Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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Captain Harry J. Hinden Executive Officer Recruit Training Command

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HISTORY OF THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER. ORLANDO Commissioned on July 1, 1968, the Naval Training Center, Orlan- do, was established to enhance the manpower training capabilities of the United States Navy. Occupying the site of the former Orlando Air Force Base, the Navy's third training center is rapidly becoming a show place amongtraining commands in the armed forces. The Commander, Naval Training Center, is tasked with provid- ing basic indoctrination for enlisted personnel. and primary, ad- vanced, and specialized training for officer and enlisted personnel of the Regular Navy and the Navy Reserve. A decision was made in the nation's capital to develop a third Naval Training Center, and on December 6, 1966, the Honorable Robert H. B. Baldwin, then Under Secretary of the Navy, announced that the city of Orlando had been chosen as the site of the Navy's newest and most modern training facility. Orlando was selected because of its year-round climate, availabil- ity of transportation, sufficient family housing, and availability of the Orlando Air Force Base under the Department of Defense Base Closure Program. The newly constructed Recruit Training Command features mod- ern and functional buildings and presents a campus-like atmo- sphere. Commissioned with the Naval Training Center, the Recruit Training Command provides a smooth transition from civilian life for enlistees into the naval service. Additionally, the Naval Training Center is host command for the Naval Training Device Center, which is responsible forthe research, development, production,' maintenance, and modification of air, sea, subsurface, land, and space trainers applicable to all types of military situations. Another tenant command of the Naval Training Center is the Naval Hospital, Orlando, currently a 200-bed facility. The Hospital's combined medical and dental staff of over 400 supports the Naval Training Center and other military installations in the Central Flori- da region, as well as dependents and retirees. A modern high rise replacement hospital is planned for the future, and this facility will provide the most modern and complete . ,iz . . ,-0 medical care to the ever-increasing active duty and retired military population of the Central Florida area. On November 1, 1969, the Service School Command was estab- lished. lt initially comprises two schools, the Naval Advanced Under- sea Weapons School CAUWSJ and the Personnelman Class A School. The AUWS is housed in a new brick structure, located on 6, 100 square feet of real estate, and encompasses 109,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories and an auditorium. The PN A School is housed in the old Air Force Photo Squadron Building on the southwest shore of Lake Baldwin. Another tenant unit is the Navy Finance Office, Orlando, which prior to the commissioning of the Naval Training Center, was a branch of the main office at Jacksonville, Florida. The Orlando Fi- nance Office is responsible for disbursing support to 17 military ac- tivities in the Central Florida region, and renders civilian disbursing services to six organizations. Additionally, the Center hosts the Navy Printing and Publications Service Branch Office, the Defense Contract Administration Serv- ices District, and the Resident Officer-in-Charge of Construction. Presently, the Recruit Training Command has an average on- board load of about 3600 recruits occupying its five modern bar- racks, each of which houses 12 recruit companies. These five bar- racks, plus a 4,600-man mess hall, a classroom building, a recruit chapel, a training ship mock-up, and other facilities comprise the first camp of the Recruit Training Command. The second recruit camp will be identical to the first with five bar- racks and additional support buildings for training purposes. Con- struction on the second camp began in Fiscal Year 1969, with tar- geted completion date in mid-1973. The recruit population will then exceed 8,000 The two camps will be interconnected by a central core, con- sisting of two 26-classroom training buildings connected by the Television Building, which houses the closed-circuit television sys- tem. Television provides a basic supplement to the academic in- struction ln recruit training. i 449