The Navy’s record-breaking recruiting numbers translated to the service’s highest production of basic training graduates in a decade with the graduation of sailors from Training Group 52, the Navy ...

Faith Bottum’s “Life Lessons From the Cutting Edge” (op-ed, Nov. 24) reminded me of a similarly mundane awakening. It was 1972 at Navy boot camp, where we were taught the proper way to fold our ...

A U.S. Navy veteran reflects on life lessons learned after enlisting as a photographer in 1985. The author learned the importance of paying attention to detail after a mistake during an awards ...

A Navy sailor fresh out of boot camp rushed to save the occupant of a burning car, but the flames engulfed his mother’s vehicle during the rescue. Both the sailor and his mother were unhurt. Fireman ...

Short video from Captain Erik Thors, commanding officer of Recruit Training Command (RTC) (USN), as he narrates a video that gives friends and family members of the RTC recruit experience from the ...

Navy coach Brian Newberry had a very succinct answer to a question posed during last Friday’s American Conference football media event. A member of the ESPN broadcast crew asked Newberry what he was ...

She dedicated the achievement to her late father, Naval Commander Asido Bassey Effah. This is a remarkable transformation that speaks volumes about her courage, discipline, and sense of purpose.

Movie star Grace-Charis Bassey, previously known as Belinda Effah, has completed U.S. Navy boot camp training, earning the title of Sailor and becoming a U.S. citizen. The 35-year-old Cross River-born ...

Chief Gunner’s Mate Dan Dlask, Chief Damage Controlman Reba Miller, Machinist’s Mate First Class Jacob Lavold. US Navy Photo Three sailors assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes have died ...

After about two years of operation, the Navy's pre-boot camp program for recruits who need help meeting the physical and academic requirements for service is proving to be useful, and leaders say they ...