GREAT LAKES, Ill. - For the first time since 2017, Recruit Training Command (RTC) held a naturalization ceremony March 17, in which 25 recruits from 17 countries recited the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and officially became U.S. citizens.

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.

Meet AO2 Nelanie Marien Anderson! She is currently an #Instructor at the #Navy ‘s only #BootCamp .At 15, Anderson came to the United States from Honduras to finish school and get an American college degree.“I was raised to think about my options, and make educated decisions. … I wanted to get a

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - The Navy will commence its largest annual force protection exercise today at installations throughout the United States, including Naval Station Great Lakes.

Seaman Delaina Temple took her first steps toward a promising future when she committed to joining the U.S. Navy.Temple was one of 714 graduates Oct. 15 at Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp. Neither Temple, nor her Recruit Division Commanders (RDC) – Chief Culinary Specialist

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - As the recruit choir sings their final song during the Pass-In-Review ceremony Sept. 24, at Recruit Training Command’s (RTC) Midway Ceremony Drill Hall, Choir Director Alan Miller will retire on a high note.

For the first time in more than 20 years, the recruit staff division for the Navy’s only boot camp graduation consisted of all women. While previously a division of all men performed the duties at the ceremony known as Pass-in-Review, the graduating women of Division 904 could be seen in the

GREAT LAKES (NNS) - Recruit Training Command (RTC) returned to in-person guest attendance at graduation Aug. 13, 2021, for the first time in 17 months, and with that came the return of performing divisions, sometimes better known as 900 divisions.

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