This is how the RAF do it. I think the Navy can take a lesson from them.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/virals/top_10_videos/article323701.ece
Scroll down and click on "Hilarious ways to marshall jets"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/virals/top_10_videos/article323701.ece
Scroll down and click on "Hilarious ways to marshall jets"