Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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COMMODORE THOMAS R. FOX, UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER NAVAL TRAINING CENTER Commodore Fox attended the Naval Academy, graduating with the class of 1957. He was assigned to naval flight training, earning his wings in December 1958. As a Naval Aviator, he senled with All Weather Fighter Squadron FOUR QVFAW 41, Utility Squadron TWO QVU 21, and Fighter Squadron ONE SEVEN FOUR QVF 1741. In 1962, he was assigned to duty in USS ALSTEDE 1AF 481. Commodore Fox entered the Submarine Service in 1964. Since then, he has served in USS THOMAS JEFFERSON fSSBN 6181, USS GEORGE BANCROFT 1SSBN 6431, and USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL fSSBN 6541. He commanded USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL IBLUE1, USS ETHAN ALLEN 1SSBN 6081, USS KAMEHAMEHA fSSBN 6421, and USS PROTEUS 1AS 191. Prior to commanding USS PROTEUS, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, Personnel, Readiness and Training for Commander, Submarine Group FIVE. He reported to Bangor, Washington in October 1980, and became Commander, Submarine Squadron 17 on 1 January 1981 followed by Commander, Submarine Group NINE on 1 July 1981. Commodore Fox reported as Deputy Director, Strategic Submarine Division lOP-211 in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations lSubmarine Warfarej in September 1982. ln November 1983, he took over as Director, Strategic Submarine Division QOP-211. He assumed his present duties as Commander, Naval Training Center, Orlando, on 31 May 1984. He wears the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy Commendation Medal, National Defense Medal, Battle Efficiency Award, and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Having completed seventeen strategic deterrent patrols, he also wears the SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia. Commodore Fox is married to the former Evelyn Kauffeld of South Tom's River, New Jersey. They have three children.

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A rudder is defined by the Bluejackefs Manual is a structure at the stern of a vessel, used to control a vesseI's heading. Just as the rudder controls a ship's heading, the Recruit Training Command, Orlando, determines the direction in which sailors will go. The responsibility of transforming civilians into sailors is not taken lightly by the Recruit Training Command staff. Likewise, the responsibility of putting forth the necessary effort to become effective members of the worId's greatest Navy is of prime concern to each recruit. The goal of recruit training is to set the proper course and maintain a steady heading. Thus this book, describing the process of recruit training, is titled The Rudder. Within these pages lie graphic reminders of many activities - some pleasant, some not so pleasant, some exciting, some routine, some humorous, and some gravely serious. In future years, The Rudder should evoke many memories of one of the most formative and meaningful periods in a person's life, whether as a career Navy member or a civilian reminiscing over the hitch in the naval service. The weeks and months served in recruit training are not easy, but of necessity are rigorous and demanding. The training is diligently planned and administered in order to develop in all trainees the strength of character, loyalty and patriotism necessary to prepare them to defend their country, its ideals and people, against any aggressor.

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HISTORY OF NAVAL TRAINING CENTER ORLANDO Commissioned on July 1, 1968, the Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, was established to enhance the manpower training capabilities of the United States Navy. Occupying the site of the former Orlando Air Force Base, the training center rapidly became a show place among training commands in the armed forces. The Commander, Naval Training Center, is tasked with providing basic indoctrination for enlisted personnel, and primary, advanced specialized training for officer and enlisted personnel in the Regular Navy and Navy Reserve. Subordinate commands of Naval Training Center are the Naval Administrative Command, Recruit Training Command, Service School Command, Personnel Support Activity and Naval Construction Battalion Unit 419. Twenty-four tenant commands include Naval Nuclear Power School, Naval Hospital, Naval Dental Center, and the Naval Training Equipment Center. Approximately 2,500 Navy men and women and 2,900 civilian employees have permanent duty at the Naval Training Center. NTC's non-permanent personnel include an average on board count of 6,000 men and women recruits and 4,000 other officer and enlisted students. The Recruit Training Command was commissioned on July 1, 1968, and 400 male recruits graduated on December 12, 1968. Women began recruit training in Orlando in 1972 and on April 1, 1974, the Recruit Training Command twomenl and Recruit Training Command were consolidated and the Recruit Training Command, Orlando thus became the only Navy Command where both men and women undergo basic training. The Recruit Training Command has the capability of accommodating approximately 9,000 recruits and 900 apprentice trainees at a time. Located on the Northwest side of the Naval Training Center, the Recruit Training Command is one of the most modern training centers in the world. All buildings are of modern construction and fully airconditioned. Command facilities include: A Naval Dental Center Annex and Recruit Clinic of the Naval Dental Centerg a training lclassrooml building equipped with closed-circuit televisions and the most modern training aidsg two galleys capable of feeding 9,200 people in 90 minutes, an indoor pistol range, olympic size poolffield house lgymnasiumj complex, and the second largest Chapel in the Navy. These facilities are supported by: an ln-Processing Facility where new recruits initiate their recruit trainingg a community center complete with exchange, post office, bank, barber and beauty shop, and portrait studiog and the USS BLUEJACKEE a scale model two-thirds the size of a frigate, outfitted with actual shipboard equipment, including sound-powered phones and a boatswain's chair.