Northeast 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 device.
Aviators learn to escape from a helicopter simulator under water.
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Location. 28° 34.491′ N, 81° 20.265′ W. Marker is in Orlando, Florida, in Orange County. It is in Northeast Orlando. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Blue Jacket Recruit Bronze Statue Honoring Our Women Sailors
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, November 20, 2021
2. The Navy & Marine Corps in Orlando Today Marker
Also see . . . Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Naval Air Systems Command website entry (Submitted on December 3, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 416 times since then and 50 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.
