Naval Education and Training Command: Photo Gallery

Sailors sit a consoles as an instructor points something out on a screen.

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 8, 2022) A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) midshipman candidate hugs a family member following the Cycle 3 graduation ceremony conducted inside the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC), August 8. The midshipmen 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), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nikita Custer)

RTC, Naval Station Great Lakes

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 8, 2022) Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, speaks during the graduation ceremony for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) Cycle 3 midshipman candidates inside the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC), August 8. The midshipmen 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 NSTC, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nikita Custer)

RTC, Naval Station Great Lakes

220804-N-PW480-0001 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 4, 2022) Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) 2022 Cycle 3 midshipman candidates wait in line before participating in a small arms, live-fire training event at Recruit Training Command (RTC), August 4. 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 conducts 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, Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, and supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nikita Custer)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Students in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participate in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Lt. j.g. Ashley Risk, a student in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participates in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Lt. j.g. Nathaniel Teetzel, a student in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participates in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Lt. j.g. Ashley Sweet, right, and Lt. j.g. Allen King, students in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participate in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Lt. j.g. Ashley Sweet, a student in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participates in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

NEWPORT, R.I.

NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 4, 2022) Lt. j.g. Allen King, a student in the officer of the deck course at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, participates in an advanced integrated scenario using the Conning Officer Virtual Environment simulator, Aug. 4, 2022. The course teaches prospective officers of the deck skills such as bridge-to-bridge communications, reporting, voyage planning, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid and radar operation, maneuvering boards, shiphandling, contact management, operational risk management, navigational situational awareness, and application of the navigational rules of the road. SWSC provides a continuum of professional education and training to ready sea-bound warriors to serve on surface combatants as officers, enlisted engineers, and enlisted navigation professionals. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derien C. Luce)

RTC, Naval Station Great Lakes

220804-N-PW480-0022 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 4, 2022) Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) 2022 Cycle 3 midshipman candidates participate in a small arms, live-fire training event at Recruit Training Command (RTC), August 4. 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 conducts 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, Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, and supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy’s new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nikita Custer)