Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C ...

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 ...

The Navy's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are in training. "Over the next few weeks," recruits in two divisions -- ...

Navy boot camp is not known for its overly challenging physical fitness programming, but an average recruit still needs to prepare for long days on their feet, running and calisthenics. However, if ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp this year in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and ...

The U.S. Navy is adding two weeks to its formerly eight-week boot camp program this year to focus on improving recruits' emergency skills and war readiness, as well as equipping them to handle issues ...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (CBS)-- While some colleges are shut down and others are only allowing a limited number of people in person, one school in our area has been operating full steam ahead throughout the ...

On Oct. 23, Chief Gunner's Mate Jeremiah Wiederhoeft taught his division of recruits how to wear a garrison cover. The Navy is locking down all active duty staff at Recruit Training Command to reduce ...

Recruits dress off in formation on the USS Chicago recruit barracks grinder on April 11, 2020, at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. (MC1 Camilo Fernan/Navy) The Navy is nixing a 14-day ...

FILE - Freshman midshipmen, known as plebes, climb ropes on an obstacle course during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in ...

The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine weeks, effective next year, in an attempt to better streamline curriculum. While the Navy's Basic Military Training, known ...