27 July 2023 NJROTC Holds New Instructor Training SAN DIEGO - Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) recently hosted a week of classes and instruction for new Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) instructors during Instructor Orientation Training (NIOT) on the Port Loma Submarine Base July 17-21...
20 July 2023 Recruit Training Command Holds Change of Command Ceremony GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 18, 2023) - Capt. Kenneth J. Froberg relieved Capt. Kertreck V. Brooks as commanding officer of Recruit Training Command (RTC) during a change-of-command ceremony July 18, at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall...
14 July 2023 Like Father Like Son at US Navy Recruit Training Command GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Seaman Raul Vega Rodriguez, a 40-year-old father of three, graduated from basic training while his youngest son, 18-year-old Seaman Recruit Kendrick Raul Vega Sanabria, also a recruit in Navy boot camp, watched from the bleachers July 14, at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at...
19 April 2023 Navy Launches Prep Course to Help Recruits Overcome Obstacles GREAT LAKES, Ill. - The Navy’s only boot camp, Recruit Training Command (RTC) at Naval Station Great Lakes launched the Future Sailor Preparatory Course (FSPC), physical fitness training pipeline, to help potential recruits meet or exceed Navy accession standards April 10, 2023...
07 March 2022 MyNavy HR Force Development Leaders Meet for Spring Offsite PENSACOLA, Fla. - Leaders from across the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) domain gathered to discuss a variety of issues and priorities for the MyNavy HR Force Development team during a spring off-site meeting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, March 1-2...
28 February 2022 NROTC Midshipmen Surface Warfare Officers Select First Ships GREAT LAKES, Ill. – More than 250 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen and officer candidates from 98 colleges and universities around the country chose the first ships of their Navy careers February 23-24...
02 November 2021 Former Team USA Synchronized Skating Athlete Earns Commission at Officer Candidate School NEWPORT, R.I. - A former Team USA synchronized skating athlete and Connecticut native will soon graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) as a newly commissioned Naval Flight Officer, Nov. 12...
02 November 2021 University of Illinois Captures UW-Madison NROTC Fall Invitational Title MADISON, Wis. - Saturday, October 23 was a good day for the University of Illinois. The school’s football team beat Top 10-ranked Penn State University 20-18 in nine overtimes. On the same day, the school’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit won the overall title at this year’s...
12 August 2021 Navy Band Great Lakes Back to Performing before Audiences GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Navy Band Great Lakes, known as Navy’s Ambassadors to the Midwest, is back performing in front of live audiences after almost two years...
06 July 2021 Jacksonville University NROTC unit hosts Sea Trials 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As Midshipman 2nd Class Meredith Johnson stepped off of the bus and onto the Jacksonville University campus for the first time, a plethora of emotions flooded her body, the most prominent being excitement and fear...