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[Music] [Music] come they did Gunners ordinary and Able Seaman quartermasters sail makers and Cooper's Midshipmen and powder boys to fight on ships in the revolution for freedom brave and adventurous men from each of the 13 colonies today the United States Navy draws its men from every state in the Union [Music] an average of 200 recruits report each day to the Naval Training Center San Diego California [Music] I'd heard a lot of stories about boot camp and how I was going to find out for myself it didn't take long [Music] we got our uniforms right away [Music] if you're a human being they can fit you well maybe not on the first try the shots came so fast we didn't have time to say ouch I'm mr. Vincent master chief machinist mate on behalf of the commanding officer of recruit training command captain Lockwood I want to welcome you aboard for about a half an hour I'll be talking to you about different things that's gonna happen to you during the next few weeks and the next few months you're then we got down to the business of learning how to become Navy man of course the Navy wanted to find out about us to you matter here today to take a series of tests known as the US Navy basic test battery these tests are the most important tests that you will take while in recruit training the results of these tests will determine what kind of training you will receive and to what degree writing hands in the air get them up there turn the page and begin the instructor said these classification tests would determine what kind of training and job we'd get after boot camp I did the best I could and found out later I'd made a good score during the next few weeks the time went by so fast it's hard to remember all the things we did I know we sure learned how to March [Music] I got to know my rifle real well steady squeeze we learned how to disaster and escape something every day the Navy has a lot of jobs and I began wondering what I'd be doing after boot camp I remember my classification interview because I'd made a good score on my tests and was doing well in boot training the chief said a lot of jobs were open to me Radio electronics radar missiles and fire control I found out that fire control meant controlling missiles and guns not putting out fires he said I could probably go to a school before I went on a ship the chief asked about my jobs and hobbies and all before I came in the Navy and he explained the different rates and what they did aboard ship I asked a lot of questions I figured the best thing was to get as much technical schooling as I could the big day we graduated from boot camp [Music] our company won the Brigade award [Music] we got her orders two weeks leave and then report for duty some of my buddies were going right to ships some to school I got just what I wanted fire control technician a school [Music] education much more is needed now than in John Paul Jones day when one man could do almost any job on a fighting ship since then the Navy has evolved from sales to steam to nuclear-powered missile firing warships each one a complex weapon requiring hundreds of skills to make her function today Jones in calling on the young the brave the strong and the steady to sail with him would also be looking for the educated and he would find them the United States Navy today spends more time and money educating its men than ever before in history it must the equipment and systems going aboard ships are complicated in their design and lethality missiles search and fire control radars data processing consoles digital computers missile launchers of many designs vital and exciting new equipment but useless unless manned and maintained by trained personnel to train its men the Navy has established a far ranging curriculum of schools at Naval Training centers across the nation named a major piece of equipment or system and there is a course for it a highly technical course tough and demanding many classes are taught at the u.s. naval schools command Mare Island California [Music] the command chose an equation for its model for tests assess skien TIA knowledge is power for these men new students in the fire control a school the equation is especially true what they learn here will add up to early advancement and responsibility in their naval career in an a school learning starts with the basics here the fundamentals of naval fire control a science that started the day one boat hurled weapons at another boat in today's Navy fire control men see the enemy by means of radar and a forest of designation consoles computers and electronic devices planted in the ships weapon control center the weapons they control are formidable terrier Talos and tartar missiles able to Street beyond the horizon at more than twice the speed of sound [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this then is the modern Navy the first line of defense guided missile ships that go where the action is destroyers frigates conventional and nuclear powered cruisers and they're men deployed in readiness throughout the world assignments to missile jobs aboard these ships are reserved for those who request them who are willing to work for them and to put it plainly for those who are able to pass their technical courses sure it's tough but you feel like you're getting a lot out of it something that's going to mean a lot to you later on the first part of fire control a school was 18 weeks long I could have gone to a ship then but they had this 6-year obligor program sign on for another two years and they really opened things up for you the 14 week second part of a school and a 20 to 30 week sea school after that for a total advanced training of more than a year top performers can make third class Petty Officer before they get assigned to a guided missile ship courses are centered on the three fleet missile systems terrier Talos and tartar students learn about the fire control radars missile check out equipment digital computers search radars and designation equipment that transfers target information from search radars to the missile systems classes are kept small or maximum learning and they often include students from friendly nations who are beginning to build guided missile fleets of their own students have more free time than in boot camp and more things to fill the time with many attend night school courses at a nearby junior college and even pirates had a warm spot in their hearts for San Francisco Tom [Music] things are pleasant to 3,000 miles away for students assigned to the guided-missile school Dam Neck Virginia [Music] [Applause] [Music] at Dam Neck six year obligor students and men from the fleet attend the same kinds of classes taught at Mare Island [Music] emphasis is on missile radars computers test units and designation equipment and in the heart of our country men come to the sprawling Great Lakes training center just outside Chicago to learn the missiles and their launching systems and there is much to learn in John Paul Jones Navy a Gunner's Mate had to load elevate fire and clean his gun here are some of the things a Gunner's Mate must do today operate maintain and repair guided missile launching systems make detailed electrical electronic hydraulic and mechanical casualty analyses assemble and inspect missiles and prepare them for testing replace defective components and modules in the missile [Music] supervised personnel in the handling and stowage of missiles and missile components [Music] these are difficult tasks it is not an ordinary job and that is why the Navy has authorized additional proficiency pay each month for qualified Gunners mates and fire control Minh some time during his basic a school training each student is interviewed and given an opportunity to go into the surface missile system program being officially accepted into the program is a reward for hard work motivation and demonstrated technical competence from this point on the candidate knows his schedule when he will receive additional training and what type of Duty he will have aboard ship guided missile ships are joining the fleet at the rate of one a month ships with places to go and things to do [Music] to get the special breed of men it needs to sail these ships the Navy is launching new programs and opportunities all of them based on education the star program sends selected men through Navy technical schools and returns them to the guided missile fleet as Petty Officers the nisa program produces commissioned officers by way of four years of college and four months at an officer's Candidate School modern programs for a modern Navy [Music] I guess the first thing you notice is all the launchers and special radars I [Music] recognized most of them from school [Music] I didn't expect hammocks but then I didn't expect music air conditioning and the reading-lamp either pretty nice when you get to enjoy it that is I didn't realize it'd be so much to do like the chief said in school it's not a 9 to 1700 job I work on designation equipment in the weapon control station we have consoles for tracking targets assigning missile radars to these targets and for firing the missiles the whole system ties in here we have a lot of FTM rates on port and they're spread all over the ship some of my buddies made a special search radar some operate missile fire control radars and way below decks other FTMs work on the missile computers FTMs check out the missiles too when you're at sea you can't call a factory to send a man out of something's wrong with a missile you fix the trouble yourself [Music] gmm Gunners mates work right alongside the FTMs we find trouble in the missile if there is any and they fix it they're concerned with the missile itself stowing it fixing it then when the time comes getting it out onto the launcher [Music] my ship is a guided missile cruiser and it's named after a city Columbus and it should be named after a city because that's what it is many at your city we have our own barbershop library radio station newspaper police force department store church post office laundry and restaurant foods great this city employees cooks electricians system managers painters machinists storekeeper radio announcers doctors lawyers and a lot of Chiefs but when trouble comes everybody because I'm fighting me [Music] [Applause] [Music] then of the missile fleet worked just as hard when they're not fighting they replenish stores and weapons at sea they keep their asrock missiles ready while they hunt for submarines they stand by to pick pilots out of the drink they protect carriers from air attack and they keep vigil in the trouble spots of the world all of it hard tough challenging work demanding 100% from every man all the time join the Navy and see the world it's true today more than ever for the ships of the United States Navy carry the flag to all parts of the world in the quest for peace [Music] in addition to ship assignments there are many important positions for FTMs and GM's onshore [Music] some missile sailors returned to teach in schools where they first were students others are assigned to teams that evaluate the performance of missile ships and their crews still others are called on to apply their special skills and knowledge in the testing of new missile designs sea duty shore duty more technical schools more sea Duty more shore duty buuut Petty Officer chief this is the career cycle for men of the guided-missile fleet a career that is both an end and a beginning for a man educated in the United States Navy is welcome everywhere our job is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all - this solemn purpose we call on the young the brave the strong the steady the fearless and the free may those who hear it heed my call come to the sea come sail with me [Music]