GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Recruit Training Command (RTC) Motorcycle Mentorship Program hosted 50 riders during a three-day event intended to help participants improve skills, abilities and awareness...

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...

Sharing the lessons of 9/11 – honoring the lives of those lost and the courage and bravery of the first responders who tirelessly worked to save lives – is a critical part of training at Recruit Training Command. Learning about the resilience and fortitude shown by Americans allows future Sailors to...

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...