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

I joined the Navy because I wanted to learn a skilled trade. The training officer at Great Lakes Naval Training informed me ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...