You're tuning in for part one of this two-part special on Navy boot camp. I am joined by fellow Military.com reporter Konstantin Toropin. He's also a Navy veteran who went through boot camp here at ...

Navy recruits call home during their scheduled divisional phone calls at Recruit Training Command, Dec. 9, 2023. (Stuart Posada/U.S. Navy) Last time, on Fire Watch, we took you inside Navy boot camp.

Rear Adm. Kavon Hakimzadeh, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2) visits USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (John Suits/U.S. Navy) The Navy says that, starting next month, it will ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won’t be ...

Explore daily life at the US Navy's only boot camp, from physical fitness and weapons training to seamanship, emergency skills, and graduation requirements at Great Lakes. 'The execution shall ...

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, ...

After decades of holding the weekly Pass-In-Review (PIR) ceremony on Fridays, beginning October 5, 2023, the event will be conducted on Thursdays at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only ...

The U.S. Navy has added a pre-boot camp "preparatory course" for recruits who do not meet physical fitness standards on entry, adding to the growing list of tools that the service is deploying in an ...

GREAT LAKES (NNS) — The American Bar Association, the Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel presented the Legal Assistance Distinguished Service Award to Region Legal Service ...

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 ...