You’re tuning in for part one of this two-part special on Navy boot camp. I am joined by fellow Military.com reporter Konstantin Toropin. He’s also a Navy veteran who went through boot camp here at ...

A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine ...

The U.S. Navy’s recruiting is surging, signing up over 44,000 sailors in FY2025—its best year in over two decades. -While the ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy will trim one week off its Basic Military Training program, shortening the boot camp from 10 weeks to nine, beginning next month. The change will take effect in January. It is ...

Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C ...

The Navy's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are in training. "Over the next few weeks," recruits in two divisions -- ...

They say joining the military is life-changing, and from everything I’ve experienced and heard from others, I believe that to be true. I recently spoke with former Navy Lt. David Pingenot, whom I knew ...