Seapower

Recruit Training Command Graduates Final Class of FY 2025, Achieves Highest Production in a Decade

With the graduation of Training Group 52, more than 42,000 Sailors completed initial training during Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), ...
Stars and Stripes

Navy sees largest number of sailors graduating from boot camp in a decade

With sailors from Training Group 52 formally graduating from boot camp, the service reached a milestone of 42,000 sailors ...
Yahoo

Navy to cut boot camp from 10 weeks to nine

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 ...
DC Military

Navy boot camp graduates first to earn recruit honor graduate ribbon

The first 15 recruits were awarded the new Recruit Honor Graduate Ribbon during their Pass-In-Review (PIR) rehearsal in the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC), Aug. 20. The ...
Yahoo

Navy Allows Boot Camp Recruits to Use Personal Cell Phones to Make Calls to Family at Home

The Navy said beginning Friday it's allowing boot camp recruits to use their cell phones for family calls after a small test of the new policy rolled out in late November. Recruits are typically ...