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Barracks on main side
as seen during bag inspection. Closely bound together during nine
weeks of training, a company of recruits learns a prime Navy lesson
essential at sea: how to live, work and play together. |
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Barracks
washroom. As recruits soon learn, cleanliness and good personal
hygiene are Navy musts. Washroom is busy in early mornng as men
begin day with clean start. |
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During processing, recruits hear lectures on Navy pay (upper photo) and the advantages of service in the Navy as a career (lower photo). |
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Mess call. With thousands of meals to serve each day, food preparation and service is a major industry at NTC. The three modern mess halls can feed a total of 9,000 men an hour. |
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Recruits
mess hall. Well balanced meals served cafeteria style. Seconds
are permissable. As a general rule, recruit trianing has an equalizing
effect on weight: it adds pounds to the lean; strips pounds from
the heavy. |