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Deployment Readiness Seminar held from 0800 - 1700 in the Williams Conference Center at Lewis Clark State College in Lewisotn, ID.

POC: 1LT Cameron Ryffel 272-2228

The Farragut Naval Training Station, located near Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, was only operational between 1942 and 1946, but during that time it was the largest city in Idaho, the largest business in Idaho, and the second-largest U.S. naval training station. Named for Civil War hero Adm. David G. Farragut, it trained sailors from 23 different states and by June 15, 1946, the day its doors closed, a total of 293,381 recruits, or “boots,” and over 25,943 service-school sailors had passed through its doors. At least two Medal of Honor recipients and one Navy Cross recipient, along with a future governor of Idaho, spent time at the station. After its decommissioning, it served as the Farragut College and Technical Institute. Today it is the site of Farragut State Park and a small U.S. Navy acoustic research detachment. In 2009, author and historian Gayle Alvarez, a Director of the Idaho Military Historical Society and Dennis Woolford, a 15-year veteran Park Ranger at Farragut State Park, compiled the former Station’s impressive history. The book, Images of America, Farragut Naval Training Station is now in print. Authors Gayle Alvarez and Dennis Woolford will be on hand to autograph copies at the Idaho Military History Museum from 10:00 – 2:00, Sunday 18 April 2010. The Museum will also be unveiling an exhibit on the former Station. The address of the Museum is: Idaho Military History Museum4748 Lindbergh St.Boise, ID 83705 For more information and a map to the Museum, visit the Museums’ webpage at http://museum.mil.idaho.gov