Story by Staff Sgt. Caitlin Brink and Sgt. Savannah Mesimer | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.25.2022
OKINAWA, JAPAN – For the first time in history, III Marine Expeditionary Force sponsored a U.S. Navy boot camp division as part of the recruit division sponsorship program at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Illinois, providing mentorship from their first day to their graduation on Aug. 26, 2022....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 03.21.2021
U.S. Navy recruits walk on the cantonment area Feb. 26, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 10.22.2020
U.S. Navy recruits walk to their barracks and to dining facilities Oct. 1, 2020, at Fort McCoy, Wis.
Story by Alan Nunn | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 10.03.2020
The Navy Club of the United States Military Excellence Award is the top award presented to the No. 1 recruit of their graduating training group....
Story by Susan Martin | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 09.11.2020
Every enlisted Sailor’s training starts at one place: Recruit Training Command (RTC), but with the arrival of the coronavirus in March, so came a new normal. RTC implemented a 14-day restriction of movement (ROM) for future Sailors at off-site locations to help reduce the risk of bringing the coronavirus to the command should any individual be infected. After initially using local-area......
Story by Seaman Recruit Minh-Thy Chu | Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center | 07.22.2020
On June 3, a select team of 81 Navy Reserve Medicine Reservists mobilized to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and Naval Station Great Lakes Recruit Training Command as part of the Department of Defense’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reservists were deployed from their hometowns and multiple units, including Expeditionary Medical Facility Bethesda, Md. and Naval......
Story by Alan Nunn | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 07.03.2020
The affable Alvin Tharbs retires from Recruit Training Command barbershop after 26 years and, he says, 'about a million' haircuts....
Story by Alan Nunn | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 06.06.2020
Seaman Recruit Drew Jackson, Division 192, graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award. Jackson utilized his initial two-week quarantine period to find his voice and prepare for a recruit leadership role....
