I joined the Navy because I wanted to learn a skilled trade. The training officer at Great Lakes Naval Training informed me ...

FORT JACKSON, SC (WSPA) – America’s newest soldiers had the chance to sit down with some veterans ahead of their basic combat training graduation. Friday morning, about a dozen veterans from the ...

A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine ...

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...

Navy Seaman Recruit Ray E. Simmons, son of Carey L. and Jeffery W. Simmons of Thebes, Ill., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Simmons is a ...