19 August 2021 Recruit Performance Divisions return to RTC’s Pass-In-Review: Staff Division Recruit Training Command (RTC) returned to in-person guest attendance at graduation for the first time in 17 months, and with that came the return of performing divisions, sometimes better known as 900 divisions.Performing divisions are comprised of recruits in training who were selected upon
17 August 2021 RTC Resumes Pass-In-Review Ceremony with Guest Attendance For the first time in 17 months, joyful cheers echoed through Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC). RTC resumed boot camp graduation Aug. 13, for a limited number of family members and friends. Guest attendance was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to
03 August 2021 Recruit Follows RDC Brother into Boot Camp When Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Zachary Williams, a Recruit Division Commander RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), spotted a certain recruit across the pool where he is currently working as a water survival instructor, it was all he could do from approaching the recruit whom he’s known most
26 July 2021 A2P Program a Win for Sailors & Recruit Training Command Long before either of them arrived at Recruit Training Command (RTC), Capt. Jeffry Sandin helped make it possible for Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Ali Tolinos to earn advancement and extend his Navy career.Tolinos, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC), is now helping Navy recruits begin their
13 May 2021 RTC Recruits, Staff Exhibit Resiliency During Training in Pandemic More than 50,000 recruits have trained at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp, since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
05 May 2021 Recruit Training Command Holds Change of Command Ceremony GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Recruit Training Command (RTC) held a change-of-command ceremony onboard Naval Station Great Lakes on May 5.
03 March 2021 RTC’s Past Leaders Influence Today’s Leaders During Black History Month At the close of Black History Month, Sailors in leadership positions at Recruit Training Command (RTC) reflected on February’s month long celebration and what it means for them being stationed at the Navy’s only boot camp.
05 October 2020 Recruit Training Command Creates Navy’s First Training Command Embedded Mental Health Program Navy's Recruit Training Command creates an Embedded Mental Health program (EMHP) to provide mental health care to staff.
11 September 2020 Sailor First, Sailor Always: Multiple Commands Unite to Support Making Sailors Every enlisted Sailor’s training starts at one place: Recruit Training Command (RTC), but with the arrival of the coronavirus in March, so came a new normal. RTC implemented a 14-day restriction of movement (ROM) for future Sailors at off-site locations to help reduce the risk of bringing the