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Royal Navy recruits come from all over the UK and overseas, from all sorts of backgrounds, and range in age from 16 to 36. They join the service as civilians – but by the time they’ve completed Initial Naval Training, they’ll have learned the core maritime skills of the Royal Navy, from tackling fires at sea to firing an SA80 assault rifle.
Rewind Revisited: IIT Navy V-12. In an effort to increase the number of college-educated officers called to serve their country during World War II, the federal government initiated a nationwide education effort in 1943 known as the V-12 Navy College Training Program. IIT’s reputation as a leading academic institution headed by a patriotic ...
The ASTP differed from the V-12 Navy College Training Program in producing technically trained personnel rather than officers as its primary goal, though recruits were told that they had the opportunity to become officers upon completion. The program was approved in September 1942, implemented in December of that year, and drastically curtailed in February 1944.
The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the United States Army during World War II to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and soldiers with technical skills. Conducted at more than 222 American universities, it offered training in such fields as engineering, foreign languages, and medicine.[1] ASTP differed from the V-12 Navy College ...
Jul 7, 2023 · The Naval Training School (Indoctrination & Communications) was established at Harvard University on July 1942 to train commissioned line officers of the Naval Reserve for work in communications aboard ships or at naval bases. The curriculum consisted of three months of general communications training and one month of more specialized training.
To save the institution, President Thomas Tormey successfully petitioned to have a V-12 Navy College Training Program placed on campus. In the fall of 1943, the addition of 400 sailors and marines working on their degrees allowed the college to stay open. Throughout the war, over 1,000 armed services personnel lived and trained on the campus.
“The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 participants were enrolled in 131 colleges and universities in the United States.
