Battlestations 21 Capping Ceremony 02.12.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Posada 260212-N-KL637-1140 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Feb. 12, 2026) A Sailor calls out "last Sailor" during the capping ceremony on the pier of USS Trayer at...
Anderson Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 02.11.2026 | Courtesy Photo Airman Apprentice Delorion Anderson graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, earning the Military Excellence...
Recruit Training Command Pass in Review 02.05.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Posada 260205-N-KL637-1295 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Feb. 5, 2025) – Capt. Kenneth Froberg, commanding officer, Recruit Training Command (RTC), center,...
Faces of Boot Camp 02.02.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Suits 260202-N-GU344-1013 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Feb. 2, 2026) - Seaman Recruit Malcolm Mitchell poses for a photo at Freedom Hall onboard Recruit Training...
Recruit Training Command Naturalization Ceremony 02.05.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Suits 260205-N-GU344-1171 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Feb. 5, 2026) -- Recruits take the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during...
GREAT LAKES (NNS)– Airman Apprentice Ella English... 02.05.2026 | Courtesy Photo GREAT LAKES (NNS)– Airman Apprentice Ella English graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, earning the...
RTC Capping 02.05.2026 | Photo by Jacob West 251106-N-TW177-1014 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Feb. 05, 2025) – CMDR. Christopher R. McHenery, Executive Officer, Recruit Training Command, hands a Navy...
Recruit Training Command Graduation Jan. 29, 2026 01.29.2026 | Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mykala Keckeisen 260129-N-MK109-1274 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Jan. 29, 2026) – The Honorable Derrick Anderson, Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and...
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 02.05.2026 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL.
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 01.29.2026 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL.
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 01.22.2026 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL.
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 01.15.2026 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 01.08.2026 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL.
Set the Standard - How to Shave 10.15.2025 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Posada A how to shave video for recruits at Recruit Training Command.
Recruit Training Command Celebrates the Navy's... 11.05.2025 | Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Posada Recruits at Recruit Training Command pose for a photo to celebrate the Navy's 250th birthday in front of the USS Iowa on November 5, 2025. More...
Official U.S. Navy RTC Boot Camp Graduation 12.11.2025 | Courtesy Video Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL
Anderson Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 02.11.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Airman Apprentice Delorion Anderson graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, earning the Military Excellence...
English Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 02.05.2026 | Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Posada GREAT LAKES (NNS)– Airman Apprentice Ella English graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, earning the...
Hernandez Escobar Earns Military Excellence Award... 01.28.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Airman Henrry Hernandez Escobar graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, earning the Military Excellence Award...
Truax Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 01.21.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Seaman Collin Truax graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC), earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) Jan. 22, 2026.
Staff in the Spotlight: Hospital Corpsman First... 01.16.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Meet Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Ricky Bryant, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the...
Owens Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 01.14.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Seaman Recruit Keontae Owens graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC), earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) Jan. 15,...
Bailey Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit... 01.07.2026 | Story by Marc Lindsay Fireman Townsend Bailey graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command (RTC), earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA) Jan. 8, 2026.
Staff-in-the-Spotlight: Yeoman Second Class Trinity... 12.30.2025 | Story by Marc Lindsay Meet Yeoman Second Class (YN2) Trinity Stevenson, an administrative clerk in the Executive Administration Department at Recruit Training Command...
Recruit Training Command celebrates 132 years of... 04.01.2025 | Graphics by Petty Officer 1st Class John Suits Commemoration of the 132nd U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer birthday that was posted to Recruit Training Command social media pages. (U.S. Navy...
Training and Administration of the Reserves (TAR)... 12.31.2024 | Graphics by Petty Officer 1st Class John Suits Original logo made to represent TAR surface warfare officers for Surface Navy Association 37th National Symposium. (U.S. Navy Illustration by Mass...
