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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) (MC2 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won’t be ...

Recruits perform a physical training session outside at Recruit Training Command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication ...

Meet Utilitiesman 1st Class Joshua Gatke, a recruit division commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, ...