Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are ...

Recruits make phone calls home after battle stations at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command, March 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Stephane Belcher) The Navy's boot ...

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 ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy will trim one week off its Basic Military Training program, shortening the boot camp from 10 weeks to nine, beginning next month. The change will take effect in January. It is ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won’t be ...

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. The Navy said beginning ...