Growth and Development

F. Ney Memorial Award for food service excellence. This was the first time NTC was nominated for this prestigious award, competing against Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in the finals for large shore category. These two commands surpassed 79 other Navy‑wide general messes to compete for the first place honors. On June 21‑ 1989, the evaluation board convened at NTC and inspected its galley and mess facilities, warehouses and administrative procedures. After the judging, NTC took second place behind Norfolk. In 1989, NTC had the third largest of the 685 general messes in the Navy.

Service School Command won the Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) Silver Anchor for large command retention excellence in FY‑ 1987. The Silver Anchor is the second place award given to the command with the highest retention rate. At that time, SSC had 35 career counselors on hand to advise Sailors on their careers. Factors that determined the award included training, community involvement, recognition and command morale.

In addition, Personnel Support Activity received two awards from CNET in the small command category: Silver Anchor Award for retention and the Management Excellence Award (training support category). The latter award recognized PSA's excellence in pay, personnel, transportation, quality of service, and positive life programs.

However, on Oct. 1, 1988, PSA formally disestablished and the facility transferred its functions to PSA San Diego, under the command of Capt. Anthony C. Sicarl. The disestablishment occurred in order to save money and manpower. In 1998, PSA had nine officers, 170 enlisted personnel and 88 civilian servicing 24 commands approximately 700 staff, transients and recruits. In the ten years since it began, PSA/NTC served 115,000 personnel and the pay disbursing function grew from $85 million in 1979 to more than $146 million in 1988.

New facilities were opening up in the 1980s. A new child care center opened at NTC in 1983. The center waslocated near gate one in building 11. This child care center remained here until a newer facility was opened in building 619, March 1992.

Construction began on a 720-person bach­elor enlisted quarters in February, 1985. Rear Adm. Norman Campbell, center com­mander and Capt. Ri­chard Schleicher, com­manding officer, SSC, held a ground break­ing ceremony on the area at the corner of Truxtun and Farragut Roads for the 584 bar­racks complex. Cost­ing $7.7 million, con­struction was com­pleted by June, 1987, and the new barracks housed mess manage­ment specialist and ma­chinery repairman stu­dents.

In 1987, another BEQ was built. This open-bay style bar­racks housed 360 Sail­ors and had a lounge, game room and laun­dry facilities.

The largest BOOST graduation ceremony was held on June 4, 1982 when 243 Sail­ors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel graduated following ten months of college preparation. This was the largest BOOST graduation up to that time.

Another Hepatitis case was confirmed at NTC in 1982. A Navy Exchange cafeteria employee contracted hepatitis in March and all cafeteria employees and military personnel who ate there received inoculations. No other cases were reported and no one was seri­ously hurt from the outbreak.

M inor upkeep on the USS Recruit began in 1981. The hull was refabricated and re­painted Navy haze gray. By April, 1982, the upkeep was com­plete. The newly-refit­ted land-locked ship in­cluded the addition of a helicopter landing area, internal class­room spaces and a pi­lot house. The ship was also equipped with devices which simu­lated ship engineering and propulsion sys­tems, communica­tions networks and au­thentic command and control stations.

Fire struck the Luce Auditorium April 6, 1984, heavily damag­ing the snack bar area and causing some damage to the stage, hallway and main en-


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The school was located be­hind building 5 1.

A huge celebration was held Oct. 28, 1983 com­memorating the 60th anni­versary of NTC. The day kicked off with a 10,000 meter and two‑mile fun‑run. The base held bus tours which took visitors to USS Recrult, RTC headquarters for a slide pre­sentation and other areas around the base.

SSC had several static dis­plays including demonstra­tions of Morse code and teletype, cake garnishing, sound‑powered telephones, and molding and sand casting. There was a huge cake cutting ceremony with Capt. H. L. Plowman, center com­mander; Airman Recruit Jay M. Hight, honor recruit; and CWO Raymond Littrell, USN (Ret.) and Chief Machinist Mate Luther M. Nelson, USN (Ret.) two 1923 RTC gradu­ates.

Five years later, Littrell re­turned for the 65th anniver­sary celebration. For this event, San Diego Charger Kellen Winslow was on hand at Ingram Plaza signing auto­graphs for Sailors before the opening ceremonies there. Along with Littrell and Winslow, other special guests were Gloria McColl, Deputy San Diego Mayor; Mrs. Pete Wilson; Rear Adm. W.E. Aut, former NTC center commander; and co‑chairman San Diego's Accolades committee Morris Wax.

Many distinguished officials sent proclamations to NTC thanking the base for it’s 65 years of service to San Diego and the Navy. Those sending proclamations included Congressman Duncan Hunter, Senator Pete Wilson, San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral C.A.H. Trost, and the Secretary of the Navy.

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NTC's basketball team captured the Naval Southern Regional Basketball Championships in January, 1984, with a win over Miramar, 69-56..

Roy Moore Jr., NTC's judo coach since 1959, retired In 1984 after 25 years of coaching. His career began as a wrestler and judo competitor In 1927.

Seaman Recruit Adrian L. Fender from company 135 was selected to carry the 1984 Olympic torch during a pass through San Diego. He made a one‑kilometer up‑hill jog on July 24 near Escondido and practiced for the torch relay by running with a flashlight on Preble Field.

In 1987 NTC started a component command competition called the *NTC Commander’s Cup." The award was given for athletic excellence. SSC was the recipient of the first commander's cup. SSC repeated as champions again in 1988.

A new club opened at NTC in 1989. Section 193 was an all‑hands sports bar that opened In building 193 In June.

Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" visited and toured the base in August, 1980. He was greeted by re­cruits at Camp Nimitz, had lunch In the SSC ward­room and signed the initiation charge books of several prospective chief petty of­ficers.

Singer/Ac­tress Tina Turner came to NTC to see her son, Craig R Turner, gradu­ate from RTC Company 903, Feb. 27, 198 1. Craig later at­tended Radio­man "A" school.

The brother of Miss America, 1982 was in boot camp when his sister, Elizabeth Ward was crowned. Seaman Recruit Van Ward was training with company 165 and could not watch the pageant on television. Following his graduation on Sept. 18, 198 1, he flew to Los Angeles to meet her where she was appearing on a game show.

As a new decade closed in, the first round of base closure recommenda­tions was announced. NTC was not on the list ‑ yet.