The officers chosen for this duty were--in
addition to myself--Commander James L. McBee (Officer in Charge), Lieutenant William J.
Lauer, and Lieutenant Joseph T. Buxton, III. They were supplemented by various senior enlisted personnel, many of whom were
teachers and administrators in school systems and colleges on summer holiday.
A sailor works in the engine room of USS Sacramento (AOE 1) in 1967. (Naval History and Heritage Command) |
Ranger Hall was constructed in the late 1930s to meet the requirements of a rapidly approaching war. In the summer of 1967, those in charge of the Fifth Naval District E1-E2 School in this building prepared young men for service in the fleet. Subsequently, it has been a women’s barracks and now, it houses the offices of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Department of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Navy. This is an integral part of an organization dedicated, among other things, to the morale of sailors and the enhancement of their families’ lives, clearly a worthy and necessary task.
[1]
Commandant Fifth Naval District orders 181008 dtd 2 May 1967 w/ends.
[2]
This resolution is 78 Statutes at Large 384. Two Senators, Ernest Gruening of
Alaska and Wayne Morse of Oregon voted against it.
[3]
“Boot Camp Again at Naval Station,” The Seabag, August 3, 1967. Pages 1 and 15.
Page 1 has a picture of trainees passing in review on the parade ground in from
of Building N26.
[4] See Photo Collection of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, A1043/1044.
[5] Ltr, Chairman of the Station Development Board to COMNAVBASE NORVA, 15 January 1952, “History of the Development of the Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to December 31, 1941,”
[6] See again footnote 3 above.
[7] The Naval Surface Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet was created on 1 July 1975 by consolidation of the Amphibious (PHIBLANT), Destroyer (DESLANT) Minesweeping (MINELANT) and Service (SERVLANT) Forces
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