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

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,,,, ., MACHINERY MACHINISTS ENGWEMAN BOILERMAN REPAI RMAN MATS ELEcTRlglAN'S p MAT NDOCTRINATION covers the many facets of Navy life from early history to cold weather training. The planks so necessary in the construction of a true man-o-warsman, the reverence for naval customs and tradi- tions, the obedience to naval discipline, and the irreplaceable esprit-de-corps are care- fully Iaid in this process of indoctrination. The essential seed of personal pride is planted in order to promote within the recruit the high Navy standard of responsibility, conduct, manners, and morals. Here he learns the importance of team-work in ioint tasks and the responsibility of the individual to- wards his shipmates and his ships. Success within the Navy is measured in terms of advancement. Included in the objec- tives of indoctrination is the development of a desire for self-improvement and advance- ment. Indoctrination is more of a mental than a physical process, since the U. S. Navy ensures that its men are the best prepared mentally as well as physically. As a member of the military, the recruit is now a sailor-citizen. With this in mind, he becomes aware of the fundamental workings of democracy, the Navy's place in democracy, and the American way of life.

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