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Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC), Meridian, Mississippi was dedicated in April 1973 and commissioned April 17, 1974. However, the first aviation schools began arriving from Naval Aviation Technical Training Command, Memphis, Tennessee in August 1972. The Aviation Maintenance Administration students enrolled and commenced training on September 5, 1972, and graduated on October 22, 1972. Shortly after NTTC Meridian’s dedication, the Aviation Storekeeper School convened its first class, beginning the school’s transition from Memphis. In addition, two Marine clerical schools, the Marine Aviation Supply Mechanized School, and the Marine Aviation Operations Specialist School moved to Meridian from Memphis. Upon commissioning, the Stennis Center (named for U.S. Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi) was officially tasked with the mission of providing training to Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel in the technical phases of Naval Administration and other related subjects as directed by the Chief of Naval Operations. On May 1, 1974, Marine Aviation Training Support Squadron-903 was commissioned. The primary mission of MATTS-903 was to provide administrative, logistic, and personnel support to the Marine Corps students at NTTC Meridian. The title for the Marine Aviation Training Support Squadron-903 was subsequently changed to the Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG), and the squadron was officially renamed Marine Aviation Training Support Squadron-1 in August 1999. In September 1974, the Storekeeper, Disbursing Clerk, Yeoman, and Personnelman schools were consolidated at NTTC Meridian from San Diego, California and Orlando, Florida. Construction of the 9 million dollar Stennis Center paralleled the schools’ consolidation and was completed in May 1975. The Stennis Center consists of two school buildings, an administrative building, and seven bachelor enlisted quarters, occupying approximately 50 acres on the naval air station and accommodating a maximum of 900 students. In April 1988, the Religious Program Specialist School was transferred from NTTC Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, to NTTC Meridian. Following a relocation to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 2009, the school returned to NTTC Meridian in 2019, until October 2021, when it moved again to its current location in Newport, Rhode Island, and was officially combined with the Naval Chaplaincy School. The Yeoman Flag Writer Class “C1” Course (canceled October 1996, reinstated in the Fall of 1999) relocated from Memphis and moved to NTTC Meridian in September 2001. In September 2025, the Flag Writer Course was relocated to Virginia Beach, Virgina. In 2018, Culinary Specialist “A” School located in Fort Lee, Virginia and Navy Military Training support functions for the Mass Communication Specialists located in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland were placed under the charge of NTTC Meridian, thereby consolidating all administrative and supply enlisted ratings. Between 2002 and 2019, the command experienced significant rate mergers and name changes. In October 2002, the Aviation Storekeeper and Storekeeper schools combined into a single course. Three years later, the Disbursing Clerk and Personnelman rates merged to become the Personnel Specialist rate. In October 2007, the Cryptologic Technician Administrative rate was integrated into the Yeoman rate. By October 2009, the Storekeeper and Postal Clerk schools merged, creating the Logistics Specialist rate. Most recently, in October 2019, the Ship’s Servicemen rate was renamed Retail Services Specialist. On April 12, 2024, NTTC Meridian marked its 50th anniversary with a celebration honoring the thousands of Sailors, instructors, and staff who shaped its legacy and supporting the Warfighters and supplying the most ready and capable Administrative and Supply rated Sailors and ensuring Fleet readiness.