Seaman tom Rust Taking Navy Basic
GREAT LAKES, Ill. - (FHTNC) - Seaman Recruit Tommy Rust, 20, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rust, 1718 Brake, Carrollton is undergoing nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center hers.
He is receiving instructions in Naval customs, courtesies and organization, ordnance and gunnery, seamanship, damage control, first aid, swimming and survival, shipboard drills and sentry duty.
A program of physical fitness, military drill and inspections keeps the recruits mentally and physically alert during their training.
His Navy Classification tests will determine whether he will be assigned to a school, shore station or ship after his graduation.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Thursday, May 4, 1967