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Beckley native earns Military Excellence Award at U.S. Navy’s RTC graduation

Each year, more than 40,000 recruits train at the U.S Navy’s Recruit Training Command, but only the top sailors walk away ...
Navy Times

Navy to cut boot camp from 10 weeks to nine

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 ...
Task & Purpose

Navy cuts length of boot camp for new recruits from 10 weeks to 9 weeks

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 ...
Southeast Missourian

Area grad completes Navy basic training

Navy Seaman Recruit Ray E. Simmons, son of Carey L. and Jeffery W. Simmons of Thebes, Ill., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Simmons is a ...
WSPA

Fort Jackson basic training soldiers & SC veterans meet ahead of graduation

FORT JACKSON, SC (WSPA) – America’s newest soldiers had the chance to sit down with some veterans ahead of their basic combat training graduation. Friday morning, about a dozen veterans from the ...