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

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f 1 I 1 J s e mber U. S. our of ne re- 4acola, e USS o Pen- rn both rd the aiding rom a ack by nroute fal Op- i Navi- ,ties in Train- 3 IIISII- of the I Arctic leneral I of S03 rved H5 T rans- 0 Bain' he ning Of :I for 8 gllllsled ars. He bsertfer 1 Peufl' Asiatic' an Area rv Med' Korean 1s Sefv' COMMANDER NELSON C. BLIVEN, U.S.N., as- sumed the duties of Executive Officer, Recruit Training Command on 4 May 1953. Previous to reporting he had reactivated, recommissioned and served as Commanding Officer of the USS SMAL- LEY CDD565j, a FLETCHER Class destroyer. After graduation from the Massachusetts Nau- tical School, Boston, Massachusetts, in April 1940 with a Third Mate's License, having served two years as a cadet on board the schoolship NAN- TUCKET, a three-masted squarerigged sailing vessel, Commander Bliven was commissioned an Ensign, Merchant Marine Reserve. Upon comple- tion of a tour of duty as Cadet Ofiicer Instructor for the U. S. Maritime Commission at .Admiral Billard Academy, New London, Connecticut, he volunteered for Active Naval Service in October 1940. During World War II he served in various ca- pacities afloat in the seaplane tender USS ALBE- MARLE, the transport USS FLORENCE NIGHT- INGALE and as Executive Officer of the transport USS STORM KING. While serving with the Am- phibious Forces, Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, he participated in the invasions of French Morroco, Sicily, Saipan, Palau, Leyte, Luzon and Iwo Jima. Post war assignments have included duties with the staffs of the General Line School and the Re- cruit Training Command at Newport. R. I.. and as Executive Officer of the destroyer USS FORREST ROYAL. In January 1946 he earned his Chief Mate's License, and in September 1946 transferred to the Regular Navy.

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C APTAIN WILLIAM JACKSON CATLETT, JR., U.S.N., Commanding Oiiicer of the Recruit Training Command since November 1953, was graduated an Ensign from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1932. Following a tour of duty aboard the USS COLORADO, he re- ported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, in 1935 for flight training. Following further duty at sea, in the USS VEGA and USS HENLEY, he returned to Pen- sacola as a Navigational instructor in both flight and ground training of pilots. His war service included duty aboard the USS PEARY. He was commended for aiding in the PEARY's successful escape from a three-hour bombing and torpedo attack by Japanese planes in December 194-1, enroute Manila-Darwin. A tour of duty in the Chief of Naval Op- erations Office in Washington included Navi- gation, research and development duties in the Office of the Director of Aviation Train- ing. He was a founder member of the Insti- tute of Navigation, and is a member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, and Arctic Institute. Following staff duty at the General Line School, Newport, R. I., and tour of sea duty in the USS OKALOOSA, he served as Chief of Training for the Military Air Trans- port Service. His assignment prior to reporting to Bain- bridge was Commanding Ofiicer of the USS DIPHDA. Thus he has served in training of Pilots, Navigators and Flight personnel for 8 years, the training of oflicers and enlisted men on board ship and ashore 14- years. He was designated a Naval Aviation Observer fNavigationJ in 1945. He holds the Commendation Medal Pend- ant, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic- Pacific Area Campaign Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Med' al, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, and the United Nations Serv- lce Medal.

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Kliilll? SPHD HMI! . ...E ' it Main Gufe THE Naval Training Center at Bainbridge came into being when the former President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, approved the site and pur- chase of land and buildings from the Jacob Tome In- stitute in early 1942. This property, including build- ings of the Tome School for boys, was enlarged by the purchase of adjacent land which brought the total area of Bainbridge to 1,132 acres. Bainbridge is located on the northeast bank of the Susquehanna River, 35 miles northeast of Baltimore and approximately 75 miles from Washington and Philadelphia. This activity is under the military command of the Commandant, FIFTH Naval District, whose headquarters are in Nor- folk, Virginia. R 1 I Drill Hall mmm. We , , . W, 7 ., mnmt1gg BAINBRIDGE President Roosevelt named the Training Center for Commodore William Bainbridge, commander of the famous frigate '4Constitution and founder of the first naval training school- The Center was first activated on October 1, 1942, and ten days later was in operation training recruits. At the conclusion of hostilities on V-J Day, August 14, 1945, the Recruit Training Command had trained a total of 244,277 recruits. From August 1945 to June 1947 the training activities of the Center decreased due to the eventual reduction in the strength of the Navy. On June 30, 1947, Bainbridge was deactivated as a Training Center. In the summer of 1950, when the Korean crisis made it necessary, plans were form- ulated to reactivate the Center to provide men for the rapidly expanding fleet and shore bases. On February 1, 1951, Captain Robert Hall Smith, U.S.N., assumed command of the Center. The Naval Training Center, under the command of the Center Commander, consists of four subordinate activities, each under a Commanding Oflicer. These ac- tivities are: The U. S. Naval Administrative Command, the Recruit Training Command, the Service School Command, and the U. S. NavaliHospital. The Admin- istrative Command serves as the staff of the Center Commander in his direction and administration of the other subordinate commands and performs for him all the administrative, operational, and logistic func- tions not specifically assigned to other commands. These various functions 'includee.security, fire protec- tion, supply, disbursing, commissary, Navy Exchange., personnel, and religious administration, medical and dental care, maintenance and repair, transportation, communications and other vital services essential to the eilicient and eHective operation of a community Center Headquarters as ,ykfWw5,,M,,,,'W--,W..5.'.,,r...,,..,..,,,,,,,W,., , .,,,.. . M ,R Q 'Z 1 fx sgofrfe'-sae Mi 5 , Z1-ima, ' Y gd .,,,,,. , Y A Q 'ki P a - -F5 We airmail BMW ef-1-wwila 9 r Q63