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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Recruit Training Command (RTC) held a change-of-command ceremony onboard Naval Station Great Lakes on May 5...

Navy's Recruit Training Command creates an Embedded Mental Health program (EMHP) to provide mental health care to staff...

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...