07 January 2022 Navy Extends Boot Camp Training to 10 Weeks Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s enlisted boot camp, has extended the duration of its basic military training (BMT) program from eight to 10 weeks...
26 May 2021 CNP Thanks Ft. McCoy Army Personnel during Congressional Testimony During congressional testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell thanked Army leadership at Fort McCoy for successfully fulfilling an agreement made in early 2020 to allow Navy recruits to conduct their 14-day COVID-19 waiting...
17 May 2021 VCNO Visits Fleet, Focuses on Sailor Manning, Readiness, Toughness Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher spoke with Sailors and leadership at Navy Personnel and Navy Recruiting Commands in Millington, Tenn., and Navy Service Training and Recruit Training Commands in Great Lakes, Ill., 17 May...
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...
01 April 2021 Recruit Training Command Chiefs Celebrate 128 Years GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Recruit Training Command’s (RTC) chief petty officers (CPO) gathered at various locations around RTC April 1, to celebrate the 128th CPO birthday...
14 January 2021 Fleet Manning is Now the Highest Since 2015 - CNP Tells Surface Navy Association Symposium Chief of Naval Personnel has re-dedicated the nearly 20,000 MyNavy HR personnel to the task of making sure the fleet has enough sailors to meet its missions, stating that his first strategic goal in 2021 is to "Build a Navy that Can Fight and Win." ...
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...
12 August 2020 True Grit: NPS Research Helps Navy Build More Resilient Sailors, Teams Now more than ever, individuals, teams and organizations are discovering the invaluable role of individual and team resilience, especially with the additional stress created by the coronavirus crisis over the past several months...
11 August 2020 Recruit Training Command and Partners Work Together to Transform Drill Halls into Barracks GREAT LAKES, Ill. (August 11, 2020) – In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Recruit Training Command (RTC) at Naval Station Great Lakes, the U.S. Navy’s only boot camp, has added millions of dollars of safety precautions for America’s newest Sailors as they train to enter the fleet...
18 January 2020 Recruit Training Command Grads Eligible for Nine College Credits Curriculum changes at Recruit Training Command (RTC) will provide boot camp graduates with more college credits and potentially save the Navy millions in tuition costs...
25 October 2019 U.S. 6th Fleet Commander Reviews Navy Basic Training Graduation Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F), served as reviewing officer at the graduation of the Navy’s newest enlisted Sailors at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Oct. 25, 2019...
17 December 2018 VCNO Visits Boot Camp, Reviews Last Graduation of 2018 The Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) visited Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp, to speak with leaders of Naval accessions training and serve as the reviewing officer for the Navy's newest Sailors, Dec. 14-15...