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250605-N-GU344-1057 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 5, 2025) – Musician 1st Class Patrick Pedlar conducts Navy Band Great Lakes before the start of pass-in-review onboard U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, June 5, 2025. Boot camp is approximately nine weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their career at the command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Suits)
250529-N-KL637-1150 (May 29, 2025) -- Sailors stand in formation before their Pass-in-Review ceremony at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall May 29, 2025. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Posada)
250522-N-KL637-1150 (May 22, 2025) -- Sailors stand in formation before their Pass-in-Review ceremony at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall May 22, 2025. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Posada)
U.S. Naval Submarine Schools students conduct training in the school’s Pressurized Submarine Escape Trainer as part of their curriculum, May 13, 2025. The PSET teaches submarine sailors how to escape from a submarine that is unable to surface and then survive on the water’s surface until help arrives. U.S. Navy photos by SN Duncan Woodard
250508-N-LN782-1097 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (May 08, 2025) Rear Adm. Kenneth Blackmon, Vice Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, congratulates recruits on the pier of the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). Trayer, more commonly referred to as "Battle Stations," is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, testing their knowledge and skills in basic seamanship, damage control, firefighting and emergency response procedures. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher M. O'Grady)
Cryptologic Technician Technical 1st Class Nathan Butts, assigned to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC), poses for a portrait at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, Florida, May 7, 2025. IWTC Corry Station, a subordinate command of the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), delivers world-class technical training to develop the Navy’s cryptologic and information warfare professionals. (U.S. Navy Photo by Public Affairs Specialist Austen McClain)
Cryptologic Technician Technical 1st Class Nathan Butts, assigned to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC), poses for a portrait at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, Florida, May 7, 2025. IWTC Corry Station, a subordinate command of the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), delivers world-class technical training to develop the Navy’s cryptologic and information warfare professionals. (U.S. Navy Photo by Public Affairs Specialist Austen McClain)
250501-N-LN782-2117 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (May 01, 2025) Recruits stand in formation during their capping ceremony on the pier of the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). Trayer, more commonly referred to as "Battle Stations," is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, testing their knowledge and skills in basic seamanship, damage control, firefighting and emergency response procedures. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher M. O'Grady)
GREAT LAKES, Illinois (April 28, 2025) Sailors at the Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Diving Detachment Great Lakes (CENEODDIVE DET GLKS) conduct aquatic training aboard Naval Station Great Lakes. CENEODDIVE DET GLKS is the single-entry point for all enlisted Navy diver, explosive ordnance disposal, and dive medical technician candidates from both Recruit Training Command and fleet accessions. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Hall)
Lt. Cmdr. Tyler Westover, USS Decatur’s (DDG 73) combat systems officer, originally from Putnam City, Okla., provides a ship tour to students and staff from Clements High School Navy Junior ROTC, April 16, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The school’s JROTC travelled from Sugar Land, Texas, and visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer as part of the Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific shipboard tour program, which provides civic and school groups the opportunity to visit U.S. Navy ships and learn about their important role in maintaining readiness and ensuring national security in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tristan Kyle Labuguen)
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Richard Jarchow, commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group Pacific Northwest, administers the oath of enlistment to future service members during a joint-service ceremony at T-Mobile Park. The event was part of the Seattle Mariners’ Salute to Armed Forces Night and included 71 recruits representing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard. Navy Talent Acquisition Group Pacific Northwest manages 35 recruiting stations across five states, with a mission to recruit the next generation of warrior Sailors to strengthen Navy readiness and leadership. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Torrey W. Lee)
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