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

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THE Naval Training Center at Bainbridge came into being when the former President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, approved the site and purchase 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 Continued next page

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. COCKELL U. S. NAVY Commander, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland APTAIN WILLIAM ARTHUR COCKELL, USN, as- sumed duties as Commander, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland on 15 September 1956. Upon the ac- ceptance of command he became the fourth Center Com- mander since the Center's reactivation in February 1951. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1928, he has an unlimited amount of experience in all phases of naval life and warfare including service in airships, battle- ships, cruisers destrovers and Heet oilers. During World War 11, Captain Cockell was awarded Letters of Commendation by the Secretary of the Navy for services performed as Training Officer on the Staff of Chief of Naval Airship Training and Experimentation and as Commanding Officer of an Airship Squadron. As Commanding Officer of a Destroyer he was awarded three Bronze Stai Medals for meritorious achievements and Cheroic service for particiv pation in the battles for the Philippine Islands, Corregidor. Okinawa and the Kyushusi At the end of the war he was in command of Destroyer Division 108. Prior to assuming duties as Center Commander, Captain Cockell's assignments have included command of the USS CALIENTE, the heavy cruiser USS TOLEDO and Com: mander, Fleet Airship Wing ONE In addition to the Bronze Star Medal with two Gold Stars and the Combat WV, the Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant, Captain Cockell has received the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacihc Campaign Medal; World War 11 Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal; United Nations Service Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. CATLETT, JR. U. S. NAVY Commanding Officer, Recruit Training Command CAPTAIN WILLIAM JACKSON CATLETT, JR., U.S.N., Commanding thcer of the Re- cruit Training Command since 21 November 1953, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1932. Following a tour of duty aboard the USS COLO- RADO he reported to the Naval Air Station, Pen- sacola, Flofida, for Hight training. After further sea duty, he returned to Pensacola as 3 Navigation Instructor in both flight and ground training of pilots. His war sewice included duty aboard the USS PEARY; he was commended for aiding the PEARY'S escape from a three-hour bomb and tor- pedo attack by Japanese planes. He later served in the ofhce of the Chief of Naval Operations and the ofhce 0f the Director of Aviation Training. Follow- ing staff duty at the General Line School, Newport, R. 1., and a tour of sea duty in the USS OKA- LOOSA, he served as Chief of Training for the Military Air Transport Service. Captain Catlett was the Commanding Officer of the attack cargo ship USS DIPHDA prior to re- porting to Bainbridge. During his career he has served in training of pilots, navigators and flight personnel for eight years, and the training of offi- cers and enlisted men on board ship and ashore for fourteen years. He was designated a Naval Aviation Observer tNavigatiom in 1945 and, among other awards, holds the Commendation Medal Pendant.