All Together (1973)

[Music] than [Music] oh that's beautiful you hit the books kept your nose clean graduated from high school so you'd rate a good job all right stack him up take him down push him around that's a good job today a good job for a guy with your abilities is a job in electronics nuclear power Communications aircraft mechanics computer technology radar even sonar all you need is some special training if you have it takes the Navy can be your open door to a great future listen to me man I'm Lou rolls you have the smarts to get your high school diploma so you stand a good chance of passing the Navy's Entrance Test they aren't that tough if you apply yourself and instead of pushing crates around you could be an electronic school like these brothers of course everybody has to go through boot camp you get checked in in on that Top Line in a space mark name print your last name first name and middle initial and you get thre it out and your schooling starts right here good morning man good morning sir keep P off P this morning I'm going to give you a lecture of course you have to get the old B in shape you know what I [Music] mean and you learn to swim yeah swim man you dig nobody going to shove you in the pool and let you sink I mean they will teach you how to handle yourself in the water you know now you may not make it to the Olympics but hey man you will be able to stay on top side of the water you know what I mean also at boot camp you'll take a few more tests to find out what you do best if it's Electronics you might be sent to a school like this one at Great Lakes Illinois if mechanics is your thing you could go to aircraft Mechanics School like this one in Memphis Tennessee now back at Great Lakes they called this a steam generator lab here you'll learn how to turn steam into Power Communications look what the Navy has for you in fact the Navy has over 70 vocational training schools that could be open to you and don't forget you're getting paid all the time you understand what happens after your specialized training the fleet has the good job you've been looking for now you're working as an electronic specialist with all the responsibility and respect you [Music] deserve or you working those cool Navy Jets aboard a carrier [Music] and of course Communications are essential as I said the Navy has over 70 areas that require good well-trained people you could be one of those people and think of the value of this training in civilian life I'm Petty off the second class Donald Christian I've been in the Navy 10 years and I've been on four ships as it stands now I'm the senior Barber aboard this ship and I'm also the minority representative I can sum equal opportunity up as such but the young black that comes in the Navy today he has to have a good educational background he has to have an initiative goal he has to have self-discipline and he surely has to have self motivation with this combination a young black in today's Navy can achieve any particular goal he so desire don't let anyone tell you that you'll be put on board a ship and left there for months and months you'll be stopping off at exotic ports famous historic cities all over the world and there's something else to you don't have to go go alone the Navy has what they call the buddy system where you and a friend from home can join the Navy together and that's a guess so think it [Music] over how long have you been on that machine Brother 2 years 3 years are you beginning to feel like you'll be there forever you know you're really quite a guy man you did well in your math and science courses in high school and after that the Trad it was easy because you know you have some mechanical knoow but you soon found out they doing the same thing day after day is a tray why don't you go into something like nuclear field I mean it man you might be just the guy the Navy's looking for and it's nuclear field program and it's far out here's what it's all about after boot camping a short tour at Sea you start going to school now just saying going to school is like saying the ocean is wet right listen that schooling you'll get is about 2 years and of the best training the Navy can provide $15 to $20,000 worth of training man that's a lot of dope your first schooling will be in electronics or Communications or SEO engineering your basic nuclear power schooling will be at land-based nuclear power plants you'll take some breaks now and then short stretches of sea Duty and you can even take leave between school terms when you complete this training you'll be ready to join the Navy's modern nuclear Fleet the Navy's nuclear field program is no snap they are brothers just like yourself doing it you could do it too my man do you ever get the feeling you're going to be in a sto pool the rest of your life why don't you get into something that is interesting important and a challenge like computers photojournalism dental technology photography air control or one of more than 30 different fields of Navy office all this is yours in the new Navy and you will receive the same pay as a man during the same job and get the same advancements as a man it may sound a little scary and unfamiliar to you now but specialty schools will take care of that they lay it all out for you it isn't a case of passing or flunking on your own the instructors are there to help you over any hang up they work with you because they want to see you make it after completion you may go on to advanc training or into interesting work as an air control tower operator or link trainer instructor or photographer or wherever your Specialties point you know your duties may take you all across the United States or to England Italy Hawaii or other choice overseas locasion remember what I said earlier pay that's equal to a man's advancement equal to a [Music] man's hey man hold it wait a minute got a job to get to huh then study all night classes tomorrow then work again if that's too much of a hassle hey it's got to be another way those two guys you just passed back there the ones in the Navy uniforms but they're freshman just like you as a matter of fact one of them plans to major in political science just like you the other fell going into engineering but they've got an edge something else going for them they're both in the naval Reserve Officers Training Corps they're free to choose their own Majors from a selected list and the Navy picks up most of the tab that's what I mean you know they pick up the biggest part of the bread and the Navy pays for their tuition fees books uniforms and then gives them $100 a month to putting their slide beside you understand they attend some classes in the naval Sciences each week and they go on a six week Cruise in the summer now that's a Gess that's a great cruise and it gives them a chance to stop off at some interesting ports sure it's something in addition to their regular College work but you know what one midshipman said it gives you something that other students can't get they aren't going to graduate for almost 4 years but they already have jobs they don't knock themselves out just meeting expenses and when they graduate they'll be commissioned incens in the United States Navy or they might be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps I'm not telling you the NRC takes everybody that knocks on that door but if you have what it takes the naighbor recruiter is the man to get you straight [Music] so you're a law student huh you got a future ahead of you you'll join a big Law Firm then there are the years of doing leg work for the more senior lawyers then handling briefs in the back room then if you prove out you can carry some other lawyers briefcases around well there's a law firm that will give you valuable courtroom experience almost immediately if you're ready the name of the firm the US Navy in the Navy Jag Corp you will go to work as a practicing attorney and that means at work in a courtroom you understand my name is Trevor G Brian I'm a member of the Judge Advocate General Corps United States Navy this is probably the only area where you can start off as a young lawyer handling your own cases and get the wide variety of experience uh that I've had uh one of the things I will say again as regards uh being a black lawyer in a Navy is that uh requests are coming in from all over almost all over the world actually Philippines uh anywhere for black lawyers to represent black clients and uh it's a very serious matter and uh I think that an individual who is reform minded who is interested in the problems and issues that face uh military people who is is interested in um challenging legal issues and challenging trial practice could find uh uh much um in terms of experience uh much to grow on in in the practice of Navy law if you haven't completed your degree the Navy has programs that will enable you to finish law school the Navy recruiter has all the answers so if you're a graduating law student or have some law school left and you have what it takes the Navy has a practice for you you don't know where it is all around the world there we go next month you step up and get your big fat diploma beautiful the next step is a big job get degree you may not believe this but the Navy has been waiting for you to graduate yeah you listen you know the Navy has something special for you a chance to be a Navy officer and that's more than just a job it's responsibility at the management level it's decision making leadership personal participation it's rewarding too you know satisfying it can happen all over the world you could be working in public affairs or meteorology or information and education counseling Communications data processing Personnel Supply Administration whatever your talent suggest actually it doesn't matter what you studied in college whether it was music or mathematics the important thing is that you have what it takes to get an that means you have what it takes to become a naval officer the Navy provides a spacious living quarters but the trend is now to cut out and find your own apartment you know girls still like the privacy of their own pad you know and a place to entertain their friends as a naval officer candidate you'll get your indoctrination training here at the Newport Rhode Island base and you'll be going going to school with the men officer candidates as a matter of fact except for some of the engineering courses in PT all the classes are now c-head you dig most of the courses will be Navy studies along with science math and Leadership and yes you will go on a Navy ship on completion you will be commissioned and instant in the US naval Reserve congratulations again and welcome aboard you're now an officer and a lady with a capital l you understand you've already done the hard part you've almost completed college now step on up to the Navy hey brother would you like to fly that's right Fly Fly Navy Navy air is something else and the men who do it are a special breed in all the world only a few thousand men have mastered disguise from the dec of [Music] bashia it all starts right here at Pensacola Florida the Annapolis of the air here at Naval Aviation schools command you'll get your basic indoctrination instructions and Avi science what has drained then physical training the Navy doesn't need dead heroes you know what I mean so they teach you how to stay alive okay on land and in the sea you get dunked muddy cooked and chilled you'll find that when you're hungry enough common weeds taste like soul food you dig and keep you going you'll survive which is the idea of the whole thing you know what I mean and you'll graduate with a commission of in in the Navy about here you begin to specialize in a special type of aircraft maybe you're jet man you know talk or a multi-engine type selected to fly the long range Patrol anti submarine or logistical support ples or maybe it's heos for you you know heos instead of helicopter whatever you go on to intensive training and you come out with wings on your Chet you understand you joined the elite now you are no longer just son someone you are someone special but maybe you take a different Tack and train to become a naval flight officer an air crew member who operates the complex electronic systems of the aircraft early Warning Systems Operations electronic counter measures tactical Data Systems anti-submarine tactical coordination bombing and in navigation or radar intercept and that's a whole lot that Navy flight training is really special my name is Fred Boone and I know I completed Navy Flight Training some years ago and I know it to be the best in the world not only do I know it to be the best in the world but most Airlines know it to be the best in the world too just 6 weeks after I was discharged I had a job with one of the best companies here in America and the main reason I was hired I tell you was because I was trained by the Navy Navy flight training also prepares you for many other fields in addition to the one I'm just in that It prepares you uh for anything you want to do in life it's not only the the Technical Training you get it's the sheer confidence that it builds in you it uh gives you a sense of Pride that will let you uh do just about anything that you choose to do with your life but maybe flying isn't your thing okay understand you still like to move into the irres responsible decision making leadership position and immediately right in civilian employment you might be a trainee for a long time Navy officers candidate school is for men who want to move immediately toward responsibility responsibility of a division officer aboard ship that picture there on the wall is of Jesse L Brown he was the Navy's first black Naval aviator and the ship that we're on is named after him and that represents a Navy first there are quite a few firsts in the Navy these days I've been around for about 16 years now and I've seen quite a few important changes occur in the Navy I think that from my own point of view most of the changes have been positive but I think what we're talking about is uh the kind of improvement that is important to a black man and that is the fact that if you are capable and if you are able to get a job done that you can do it in this man's Navy today the kind of thing I'm talking about is a guy that's willing to get down with the program that if he knows what he wants to do or is willing to let somebody offer something to him that he can do then all he has to do is to have the initiative and the willingness to get with him the opportunity exists the responsibility of taking charge of the work the welfare the advantage from of 10 to 50 men you might be in operations where you'd be responsible for communications navigation and tactical operation of the ship you could work in the executive department become a staff officer an oceanographer civil engineer meteorologist specialist in Naval [Music] intelligence your salary even as a junior Navy officer is competitive with civilian employment and with it comes you of officers clubs and Navy Exchange stores Airline discounts and Medical Care all this and you earn 30 days paid annual vacation you can expect promotions and pay Boost on a fairly regular basis you get an addition regular pay increases due to time and service if excitement Adventure travel responsibility and advancement appeals to you talk it over now go see your Navy Recruiting officer the Navy's been waiting for you to graduate both of you the whole world's been waiting too well that's it it's what's happening in the new Navy it's opportunity advancement good pay equality and a lot of things that count the new Navy is together all together and another thing when you see that brother or sister at the recruiting office do me a favor J tell them D all send you know oh [Music]