Story by Lt. Arturo Melendez | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 09.04.2025
GREAT LAKES (NNS) – Seaman Carter Yates graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC), earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) Sep. 04, 2025....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Mack Jamieson | Naval Service Training Command | 04.03.2025
Rear Adm. Craig T. Mattingly was relieved by Rear Adm. Matthew T. Pottenburgh as commander of Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) during a combined Recruit Training Command (RTC) Graduation and change of command ceremony held April 03,2025 at Naval Station Great Lakes....
Story by Cpl. Elliott Flood-Johnson | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 07.12.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Carlos Paz-Sosa, who was recruited out of Recruiting Station Riverside, wasn’t always the most physically fit growing up; he struggled with his weight throughout his childhood. During his senior year of high school, he decided he wanted to embark on the journey of becoming a Marine. However, this would prove to be no easy task. If he wanted to have the privilege of......
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 06.14.2024
Seaman John Reier graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) June 13, 2024....
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 05.31.2024
Fireman Nikoli Gunther graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) May 30, 2024....
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 05.31.2024
Meet Builder First Class (BU1) Roland Palacios, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp....
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 05.23.2024
Airman Matthew Gil graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) May 23, 2024....
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 05.10.2024
Meet Angie VanHook and Yessica Osorio, our two newest Navy ombudsmen at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp....
