, ▁Still water , ▁Oklahoma , ▁another ▁ 1 5 0 ▁of ▁them ▁received ▁their ▁training ▁at ▁Iowa ▁State ▁Te ach ers ▁College , ▁C ed ar ▁F alls , ▁Iowa , ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 , 9 0 0 ▁SP AR S ▁received ▁their ▁rec ruit ▁training ▁at ▁Hunter ▁College ▁in ▁the ▁Bron x , ▁New ▁York . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁US CG ▁decided ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁need ▁to ▁establish ▁its ▁own ▁training ▁center ▁for ▁the ▁ind o ctr ination ▁of ▁rec ruits ▁and ▁to ▁provide ▁special ized ▁training ▁programs . ▁The ▁site ▁selected ▁was ▁the ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁B ilt more ▁Hotel , ▁Pal m ▁Beach , ▁Florida ; ▁it ▁was ▁le ased , ▁and ▁then ▁commission ed ▁as ▁a ▁training ▁station , ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁late ▁June , ▁all ▁en list ed ▁personnel ▁received ▁their ▁ind o ctr ination ▁and ▁special ized ▁training ▁at ▁this ▁station . ▁ ▁The ▁rec ruits ' ▁ind o ctr ination ▁period ▁at ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁was ▁six ▁weeks . ▁It ▁covered ▁instruction ▁on ▁subjects ▁such ▁as : ▁activities , ▁organization , ▁personnel , ▁current ▁events , ▁and ▁social ▁h yg iene . ▁The ▁physical ▁education ▁aspects ▁consisted ▁of : ▁body ▁mechan ics , ▁sw imming , ▁games , ▁and ▁dr ill . ▁Another ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁rec ruit ▁training ▁was ▁the ▁testing , ▁classification , ▁and ▁selection ▁process . ▁This ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁most