Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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MESSAGE T0 RECRUITS FROM C0 RTC My sincere congratulations on your having successfully completed recruit training. Although it was a demanding experience and required your adjustment to a new and different environment, I am confident it has prepared you for your future endeavors in the Navy. The basic fundamentals which you have learned here will serve as a foundf ation for your further professional development and personal growth in the fleet. I wish you HFair winds and following seasn. L. W. FERNALD, JR. Captain, U. S. Navy

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P ' , ,W gl if CAPTAIN LLOYD W. FERNALD, JR., U.S. NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND Captain Lloyd W. Fernald, Jr., entered the U. S. Naval Academy in 1953 from Rockland, Maine. Upon his graduation from Annapolis in 1957, he served as Boiler Officer in the USS ROCHESTER QCA 1241. He then served four years in USS SOMERS QDD 9471 as ASW and Gunnery Officer followed by a tour of duty in the Fleet Operations Branch of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C. Upon completion of his tour in OPNAV, Captain Fernald reported as Executive Officer, USS LESTER KDE 1022j. This duty was followed by his assignment as Commanding Officer, USS FIRM QMSO 4441. While in command of FIRM, during their period of December 1966 to June 1968, Captain Fernald participated in four Operation Market Time patrols off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam for which he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat HV . Captain Fernald received a Master of Science Degree in Personnel Management from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, in June 1969. Captain Fernald then was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel where he served as Surface Warfare Assistant in the Planning and Programming Branch of the Officer Distribution Division. For this tour of duty, he received the Meritorious Service Medal. Captain Fernald commanded the USS CONYNGHAM QDDG 171 during the 1972-73 time frame. Following this tour of duty he reported to George Washington University as a selectee for the Navy Doctoral Study Program in which he received a Doctorate in Business Administration. In 1976, he was assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Military Compensation Branch. He then reported as the Head, Military Compensation and Entitlements Branch of the Office, Chief of Naval Operations in 1978, prior to his new assignment as Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Florida. Captain Fernald is married to the former Carol Jane LaRoue of Miami, Florida. They have two children, Mark 15, and Melissa, 13.

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THE NAVY OF YESTERYEAR The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Navy on October 13, 1775. During the Revolutionary War, the newly-created Navy never had more than 27 ships. The Navy relied on the support of privateers who had been defending the harbors and shores of the colonies since 1661. Successes by the small continental Navy were numerous during the Revolution, yet the Navy was disbanded and the last ship was sold in 1785. In 1794, the U. S. Navy was once again established by Congress to protect U. S. shipping in the Mediterranean against Algerian pirates. Two of the six frigates constructed, the CONSTITUTION and the CONSTELLATION, are still afloat today. Famous names during the first 100 years of the Navy included: John Paul Jones, Robert Morris, Lafayette, Stephen Decatur, Oliver Hazard Perry, George Bancroft and David S. Farragut. During the first 100 years, naval hospitals were established by Congress, Antarctica was discovered, the Navy suffered its first mutiny, the trans-Atlantic cable was laid, the Confederate Navy surrendered, petroleum oil was tested for use as a fuel source and the USS INTREPID, the first warship to be equipped with torpedoes was commissioned. -L 1 YH., W1--v-ui' 1 H 1- -w,,.w4gM0al 'T