Short video from Captain Erik Thors, commanding officer of Recruit Training Command (RTC) (USN), as he narrates a video that gives friends and family members of the RTC recruit experience from the ...

Chief Gunner’s Mate Dan Dlask, Chief Damage Controlman Reba Miller, Machinist’s Mate First Class Jacob Lavold. US Navy Photo Three sailors assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes have died ...

Mr. Currier (center) joins the dais with RTC Officers and other Navy Club USA attendees at the Recruit Training Command Great Lakes graduation ceremony. Bob Currier, Brockport Navy Club Commander and ...

HARDIN — Family and friends gathered at the Hardin Historic Train Depot on Sunday to celebrate and send off Jadyss Hugs as she prepares to depart for boot camp. “She’s told us since she was 16 that ...

HARDIN — Family and friends gathered at the Hardin Historic Train Depot on Sunday to celebrate and send off Jadyss Hugs as she prepares to depart for boot camp. “She’s told us since she was 16 that ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy will trim one week off its Basic Military Training program, shortening the boot camp from 10 weeks to nine, beginning next month. The change will take effect in January. It is ...

A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine ...

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as boot camp -- from 10 to nine weeks. Navy officials said in a news ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...