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

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OMPASS is an instrument which in- dicates geographical directions by means of a compass card. A compass rose, furthermore, is a diagram of a com- pass card reproduced on a chart to assist the navigator in laying out true courses and directions. For centuries men who have sailed their ships to the far corners of the earth have depended upon tl1e compass to guide them safely to their ultimate des- tination. Recruit training may be compared to a compass in that it, too, is an instrument of direction but in the field of indoc- trination. The compass rose of intensive training in the basic fundamentals of the naval service is so designed as to assist the recruit, during his transition from civilian to naval life, in laying out true courses of endeavor and directions of effort. Upon the completion of his basic training the new bluejacket possesses a compass card of invaluable knowledge which will guide him, throughout his naval career, along a predetermined course and in the direction of his ulti- mate goal-that of being of real service to his Navy and his Nation, and a credit to himself.