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

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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.

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W w1,gmi1.ffs52ewg4fg,w. xzrfv 'f ,,.3,..-m.L., 37' ,V ' - i f -Vw .,-, M 1 .1 w, Wg: PLN li 334. 'W M -' K my I M vg a J.. .1 . g we ed -ff, my . 'if fgjg??xff ' -.mb'iWihvfff'5f5ii'si11:' Aff . . ,, . vH'E?I'l l,wl'.I'I , xw,m1?'E ?9 i ' X - ' , . q0',,,tf,M'-f5'v,34,1Jl' W, ,W MQ. ,yu I N 'L ,.aw.mm. ,M.m, , A. . The establishment of two large Naval supply ac- tivities here in recent years has increased Great Lakes' importance as a Naval supply center. Numer- ous Naval activities throughout the Midwest, as well as ships of the fleet, obtain equipment through the enlarged Naval Supply Depot. In addition, a large Electronic Supply Office at Great Lakes controls the procurement and distribution of repair parts re- quired for the maintenance of electronic equipment at shore stations and in Navy ships. Great Lakes also is the headquarters of the Ninth Naval District-the largest Naval district in the na- tion, encompassing 13 midwestern states. The Com- mandant of the Ninth Naval District directs the hundreds of Naval activities in this land-locked area. Included among these activities is administration of the large Naval Reserve program in the Midwest, where civilians who are Naval Reservists receive practical instruction in weekly drills at 72 training centers. They also participate in annual cruises aboard ships of the Great Lakes training squadron. Other activities at Great Lakes have all-Navy functions. These include: ll the Naval Examining Center, which prepares and processes rating exami- nations for the entire Navy, 2D Fleet Home Town News Center, which receives news stories and photographs of Naval personnel from all parts of