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

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'l'I-IE KEEI. THE STIIRY UF RECRUIT TRAINING ' IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AT GREAT LAKES, IllINlIIS

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'illiht truz mzanmg nf dlsupllnz I5 not pumshmznt hut that dmzlupmznt nf szlf cnntrul and tzammnrk mhlrh znahlw a mzn tn strmz fur pzrfzrtlnn and acrumplwh grzatnwz mmonucnnn A KEEL, as defined inWBlueiacket Manual, is the backbone of a shipf' ln the Navy oftoday, as in the past, the enlisted man and his shipmdtes form the backbone of the NAVY. Recruit Training Command assumes the responsibility of transforming the young men of 'America into the earnest and dedicated sailors needed to man, the 'tieets of the UNITED STATES NAVY. ' ' e A This book is a pictorial representation of the training re- ceived by every recruit as he is indoctrinated in the duties and responsibilities. he must take up in the billet of a man- o'-warsman, and so it is called THE KEEL. In future years, THE KEEL should prove a pleasant reminder of one of the most formative and' important perioclsn in a man's life whether he' is a career Navy manor a civilian reminiscing over his hitch l in the navaliservice. Y x The weeks and months served in Recruit 'Training Command are not easy, but of necessity, are rigorous and demanding. This training is diligently planned and administered in order to develop the strength of character, loyalty, and patriotism in every trainee so as to prepare him to defend his country, its ideals' and people, against any foreign aggressor.