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Thanks for the link.
I hadn't heard of it either.
I spent a day or two on the USS Recruit (TDE-1) in San Diego in 1971.
It's where we went to learn about basic mooring and unmooring, battle stations, nomenclature and the part I remember most; tying knots.
I can still tie a bolen, square, granny and my favorite, a clove hitch with a couple of half hitches that will allow you to pull a smooth pipe straight out of the ground.
USS Recruit TDE 1
 
(quoted from post at 18:50:39 06/12/15) Thanks for the link.
I hadn't heard of it either.
I spent a day or two on the USS Recruit (TDE-1) in San Diego in 1971.
It's where we went to learn about basic mooring and unmooring, battle stations, nomenclature and the part I remember most; tying knots.
I can still tie a bolen, square, granny and my favorite, a clove hitch with a couple of half hitches that will allow you to pull a smooth pipe straight out of the ground.
USS Recruit TDE 1
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1968 for me
 
As many things as the US Navy taught us about it's history this wasn't one of them.

Many probably don't know that Great Lakes Naval Station has a "Hot Plant". Basically it's an operational ships engine room. It contains both a boiler, as well as a main engine and reduction gears. The main shaft is run into a HUGE water brake that allows operation of the engine over it's complete range.

I don't know if it's still in operation with them phasing out stream, except in the nukes, and with gas turbines becoming so common, however there is a pic of the SECNAV touring it at the link below.

Regardless of the branch, I think every one of them has some really cool 'toys' to use when teaching the new recruits, and continuing the education of the rest of the guys.
Pictures
 
Ultradog, had you ever heard of the USS Commodore at Bainbridge. I went to "A" school there after boot camp at San Diego and don't remember* seeing it there.

*(But then, you could go to Aberdeen and buy beer at age 18 back then, too)
 
Interesting bit of Navy History. Unfortunately the Army isn't into much of that. We had a short lecture on the divisional history with assignment to a new division but that was it. Yet ever base I was at in the US had very interesting museums. No one made anyone go to them. Ft Riley KS, has/had, open to the public Custer's quarters (house) from which he shared with his wife before he was killed. A statue dedicated to the horses and mules that served the military plus the regular museum. The following places have good museums for anyone traveling in the US.

Ft Riley 1st INF DIV

Ft Bliss Air Defense

Ft Knox Patton (not just Patton's stuff but all type of tanks and Viet Nam era displays too). But including his modified staff car and his pistols.

White Sands including replicas of the only 2 atomic bombs actually dropped on Japan.

Ft Bragg Airborne museum

Ft Sill Artillery Museum

US Military history is fascinating to me. I'm sure others can expand this list.

Rick
 

The Marine Corps is big into history, or used to be anyway. Every little campaign, every major action, every trek across some jungle and mountain is covered in boot camp. Sure, every red blooded American has heard of WW1 and WW2, but how many know about the Banana Republic Wars, the Seminole War or the first time US forces landed on foreign soil in role of aggressor? Every young Marine used to learn that stuff.
 
I am now visiting in, and was born in San Diego. In spite of the Navy's abandonment of NTC and its subsequent gift to developers with connections, the Recruit is still afloat.
 
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