US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER J. M. BARRY, USNR LieuTenonT Commander J. M. Borry, USNR, reTurned from The SouTh Pacific Area in AugusT 1944, To ossgme duTies os N.A.T.B. Physical and Military Training Officer. He re- placed LieuTenonT Commander F. C. Lone who was de- Toched. Commander Barry, noTionolly known former coach of UniversiTy of SouThern California, enTered The Navy in March 1942. He reporTed To ST. Mary's Pre-FlighT School, one of The original pre-TlighT schools, as DirecTor of Am- IeTics, on Moy T, 1942, 0nd seT up The rigid oThleTic Train- ing program. ATTer ThirTeen monThs 0T ST. Mary's, Com. monder Barry was assigned SToTT duTy wiTh The Com- mander, FleeT Air Force, SouTh FociTiC. His primary duTies were To seT up oThleTic ond recreoTionol TociliTies Tor leers and ground crews in The SouTh Pacific. Commander Barry was loTer given The ossignmenT 0T rehobiliToTion 0nd roToTion Tcr Navy and Marine flyers in The SouTh Pacific. In This work he esToblished rehabiliToTion cenTers 0T Auklond, New Zeolond and Sidney, AusTrolio. He was Then assigned To sTofT duTies wiTh The Commander, Air, SouTh Pacific, and cchinued in ThoT posiTion unTil he was deToched, 20 July 1944. PHYSICAL emf MILITARY TRAINING The Physical and MiliTory Training, under The supervisicn OT LieuTenonT Ccmrronder J. M. Barry, has 0 sToTT oT AThleTic SpecialisTs To ossisT in carrying ouT The rigid physical Training program. The program hos been designed and seT up To prepare The TuTure ovioTors To be physically oble To overcome any siTuoTion ThoT may arise. The Training deporTmenT has 0 supervised oThleTic program and TociliTies are available Tcr any form CT exercise. ObsTocTe course, TooTboll field, boskeTboll, Tennis and hondboll courTs, boxing, swimming and 0 huge gymnasium, oTTer codeTs o varied sporTs program. A special course in Survival given in one oT The huge swimming pools ocquoinTs The codeTs wiTh The hozords They will encounTer in The evenT They are Tcrced down over oner. lnsTrucTicns are given and Tilms ore shown in The procedure To diTch planes, use porochuTes, Moe WesT life jockeTs, swimming under oil-covered oner, use of life roTTs, seoT packs and back pocks so necessary To The preservoTion of life. CcmpeTiTion in RegimenTol Parades and AThleTic evenTs gives one on equal oppchuniTy To display Their skill and sTominCI. A view of The cadeTs going over The rough and Tough obstacle course mum; nun ,, 4 mi 4: I, 4 ma? a W!

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A similated crash landing in water-Dilbert will turn over wifh The cadet at the confrOISv-we hope he gets oul? . . . An exciting In men? of a basketball game between an Army team and NAS, Corpus . . . A right to the iuw iust misses in a bout of the Arena . . . This cadet will make a similafed landing from a parachute, in water. The obiecl is lo get out of parachute harness. l?