Rifle Drill Team at Recruit Training Center Orlando
Dublin Core
Title
Rifle Drill Team at Recruit Training Center Orlando
Alternative Title
RTC Orlando Rifle Drill
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Navy
Sailors--United States
Drills, Marching
Description
A rifle drill team performing during the graduation of a co-educational recruit company at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. NTC Orlando was in operation from 1968 to 1998 and was one of three recruit training centers used by the U.S. Navy. It resided in the area that is now the community of Baldwin Park. During the 30 years that NTC Orlando was operational, more than 650,000 men and women were transformed from civilians to sailors. Beginning in 1973, NTC Orlando became the Navy's only co-educational recruit training center. Following an intense eight week training program, the various companies would march along the vast field know as the "Grinder" and pass before the base commanders for review. This ceremony would mark the completion of their transformation from civilians to sailors.
Creator
Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, U.S. Department of Defense
Source
Original color photographs, 1992: National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense.
Date Created
1992-07-24
Contributor
National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense
Has Format
Digital reproduction of original color photograph, July 24, 1992: "A drill team, part of a co-ed recruit company, performs during their unit's graduation ceremony at the Naval Training Center. Recruit Training Command, Orlando, is the only Navy command where both men and women undergo basic training, 07/24/1992." Image 6476849, Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photographs, 1992.
Is Part Of
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, National Archives at College Park, U.S. Department of Defense.
Lone Sailor Navy Memorial History Project Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
220 KB
240 KB
Medium
2 color photographs
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Naval Training Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
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History Teacher
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Provenance
Originally created by the Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, U.S. Department of Defense.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, U.S. Department of Defense and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Source Repository
External Reference
Dobie, Kathy. "A Few Nice Men. (using Coed U.S. Navy Boot Camps to Reduce Incidence of Sexual Harassment)." Vogue 183, no. 2 (1993): 234–37, 299.
"The History." RTC Orlando. http://rtcorlando.homestead.com/.
Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
2 color photographs
Citation
Defense Visual Information Center, American Forces Information Service, U.S. Department of Defense, “Rifle Drill Team at Recruit Training Center Orlando,” RICHES, accessed April 25, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4128.