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

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s T this time, the chances for becoming a com- missioned olhcer have never been better. The traditional path is through the Naval Academyg how- ever, in addition there are now several programs in which enlisted personnel may prepare themselves for commissioned status. It is not necessary that appli- cants have college training to meet the requirements of some of the programs and there are certain cases where even men without high school diplomas may qualify. Ol' the programs and schools ollered, the Naval Academy, the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, the Naval Aviation Cadet program, the Officer Can- didate School and the Aviation Ofricer Candidate program are open at the present time. The U. S. Navy and the U. S. Marine Corps obtain most of their career oflicers from two sources, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and the Naval Reserve Oflicer Training Corps units which are established in many of the leading colleges and uni- versities throughout the United States. The U. S. Naval Academy provides four years of college train- ing leading to a commission in the Regular Navy or Marine Corps. Admission is gained by competitive examination among enlisted personnel in the naval service or by Presidential or Congressional appoint- ment. Those who successfully pass the examination are transferred to the Naval Academy Preparatory School which is located at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland. lt is the purpose ol this school to prepare the applicant for the competi- USS Wisconsin fires u National gun salute near Lisbon during Midshipmen practice squadron cruise. W W A wg, ...-,., Q ...,. . . . 'ffJg.. , +ai'2t1ti2i-zasi'.,a tv A-Qs,-at ' p if I fa: fg:13F'ftai t r .fort H s--

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.Iohn Walter Meadows, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Navy, was born in 1921 in Huntington, NVest Virginia. After high school he was en- listed in the Navy and underwent recruit training at Norfolk, Virginia. Chief Meadows spent his hrst years at sea on board the aircraft carriers USS Yorktown and the USS Ranger after which he served aboard a sub chaser in the Caribbean and in the southwestern Pacific. During 1Vorlti 1Var ll, he participated in campaigns on Rabaul and the Admiralty Islands and also in numerousamphibious landings dur- ing the battle for the Solomon Islands. Since 19415, Chief Meadows served on the destroyer USS Dickson and the USS Power which was then on a tour of duty with the United Nations' Forces in Palestine. He was later assigned a year's duty on 1 an experimental gunnery ship and during the Korean conflict was again aboard a destroyer, the USS Renshaw. Chief Meadows was promoted to Chief Petty Oflicer in 1941. He has been an instructor in the Recruit Traininf Conunand for ab- . . . 5. .. 1 proximately three years and lives nearby with his wife and eleven y ear old da ugh ter. v'?- sw Lieutenant Commander Mack D. Ellis, U.S. Navy, at present serving as the Brigade Commander in the Recruit Training Command, was enlisted in the Navy at Birmingham, Alabama, in March 19335. His first duty assignment after completing recruit training was the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola. During his three years on the Pensacola, he was assigned duties in the deck and navigation departments. In 1936 Mr. Ellis was transferred to the sea-going tug USS Kalmia and in 1941 was appointed Chief Quartermaster. ln .luly 19-12 he was commissioned an Ensign in the regular Navy and assigned to com- munications duty with the Commander, Amphibious Force, .Xtlantic Fleet. Later, in 1913, he was ordered to the Landing Ship Tank-212 as Commanding Officer and for two years operated in the Mediter- ranean and liuropean theatre where he earned the Bronze Star with the Combat Vl'. Since 1Vorld lVar ll, Mr. lillis has had duty on both the west and east coasts and as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of a Repair Ship QLanding Crafty. 1-le also served as Commanding' Officer of Enlisted Personnel at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, lnyokern, China Lake, California, and most recently as Commanding Officer of the Landing Ship Tank-1166. Lloyd W. Beeby, Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed his high school training there before enlisting in the Navy. He underwent recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Sampson, New York, in 19113. During Xllorld XVar ll, Beeby served on board the experimental destroyer escort USS Foss. Later, during the Korean conflict, he was assigned to duty on board the battleship USS Missouri. NVhile on the Missouri he saw action during the invasions of lnchon and 1Vonsan. 1Vhen the ship returned to the continent from Korea and training cruises to Cuba, Beeby received orders to instructor duty in the Recruit Training Command at Bainbridge. Since arriving at Hain- bridge, Beeby has trained 18 recruit companies one of which was adjudged Hall of Fame. This company had won 27 competitive flags during its nine weeks of training and Beeby was awarded a letter of commendation from the Commanding Officer. Beeby is married and has two children.