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

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r ff? e st a 2, ff 49 a used A fhefT? ted. . . hen ii 'rm-y ,A J K . l . llle . Q . the iary :med .tial i0 Illllllly E. ' X MARYLAND totaling approximately 35,000 persons. A component activity of the Administrative Command is the Dental Technicians School the mission of which is to provide graduated recruits and fleet personnel with the tech- nical knowledge and training required to develop den- tal technicians for duty with the fleet and shore based forces. The Recruit Training Command, the largest of the four subordinate commands, is responsible for the administration of the Recruit Basic Training Program the principles of which are to guide the recruit in the transition from civilian to military life, to introduce him to Navy life, naval customs, traditions, discipline and esprit de corps, and, by intensive training and schooling, to fit him for naval service. A The facilities of the Recruit Training Command consist of four large regiments, each named after naval heroes-Rodgers, Perry, James and Barney. Each camp is an entity in itself,--with its own drill hall, swimming pool, rifle range, mess hall, drill field, class- rooms, barracks, and recreational facilities-and has the capacity to berth, mess and train a regiment of 5,000 population. All of the regiments are used to train regular male recruits, one regiment camp con- tains special facilities for training male recruits at- tached to the Recruit Preparatory Training Unit and for male reserve recruits ordered to active training duty for a period of two weeks, it also contains the only WAVE Recruit Training School in the Navy. This school, previously located at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, was established at Bain- bridge in October of 1951. V The Service School Command, the third major ac- tivity, provides further training for recruits and fleet personnel in the technical knowledge of ratings re- quired by the operating forces, and prepares them for . MQNBW, ...g..,W,. , ,, t. .... a..,4 J...if......-..,,s,.-.1-.....M-..,..,,,.., . bs. yuan: , f 1:s5axs,..i-,.,. .... X ' Recruit Barracks . more advanced education and training in such special field as gunnery, fire control, radio and other techni- cal subjects. A component activity of the Service School Command is the United ,States Naval Academy Preparatory School which, during the Fall and Winter month-s prepares enlisted men from all branches of the Armed Forces for the entrance examination to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. During the Summer months this School also trains and selects enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps for en- trance in the following Fall to the Naval Reserve Oili- cers Training-Corps Program at a college or university of their own choice. a The fourth major subordinate activity is the U. S. Naval Hospital, a separate and detached command. The Hospital provides medical and surgical facilities for the proper care of all recruits, students, and per- manently assigned naval personnel of the Center and their dependents. Operating in conjunction with the Hospital is the Hospital Corps School, with about 1,200 students, whose function is to provide the tech- nical knowledge and training necessary to develop these young men into Hospital Corpsmen for duty with the fleet and shore based forces. Headquarters Recruit Training Command f- , 23 f 5 X- f, li Iwi' ' 95 1 Ls. 2

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