Most Common Questions

"Where can I get a picture of my recruit company?"
or " How can I locate someone from my recruit company?"

No permanent records were kept of who was in which company or of the photos that were taken.

For those who are looking for someone or a picture of their recruit company, leave a post on our discussion pages AND fill out our feedback form. Several people have been able to locate pictures through the guest book. One of our goals when the archives becomes operational is to archive photos of companies and individuals names. A searchable database of this information will be publicly available. And we'll reproduce pictures for those desiring a copy.

• Midway Magic - USS Midway Museum
• Maritime Museum of San Diego
• Flying Leatherneck Museum, MCAS San Diego
• Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Museum
• San Diego Air & Space Museum
• Liberty Station
• NTC Promenade
• Village at NTC
• City of San Diego

Flag Etiquette Etiquette

Here is a great page for Flag etiquette and this site contains the history of our flag as well. You might also want to check out www.usflag.org.

From Yesteryear to Today
... The History of the Navy in San Diego.

Check Out Our Online Books on Navy History

Winds of Change

The History of the Office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, 1967-1992 (Added information about MCPON Tom Crow - 8 Dec 2009)

Cradle of the Navy

The History of Naval Training Center San Diego 1923-1997

Recruit Training San Diego - 1950

Uniform Regulations - 1897 - 1947

Books about the history of the Navy in San Diego

San Diego's Naval Training Center (Images of America)

by Jennifer A. Garey

A photographic history of San Diego's Naval Training Station/Center consisting of 200 photographs from the original Naval Training Station at Balboa Park San Diego through the bases closure in 1996, and few photographs of the former base now named Liberty Station.

Information about other books are listed on our Books Page as well.

USS San Diego CL-53
Visit the home page of this historic ship and crew.

The second most decorated ship in naval history!
Learn about this new memorial in San Diego!

USS SAN DIEGO (LPD 22)

The next ship to be named in honor of the city of San Diego. April 30th, 2004
USS San Diego CL-53 Memorial guest speaker Vice Admiral Timothy W. LaFleur, Commander Naval Surface Forces, on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy, declared LPD-22 will be the 4th ship named in honor of the city San Diego.

Precommisioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD-22) is expected to be commissioned in FY 2011. This will be the fourth "San Diego."

The first was the armored cruiser (ACR 6) which was later renamed USS California, the second is the infamous WWII light cruiser (CL 53), and the third a combat stores ship (AFS 6).