Orlando in Orange County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Navy & Marine Corps in Orlando Today
Naval Training Center Orlando
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, November 20, 2021
1. The Navy & Marine Corps in Orlando Today Marker
Orlando continues to be a centerpiece of Navy and Marine Corps training. Located about nine miles away from The Lone Sailor Navy Memorial, the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, and the United States Marine Corps Program Manager Training Systems Provide the focus of high tech modeling, simulation, and game-based training for the Navy and Marine Corps. Simulators developed here are used to train all Sailors and Marines around the world to build skills and improve combat readiness at much lower cost than live training. Simulators are safer, better for the environment, and can provide more challenging and flexible training.
Orlando supports on-going readiness and combat operations around the world. The Navy Operational Support Center supports the U.S. Navy Reserve Force. It provides mission-capable units and individuals to the Navy-Marine Corps Team throughout the full range of operations from peace to war.
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U.S. Marines practice air-to-ground attack in a simulated environment.
Virtual reality models train Sailors to operate torpedo tubes.
Pilots use simulators to gain skills and experience dangerous situations in a very realistic flight simulator.
Navy Recruits learn teamwork under stress in a combat ship training
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Aviators learn to escape from a helicopter simulator under water.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military.
Location. 28° 34.491′ N, 81° 20.265′ W. Marker is in Orlando, Florida, in Orange County. Marker can be reached from General Rees Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Lower Park Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker located within Blue Jacket Park and is placed on the site of the former Orlando Naval Training Center parade grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2501 General Rees Avenue, Orlando FL 32814, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Blue Jacket Recruit Bronze Statue Honoring Our Women Sailors (here, next to this marker); Honoring Women Sailors of the Navy’s First Co-Ed Boot Camp (here, next to this marker); Graduation (here, next to this marker); Day in the Life of a Recruit (here, next to this marker); Arrival at Recruit Training Command Orlando (here, next to this marker); A City Within A City (a few steps from this marker); Military Site History (a few steps from this marker); The Lone Sailor Memorial of Central Florida (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orlando.
Also see . . . Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
Photographed By Brandon D Cross, November 20, 2021
2. The Navy & Marine Corps in Orlando Today Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 3, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
