US Naval Training Center - Anchor Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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t V . t $ . 1 T THE RECEIVING and Outfitting Unit, better known as llR and Of the recruit receives his first introduction to recruit training. Here he is given thorough medical and dental examinations, takes various mental tests and is issued his outfit of Navy uniforms and clothing. Soon after his arrival he and some seventy other young men are assigned to their recruit company. As a newly formed company they are liwelcomed aboard by an oHicer repre- sentative of the Commanding Oflicer and are placed under the charge of an experienced senior petty officer who will be their company commander throughout their period of recruit training. Each company commander is a carefully selected, thoroughly experienced career Navy petty officer of demon- strated leadership ability who has received special training in working with recruits. Recruits Arrive hr WELCOME ABOARD VOU ARE NOW MEN OF THE THE IRADITION OF THE SERVICE A DEMANDS YOUR UIMOSY EFFORT $ UNITED STATES NAVY .r i C l V; IL GIVE IT CHEERFULLY AND WILUNDLY l , I 'ttttttwt-tm , - t IN PROCESSING In his new company the recruit will meet young men from all walks of life and sections of the country. Among these men who will be his iishipmatesh for the next nine weeks, he may form friendships which will be lifelong. One of the most important steps in the tin processing stage is the administration of the Navyls General Classification Test battery. The results of these tests together with a later meeting with a trained classification interviewer will lead to the selection of a career pattern in the Navy, and in some cases, to special schooling after his graduation from recruit training. Having donned his new Navy uniform and shipped his civilian clothes home, the new recruit is now ready to move to the Primary Training Regiment where his company will ug0 on schedule?