Sep 13 2021

210909-N-IK959-9469

Scott A. Thornbloom

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Sept. 9, 2021) Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) members participate in a remembrance run at Constitution Field at Naval Station Great Lakes, Sept. 9, 2021. The run marked the 20th Anniversary of the tragedies that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Hundreds of Sailors and civilian base workers took part in the Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored all day run with commands running in 45-minute increments that began at 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. (U. S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom)

Sep 13 2021

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Scott A. Thornbloom

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Sept. 9, 2021) Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) members participate in a remembrance run at Constitution Field at Naval Station Great Lakes, Sept. 9, 2021. The run marked the 20th Anniversary of the tragedies that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Hundreds of Sailors and civilian base workers took part in the Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored all day run with commands running in 45-minute increments that began at 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. (U. S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom)

Sep 07 2021

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Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Spencer Fling

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Sept. 3, 2021) Recruits performing as "The Wedge," which includes the recruit review commander, adjutant and assistant adjutant, stand at attention inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass-in-review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Spencer Fling)

Jul 21 2021

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Petty Officer 1st Class Amber Weingart

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 17, 2021) A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) midshipman instructor points out the belt buckle discrepancy of an NSI midshipman candidate during a khaki uniform inspection onboard Recruit Training Command (RTC), July 17. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is a three-week indoctrination program hosted at RTC, which provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amber Weingart)

Jul 09 2020