US Navy Recruit Training Command - Keel Yearbook (Great Lakes, IL)

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THAININH main Street, Camp Barry. to begin their Navy life, recruits enter the Receiving Unit. After haircuts, physical examina- tions, and inoculations, they will be issued uniforms and assigned to a company.

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Auditorium. Waxfe Recruit Training School, which is under the direction ol the Recruit. Training Command but lo- cated in a dillerent part ol' the Center. Men going through the twelve-week recruit training period are prepared both physically and mentally to take their place in the Navy. They receive instruction touching on almost every phase ol' Navy life, from the proper method of rolling a unilorm to techniques used in lighting fires. ln the course ol' his training the recruit receives both a basic indoctrination in the many skills he will need I -Headquarters of the Ninth Naval District. 4 houses a huge drill hall and Catholic chapel. as a liluejacket and a broad picture ol' the entire Navy, its history, traditions, and customs. Physical training, inoculation against diseases, and training in first aid, physical hygiene, and related sub- jects form another major part of the recruit training program. Coupled with wholesome food and the active but healthful environment of the training camps, this program results in a noticeable improvement in the physical condition of most recruits. A sharp break between civilian and Navy life, recruit training is the basic element in any man's time in the Naval service. It is the keel of a career in your Navy.

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recruits are checked in by Re- ceiving Unit personnel. out 'forms and other paper work oc cupies a part of 'che recruit's first day.