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- Welcome Heritage weeks
to the USS constitution.

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I'm your gun captain,

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Gunner's mate second class

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petty officer Jerez.

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Behind me is the 1812 gun crew.

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We are demonstrating two gun drills.

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One will be all commands with narrations.

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The second time will be all
commands with no narrations.

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First windows, take off your safety brief.

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We are gonna remove
our watches, our rings,

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anything hanging from a person.

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We are gonna handle line, hand-over-hand,

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we will not shut our lines.

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Now, I'll get right into it

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and we'll start our first demonstration.

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The first command is silence.

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Silence is the command
given by the gun captain

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to remain silence on the gun deck.

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Cast out your guns.

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The lines are thrown in board of the ship

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so that now the gun can be moved.

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Run in your gun.

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Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun Captain] Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun Captain] Two six

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease

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- [Gun captain] That as well.

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Sailors grab on the most inward line

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to pull the gun inboard.

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That way we have access to
load our gun from the front.

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The command that is well,

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means that they have sailors
drop the line in hand.

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Remove your tompion.

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The tompion is removed.

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It's a red plug

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that's placed in the front of the barrel.

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Sponge your gun.

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A sponge-like material

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with just a little bit of water

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placed in the front of the barrel.

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We then sponge all the way to the back

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of the gun to ensure no hot
amber are left in that gun.

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It also cools the gun in between shots.

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Load with cartridge.

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An eight pound black bag
of gunpowder is loaded

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into the front of the gun.

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Load with watt.

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A watt is hand tied up.

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This ensure the cartridge is in place.

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Ram home.

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a rammer is used to push through watt

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and the gunpowder all the
way to the back of the gun.

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Load with shock.

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A 24 pound cannonball

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is loaded into a 24 pound long gun.

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Load a watt.

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Another watt is placed

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in front of that cannonball

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to ensure the cannonball
does not fall out.

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Ram home.

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Again, the rammer is used

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to ensure that cannonball and watt

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are fully seated to
the cartridge and watt.

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(upbeat music)

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Run out your gun.

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Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun captain] Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease

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- That as well.

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sailors grabbing the
opposite lines of the gun,

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have only been outboard,

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that way we're not shooting
inside of our ship.

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(upbeat music)

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Prick and prime.

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A matchstick is used to poke
a hole in the gunpowder bag,

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that's fully seated at
the back of the gun.

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And then captain will
wipe out his on hand,

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to ensure the gunpowder is dry.

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Wet gun powder will not ignite.

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The gun captain will have a black horn

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and he'll prime the gun

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by pouring black gun powder into this hole

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and sprinkling some on top.

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Lay on apron.

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An apron is placed on top of the gun

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to cover all the exposed gunpowder.

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Point your gun.

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Pointers are used to lift the gun,

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that way the gun captain
can move the coin,

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back or forward to aim
the gun high or low.

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That as well.

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That as well is the command used

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for the pointers to now
to remove the pointers.

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Remove apron.

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Apron is then removed

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so the gunpowder is exposed.

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Stand by.

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Command stand by, soldiers use their hands

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to cover their ears.

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Also, you don't stand
behind the gun or carriage

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because this gun weighs 6,500 pounds

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and it recoils about five to seven feet.

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It won't hurt you, it'll kill you.

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The matchstick will have this line

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dipped in an oil shattering,

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that'll be unraveled.

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So the gun captain can stand
on the side of the gun,

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and then he'll fire, boom.

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We'll reset, and we'll do minimal command

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and you'll see how an agent
12 gun drill is performed.

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Silence.

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Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun Captain] Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun captain] Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- That as well.

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(upbeat music)

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Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- [Gun Captain] Two six.

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(soldiers yelling together)
- Ease.

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- That as well.

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(upbeat music)

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That as well.

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Stand by.

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Fire.

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(soldiers stamp down)