Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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CAPTAIN JAMES J. HANLEY, USN UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND Captain Hanley was commissioned from Officer Candidate School following graduation from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York in 1962. His afloat tours include Commanding Officerof the USS ARTHUR W, RADFORD lDD-9683 and the USS LESTER fDE-1 0223, Chief Staff Officer of Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Six, Weapons Officeron the USS BEALE CDD-471 l, First Lieutenant on the USS RADFORD QDD-446l and Five-Inch Battery Officer on the USS RANDOLPH QCVS-153, He received a Master of Science degree from George Washington University in 1980 and is also a graduate ol the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces Staff College. Additional tours ashore have included assignments on the staffs of the Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Naval Personnel and Commander Naval Forces Vietnam. His personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal and Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Stars in lieu of second awards. Prior to arrival at the Recruit Training Command, Captain Hanley was assigned as the Naval Attache to Belgium. Captain Hanley was born in New York City, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hanley. He is married to theformer Suzanne P. Esserof Augusta, Maine. They have three children, Brian, age thirteen and John and Courtney, age ten. 6

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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 fwomenj 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 lclassroomy building equipped with closed-circuit televisions and the most modern training aids, two galleys capable of feeding 9,200 people in 90 minutes, an indoor pistol rangeg olympic size poolffield house fgymnasiuml complexg and the second largest Chapel in the Navy. These facilities are supported by: an In-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 BLUEJACKETQ a scale model two-thirds the size of a frigate, outfitted with actual shipboard equipment, including sound-powered phones and a boatswain's chair.

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MESSAGE TO RECRUITS FROM CO RTC YANT Ur DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY gf - I I ,Y Rzcnun' TRAINING COMMAND onumoo. n.omoA 32813-6lOO , To the Graduating Recruits, Congratulations on having completed a most rigorous and demanding period of training. You have been introduced to a new way of life and have risen to the challenges posed during your transition from civilians to Navy men and women. I am confident that as you report to your ships, squadrons and stations around the world you are ready, willing and able to accept the awesome responsibility which characterizes service in today's Navy. You have been taught many things that will be useful to you during your naval service and throughout life. The most important of these is that you can accomplish any task if you have the desire, the determination, and if you expend the effort. This spirit of success and accomplishment is the very heart of what has made our Navy what it is today. It is this spirit that I charge each of you to nurture and protect. It is the essence of pride in service and pride in self, and gives significance to the word Ushipmate.U I wish each of you fair winds, following seas and Godspeed. C 4 ,M 1 I, 4 I , HA LEY Ca ain, U.S. Nav Commanding Officf