Navy World: Florida's Landlocked Naval Training Center Part 1: A Deeper Dive Into the Archive 24

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Hello and welcome to Stingray Tom's Florida
Today's video is the 1st of 2 on Orlando's Naval Training Center that operated between 1968 and 1993. Known as Navy World, it was one of the most unusual tourist attractions in Florida. Every Friday the NTC would hold public graduation ceremonies that were often attended by visitors to the Orlando area on off days from Disney World and the other nearby attractions. In these 2 videos, I share the contents of 2 different 7" records that contain sounds of the NTC that were provided to graduates. Enjoy!
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13 апр 2024

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@jstrange72 2 месяца назад

Graduated there in 1990. Continued on to A school and Nuclear Power school there also.

@Navet63 2 месяца назад

I graduated in January 1983. Visited Epcot Center for liberty. It had just opened not long before. Great memories.

@StingrayTomsFlorida 2 месяца назад

That's great! I visited EPCOT in the 1st year and worked for Disney a couple years later.

@sharbymj 2 месяца назад

Boot in June 1975. For Liberty my wife came up. She opened the car door and a cup of coffee flew out all over my crisp white pants. Then I got to come back for training for the Nuclear Program. It was interesting to watch the recruits in the chow hall.

@StingrayTomsFlorida 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing! Where did you serve after getting the nuclear training? We're on a sub or a carrier or something else?

@sharbymj 2 месяца назад

@@StingrayTomsFlorida I completed the six months of school training, but didn't make the cut. I did serve time on the USS Roosevelt CV42 (carrier), USS Luce DG38 (Guided missile destroyer), and USS LAW (Reserve tin can with leaks). Also went to boiler water feed water chemistry school. Spent a year in Philly while the Luce was in drydock. What a fascinating experience.

@vergilmorgan3179 2 месяца назад

Great video brought a flood of memories. I was at RTC July 75-September 75. Went to Norfolk for FN training then to my ship the USS Howard W Gilmore AS-16. Sardinia Italy.

@StingrayTomsFlorida 2 месяца назад

I'm glad it did so. It appears that the video got reposted on a FB group or something. I'm grateful for that. Hopefully everyone is sharing with others!

@badasshiker9637 2 месяца назад

@@StingrayTomsFlorida There is a FB group RTC Orlando and that may be where it was reposted. Since 2016, many of us who either trained at RTC or was stationed there (company commanders or other staff) have been having a reunion in the area. We will be there this October in Kissimmee. I was there Feb.-April 1978 and my wife July-Sept. 1981. I also returned July 1978- July 1979 for NPS (Nuclear Power School). I made it through NPS (barely) and went to prototype training in Idaho and flunked out at the end.

@thomaspripley 2 месяца назад

Graduated there in August 1993.

@StingrayTomsFlorida 2 месяца назад

Cool - so near the end. Did you do just basic or any advanced training?

@SjAnderson-fl3lm 2 месяца назад

Why do you only mention the sailor statue and not the Wave/female statue behind you? I went to bootcamp there in 73.

@StingrayTomsFlorida 2 месяца назад

Hello! Thanks for watching & your comment. I barely mentioned the statues at all - only saying "Known as Baldwin Park after the lake that's park of the development, there's little left that's recalls the NTC other than this monument." I just chose not to get into the history of the Lone Sailor and the female sailor - technically not a WAVE, but an equal compatriot with the male. The focus on this video and the one I released yesterday, is the recordings and picture books provided to the sailors. Sometime I may go into the general history, but that'd be pretty far away from the subject of tourism history. Thanks again!

@SjAnderson-fl3lm 2 месяца назад

@@StingrayTomsFlorida no worries. And true, Wave was what we were called when I was in but the acronym did not fit even then 😊. Heck the year I was in, the female companies in Orlando did not get a Rudder…I did enjoy your video…lots of memories!! I also visited Blue Jacket Park last year.