180315-N-IK959-679 [Image 8 of 200]

03.15.2018

Photo by Scott Thornbloom 

U.S. Navy           

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (March 15, 2018) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Steven Giordano discusses new recruit training with Rear Adm. Mike Bernacchi, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) in a recruit barracks while recruits work on handling mooring lines at Recruit Training Command (RTC), March 15. Line-handling and seamanship are Navy skills recruits are required to learn during their time at the Navy’s only boot camp. MCPON was on hand at RTC to see changes in the curriculum to more intensive hands-on training. RTC is approximately eight weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. Training includes physical fitness, seamanship, firearms, firefighting and shipboard damage control along with lessons in Navy heritage and core values, teamwork and discipline. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.15.2018
• Date Posted: 03.20.2018 00:05
• Photo ID: 4229234
• VIRIN: 180315-N-IK959-679
• Resolution: 2874x1802
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