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GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipman is congratulated by friends and family in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) after their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipman is congratulated by friends and family in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) after their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, addresses Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 13, 2019) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidate and instructor award winners march to receive recognition at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, arriving at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates, Recruit Training Command (RTC) graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in front of the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 26, 2023) – Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates stand in formation in front of the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during their graduation ceremony marking the completion NROTC New Student Indoctrination Cycle 1. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship – to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Capt. Craig Mattingly, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Luke McCall)
GREAT LAKES, Ill.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 22, 2023) Recruits prepare to take the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a naturalization ceremony in the Recruit Memorial Chapel at Recruit Training Command (RTC). Boot camp is approximately 10 weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. Training includes five warfighting competencies of firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding, and small arms handling and marksmanship along with physical fitness and lessons in Navy heritage and core values, Warrior Toughness, Life Skills, teamwork and discipline. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Olympia O. Martin)
 
 
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