted with
super high frequency communications
which embarked forces can use to pull
internet and network services unique to
their mission . And all of this is
delivered to fiber optic and copper
cable which is then routed to our
embarked forces . Textile operations
center located two decks above and
below where we currently stand . Good
morning . I'm Mike Tche . I've been in
the Navy for about 2.5 years now and
I'm from Tampa Florida . I've been
stationed on us S John L camly since
May of 2022 . So currently we're
standing in attack ops at the moment .
This primary location for embarked
forces is a plan to maintain control of
boots on ground operations . For any
evolutions that they go through . I'm
chief engineer Jason Briggs and I'm
from Omaha Nebraska . I'm responsible
for maintaining the ship's material
condition and overseeing all
engineering operations aboard ESB six .
Welcome to the H CS hour . My name is
Lieutenant Beau Merritt and I am the
ship's operations and air officer on
board . My job here is to coordinate
plan and maintain the ship's schedule
as well as the future schedule , as
well as oversee all operations that
occur on a mission deck and the flight
deck . Our mission deck is comprised of
over 53,000 square foot of real estate .
Well , our flight deck is comprised of
over 55,000 square foot of flight deck
and is made up primarily of four
individual landing spots here . We're
capable of supporting all types of
military aircraft to include the Ch 53
Sea stallion , the MV 22 Osprey and
both variants of the Seahawks , which
are the Mh 60 Sierra and God's chariot ,
the Mh 60 Romeo here on board .
Uh Our big benefit is that we have a
major modular design which allows us to
quickly switch our mission set . One
day , we could be doing operations with
uh special forces or with the marines .
And the next day we could shift focus
and be in support of humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief . I'm
really excited to be the air officer
here on board and I know that the ship
is gonna do well over her long career .
Thank you for joining .