Reserve Officers Candidate School - Rocs and Shoals Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Liberty Will Commence RECREATION His teachers' main concerns was the ROC'S grasp of the intricacies of Navigation, Gunnery and Orienta- tion. The ROC'S military instructors were worried about his drill, his manual at Arms, his military bear- ing, but for the ROC, himself, there was one interest which overshadowed, if not, eclipsed all others, and of course, that was his recreation. Thus, when the word liberty came footing over the squawk box, many a young ensign-to-be left his barracks behind and headed for the much talked of but rarely seen world beyond the gate iii of the Long Beach Naval Station. Quite often the first liberty stop for the men was the downtown area of the city of Long Beach. Here busy hours were spent on both Friday and Saturday evenings. The men didn't miss a thing-the Pike, the Sky Room at the Wilton, the Haufbrau Club, and Vivian Lairds, the beaches and all-you-can-eat-for-a- buck cafeteria saw plenty of ROCS too. Saturday afternoon presented an opportunity for a little sight-seeing and traveling. The boys with COVS paraded to Laguna, Huntington Beach and Santa Monica-to mention iust a few of the seaside areas. Objective? . . . surf bathing, pretty faces and cold beer. Some of the men found time to make the trip to Tijuana, Mexico. The Jai Alai games, the dog races and the Mexican night spots provided the ROCS with ammunition for many a bull session the following week. V The U. S. Navy didn't lag behind in the recreation field. Each Sunday 200 men piled aboard an LSM for a trip to Catalina Island. Arrangements were also made for ROC students to make trips to both the Griffith Park planetarium and to the Hollywood movie studios. Most of the ROCS did not need much Navy-engi- neered urging to move in on unsuspecting Holly- wood, however, July and early August saw Holly- wood and Vine turn into a ROC base of operations. For the second year in a row the Navy sponsored a '.'ROC dance. The vastness of the Los Angeles area made it difficult to decide on the best place to hold the dance. To solve transportation difficulties, Long Beach was selected as the site for the 26 July affair. In addition to the ROC sponsored Dance, The Armed Services YMCA in Long Beach and the YMCA in San Pedro sponsored ROC Dances on Saturday nights. On 7 August the ROCS of Company 'l4 lthe lead- ing company ofthe regiment at the timel were given special liberty to attend the California high school all-star game at the Coliseum in L.A. The officer candidates were given a fine round of applause as they paraded in pre-game ceremonies. Recreation did not necessarily mean leaving the base. The Recreation Hall in building 44 provided a place where the men could take it easy in their free time. Pool games and card games could be found in progress almost every night. The chairs around the television set were occupied most of the time, espe- cially during the political conventions. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings often meant movie call for many of the ROC One's. Dur- ing liberty hours the ROC Two's saw to it that the line in front of the movie was crowded with their familiar Khaki Uniforms. The facilities at the Term- inal lsland swimming pool were also available to the officer candidates on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Of course, recreation often didn't mean going to the base movie or going on liberty. Sometimes it meant going out back to have a cigarette, reading Mickey Spillane's latest, having a song fest on the back porch, or iust sitting down to write a letter. The thing most precious to the ROC was his free time. He always saw to it that none of that free time was wasted. He tried to live up to the motto, When you work-work hard, when you play-play harder.

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