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

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their return to civilian life. Moral Leadership The technical side of the Navy man is only part of the success side of the picture. The more powerful that weapons become, the more important becomes the will and character of the men who must use them. The advance of technology in warfare has put one item at an absolute premium-dedicated man- power. The Navy has instituted under General Order 21 the Moral Leadership program, a series of discussion topics to excite young men's minds with the real meaning of America and the intrinsic value of the individual human being: America's mission in the world: the specific mission of the Navy: and the desperately urgent need for men who will give their best efforts, indeed their very lives, to the perpetuation of the American ideal. Essentially the Moral Leadership program puts the total responsibility for Navy men with the line officers and petty officers who must lead these men in battle. Now, besides seeing to it that men are merely well-trained for combat, Naval leaders are charged with bringing their men to a peak of effi- ciency and keeping them there. This program is more important to our combat readiness than any weapons system ever developed. This time we are dealing with the very heart of our whole combat capability-the man. The New Concept of Recruit Training The recruit of today differs somewhat from his World War II counterpart. Today most of the men in recruit training are under twenty years of age. These men are young and open minded: many of them are entering the Navy with a definite intent to make the Navy their career. Thus it is very im- I -I , L . portant to the Navy and these young men that their careers get the best possible start in this new venture. The transition from civilian life to military life must be smooth: indoctrination in the customs, traditions, and regulations of the Navy must be thorough. Basic Navy knowledge and skills must be taught and developed. Pride in and love for the Navy and their country must be carefully and logically cultivated. ln time of peace there must be increased emphasis placed on the mental, moral and social develop- ment of the individual. He must be led to a desire for self-improvement and advancement, to a reali- zation of his status in and his importance to the Navy-a sense of belonging, and to an understand- ing of his place in a democracy as a citizen as well as a part of the Navy. He needs also to be led to a full appreciation of the American way of life and to adopt, for himself, high standards of responsi- bility, military performance, leadership and conduct. The Navy's stake in the recruit's development is tremendous. From these men will come the petty officers, the warrant officers and an important part of the Officers of the Navy of the future. The Navy cannot be better than the men and women who comprise it. The goals set forth above are stated in terms of ideals and may never be totally realized. However, it is in recruit training that these goals are set and the roots established and nurtured. Continued cle- velopment and progress, wherever these men may be throughout the Navy, will ultimately produce the strong, effective manpower and leadership re- quired for our great Navy and its role of maintaining POWER FOR PEACE.

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--auamsqii-w fgggwfi ?fL 'iam l5wk.jig Sm X Q2 lr Elf iagw. HISTURY 0F GREAT LAKES Great Lakes is the Midwest's largest Naval installa- tion. A veteran of two world wars and the Korean con- flict, Great Lakes has served primarily as a recruit training establishment-bridging the gap from civi- lian to military life-by introducing recruits to Naval customs and discipline, and preparing them through intensive training for the requirements of Naval service. During World War ll, approximately 1,000,000 Blueiackets were trained at Great Lakes-about one out of every three in the wartime fleet, and twice the number trained at any other installation. In addition to its primary function of training re- cruits, Great Lakes provides, at Service School's Command, advanced training in various technical schools for the numerous specialists required in today's modern and complex Navy. In these schools, men of the fleet learn to be electronic technicians, machinists, gunners, enginemen, electricians, dental technicians, looilermen and hospitalmen, to name a few of the specialties. The Dental Technician School is one of the few Armed Forces schools offering instruction to Army and Air Force personnel as well as Navy. The Hospital Corps School, which can ac- commodate 1600 students, is a part of the U. S. Naval Hospital at Great Lakes. The Naval Hospital is one of the Navy's maior hospitals for treatment and care of ill and iniured personnel. At the height of the Korean fighting, more than 700 battle casualties were under treat- ment here.