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

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kfffff fl N Q X S x x 2 N Q N X Q 5 X X 3 2 X Q b - ,, DEDICATION The time spent undergoing recruit training is not easy-nor is it intended to be. Rather, it is a serious and formative experience for anyone preparing for life as a sailor. In years to come, this book will, it is hoped, help recall the pleasant and the not so plea- sant, the exciting and the routine, the humorous and the gravely important moments spent at Recruit Training Command, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.. The keel is the backbone of a ship. This cruise book-The KEEL-is dedicated, therefore, to every Navyman who has completed training at Great Lakes and become the enlisted man, the sailor, the backbone of the United States Navy. Photographed by g Navy Exchange Photographic Services Center Printed under contract by Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. Address all inquiries to Navy Exchange-The KEEL Building 1312 Great Lakes, Illinois 60088 Individual portraits of each graduating recruit in this company are displayed on pages 89 to 104 Additional candid pictures of the recruits in this company are shown on pages 41 to 56 Bicentennial Edition For all recruit companies graduating from Great Lakes Naval Training Center during the nation's bicentennial ' this special edition will be printed.