The Navy is recruiting Sailors to become recruit division commanders (RDCs) at Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp, and Officer Training Command, as announced in the NAVADMIN 042/17 ...

New U.S. Navy recruits don’t have to part with their cell phones right away. It’s a big change in policy from the Navy Recruit Training Command, which announced the new approach for basic training ...

GREAT LAKES (NNS) – Seaman Recruit Valerie Salazar, Division 937, graduated as the top sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) on Aug. 25. Salazar, a native ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command announced a new policy that allows Navy graduates to spend time off base, according to a service spokesperson. Sailors who have completed boot camp and are ...

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command’s Pass-in-Review in Great Lakes, Illinois, Feb., 1, 2024. US Navy Photo This story has been corrected to reflect that the Navy grew its delayed entry program pool.

The Navy is no longer immediately kicking out recruits who arrive at boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, with detectable amounts of marijuana in their system. The service ...

Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command in 2019, wearing the Navy Working Uniform Type III. (U.S. Navy) Sailors may have a hard time getting a hold of the Navy Working Uniform Type III ...

Members of a platoon of female U.S. Marine Corps recruits gear up before training in hand-to-hand combat at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., in 2023. (Stephen B. Morton/AP) ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Baltimore native and 2014 graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute was recognized as Naval Education and Training Command’s (NETC) Military Instructor of the Year (Mid-Grade ...

Marine Corps officers with The Basic School participate in their graduation ceremony at Little Hall, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 13, 2023. (Lance Cpl. Jeffery Stevens/Marine Corps) ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...