US Naval Training Center - Compass Yearbook (Bainbridge, MD)

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Company of Baliimore, and soon large crews of carpenfers, eleciricians, plumbers and hundreds of o1'her craffsmen and helpers were busily engaged in lhe rehabiliraiion work. In fhe succeeding weeks lhe progress of rehabilifarion was so rapid +ha'r The +arge+ dare for +he commencemeni of recrui+ iraining was moved ahead, and on April 5, I95I ihe firsl' recruifs reporfed aboard for rraining. The original inpuf of 500 recruirs per week was soon siepped up +o I000 per week and confinued ai fhai' rare. On June 23, l95I approximalely 500 recruils complefed iheir eleven week course of basic fraining. Every week 'I'hereaHer 'lhe number of re- crui'I's complefing 'lheir iraining are in direci' pro- poriion fo fhe currenf scheduled weekly inpu+. The U.S. Naval Training Cenrer, Bainbridge, Maryland, under rhe command of 1'he Cenler Com- mander, acfually consisfs of four subordinafe ac- 'rivi+ies, each under a Commanding Officer. These acfivifies are: The U.S. Naval Adminisfrafive Com- mand, rhe Recruii' Training Command, The Service School Command, and fhe U.S. Naval Hospiial. The Adminisfrarive Command serves as ihe sfaff of ihe Cenfer Commander in his direclion and ad- minisfraiion of +he o+her subordinaie commands, and performs for him all rhe adminisfrarive, op- erafional and logisfic 'funcfions nor specifically as- signed +o orher commands. These various 'funcrions include securify, fire profecfion, supply, disbursing, commissary, Navy Exchange, personnel and religious adminisirarion, medical and denial care, mainre- nance and repair, iransporrafion, communicarions and o+her viral services esseniial +o +he eFFicien+ and effecfive operarion of a communiiy 'rofaling ap- proximaiely 35,000 persons. A componeni' acfiviiy of fhe Adminis+ra+ive Command is ihe Denial Tech- nicians School whose mission is 'ro provide recruiis and fleef personnel wilh fhe fechnical knowledge and fraining required ro develop denial rechnicians for du+y wirh ihe fleef and shore based forces. The Recruir Training Command, rhe largesf of 'I'he four subordinafe commands, is responsible for +he Headquarters, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.

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' ,.lQ...4ns... Center at Bainbridge, Maryland fhe conclusion of hosfilifies on V-J Day, Augusf I4, l945, fhe Recruil' Training Command had lrained a lofal of 244,277 recruifs lo man l'he ships and far flung bases of our warfime Navy. In addifion, fhe Service School Command had lfrained and graduafed 24,484 men in fechnical rafings. From Augusf l945 'lo June l947h'l'he 'lraining acfivifies of fhe Cen'l'er decreased due fo posf-war condi- fions and l'he evenfual reducfion in fhe sfrengfh of fhe Navy. On June 30, I947 Bainbridge was de- acfivafed as a Training Cenfer, alfhough 'l'he Naval Preparafory School confinued fo operafe unfil il' was fransferred fo Newporf, R. I. in Ocfober of I949. Bainbridge, fhen, became a ghosl' l'own sfaffed wifh only a small Adminisfrafive and Se- curil'y Unif fo profecf fhe buildings from fire and l'he ever-mounfing ravages of fime and weafher. In fhe summer of I950, when fhe KOREAN crisis once more made il' evidenl' fhal' a large Navy is vifal fo our na'lion's defense, plans were formulafed fo reacfivafe fhe Bainbridge Training Cenfer fo pro- vide fhe needed inpuf of frained men fo man our rapidly expanding fleef and shore bases. Accord- ingly, on February I, I95I, fhe U.S. Naval Training Cenfer, Bainbridge, Maryland was reac'l'ival'ed and Capfain Roberl Hall Smifh, U.S.N. assumed com- mand of fhe Cenl'er in a brief buf impressive cere- mony. The Cenfer Commander and his small sfaff of officers and men found 'lhe vasf Cenfer fo be in a pafhefic sfafe of disrepair. The femporary build- ings in parficular, long unused and unheafed, were in need of exfensive repairs, replacemenl' ifems, and refurbishment A confracf fo resfore fhese build- ings, and fhe areas in general, 'ro fheir former use was awarded 'l'o fhe Consolidafed Engineering Headquarters, Recruit Training Command ..-A .

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Regimental Drill Hull adminisfrafion of fhe Recruif Basic Training Program fhe principles of which are fo guide fhe recruif in fhe fransifion from civilian fo milifary life: fo in- froduce him fo naval cusfoms, fradifions, discipline and esprif de corps: and, by infensive fraining and schooling, fo fif him for naval service. The facilifies of fhe Recruif Training Command consisf of four large Camps each named affer famous naval heroes -Rodgers, Perry, James, and Barney. Each Camp is an enfify in ifself-wifh ifs own greaf drill hall, swimming pool, rifle range, mess hall, drill field, classrooms, barracks, and recreafional facilifies- and has fhe capacify 'I'o berfh, mess and frain a regimenf of 5,000 populafion. H' is planned fo use fhree of fhese Camps fo frain male recruifs fo fhe maximum fofal capacify of abouf I5,000 men. The fourfh Camp will confain fhe only WAVE Recruif Training School in fhe Navy: which school, previously locafed af fhe U.S. Naval Training Cenfer, Greal' Lakes, Illinois, was esfab- lished in Bainbridge in Ocfober I95I. H' is expecfed fhaf 'rhe WAVE recruif populafion will reach a fofal of abouf 4,500 young women. The Service School Command, fhe fhird major acfivify, provides furfher fraining fo recruifs and fleel' personnel in fhe fechnical knowledge of raf- ings required by fhe operafing forces, and prepares fhem for more advanced educafion and fraining in such special fields as gunnery, fire confrol, radio and ofher fechnical subiecfs. A componenf acfivify of fhe Service School Command is fhe Unifed Sfafes Naval Preparafory School which, during fhe Fall and Winfer monfhs prepares enlisfed men from all branches of fhe Armed Forces for enfrance ex- aminafion fo fhe U.S. Naval Academy af Annapolis, Maryland. During 'l'he Summer monfhs fhis School also frains and selecfs enlisfed men of fhe Navy and Marine Corps for enfrance in fhe following Fall fo fhe Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Program af a college or universify of fheir own choice. The fofal sfudenf capacify of fhe Service School Com- mand is approximafely 4,000 men. The fourfh and lasf major subordinafe acfivify is fhe U.S. Naval Hospifal, a separafe and defached command. The Hospifal provides medical and sur- gical facilifies for fhe proper care of all recruifs, sfudenfs, and permanenfly assigned naval personnel of fhe Cenfer and fheir depenclenfs. Now esfab- lished as a 500-bed hospifal, fhe capacify can and will be expanded if necessary fo l,500 or 2,000 beds. Operafing in coniuncfion wi'I'h 'lhe Hospifal is fhe Hospifal Corps School, wifh abouf l,200 sfu- denfs, whose funcfion is fo provide fhe fechnical knowledge and fraining necessary fo develop fhese young men info Hospifal Corpsmen for dufy wifh fhe fleef and shore based forces. Recruit barracks