U.S. Navy Branded Content: Aviation
One of the coolest production trips of our year was riding on board the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) for a week. We walked on in San Diego and flew off in Alaska.
The first half of the trip was focused on flight operations. Flight ops are loud, both on deck and throughout the ship. We found a quiet place in the ship’s museum to film interviews. Behind the subjects hung a flag that had hung in Teddy Roosevelt’s Oval Office, and the ship’s company is affectionately known as the “Rough Riders.”
On deck we discovered that allergies to JP5 jet exhaust are a real thing. But despite watery eyes, our crew got to do the foul-line dance between Cat 1 and Cat 2 during F-18 launches. That is probably one of the coolest experiences that a film crew can have.
Stand aside F-18s and warbirds, we’ve got a drone warming up on the deck!
