US Naval Training Center - Anchor Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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CAPTAIN P. M. REBER Commander. Naval Training Center San Diego, California ti 7 ' '1' , ' . py CAPTAIN ROBERT P. MCCLENDON. Jr., USN COMMANDER KAY CAMPBELL USN Commanding Officer Recruit Training Command Executive Officer Recruit Training Command San Diego, California San Diego, California

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In the furtherance of its mission of supplying trained naval personnel to the fleets and ships of the United States Navy, each of the three subordinate commands of the Naval Training Center has important roles to fill. The Naval Training Station has the responsibility of conducting most of the Centers administrative busi- ness and furnishing a wide range of services necessary to the daily life of the large community which the Cen- ter has become. The Administrative Command has the responsibility of maintaining the Centers buildings and grounds, and through its facilities all personnel on the Center are housed, fed, clothed and paid, and receive their medical and dental care. The Naval Train- ing Station also provides such other community servi- ces as recreational and Navy Exchange facilities; com- munications, postal and transportation services; and police and fire protection. Under the Service School Command are grouped more than twenty Navy Schools in which recruits as well as men from the fleet receive training in the spe- cialized duties of certain ratings. Most of these are Class 0A schools, where non-rated men learn the skills and information necessary to them to perform a specific petty officer rating. Among these schools are those which train electricians mates, radiomen. Other schools teach specialized skills such as teletype maintenance and stenography. The present capacity of the Service Schools is about 5,000 men. Today after six decades of service to the Navy the Naval Training Center San Diego still faces with confi- dence the challenges of an unsettled world.

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RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND The largest of the three commands at the Training Center is the Recruit Training Command. Here the re- cruit undergoes his transition from civilian to military life; learns the history, traditions, customs and regula- tions of his chosen service; and receives instruction in naval skill and subjects which will be basic information throughout his period of naval service. Most of the facilities of the Recruit Training Com- mand are centered on Bainbridge Court and occupy the western half of the Training Center. Here are concen- trated the barracks and headquarters of the recruit bri- gade, and nearby are located the mess hall, classrooms, athletic fields and recreation buildings used by the re- cru1ts.