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 ...

Navy recruits call home during their scheduled divisional phone calls at Recruit Training Command, Dec. 9, 2023. (Stuart Posada/U.S. Navy) Last time, on Fire Watch, we took you inside Navy boot camp.

GREAT LAKES, Ill. -- An 18-year-old Navy recruit died during boot camp in Illinois this past week. Spokesman Lt. Joseph W. Pfaff said Kelsey Nobles of Mobile, Alabama, died Tuesday after collapsing ...

Editor's note: This report has been updated to include the recruit's identity. A recruit assigned to Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Illinois, died Wednesday, the U.S. Navy confirmed. While ...

Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Darlene Rule gives a tour of the gear issue room inside the Golden Thirteen In-Processing Building to Great Lakes-area future Sailors at Recruit Training ...

The U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command announced a new policy that allows Navy graduates to spend time off base, according to a service spokesperson. Sailors who have completed boot camp and are ...

WASHINGTON — A recruit assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., died Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said Friday. Kayshawn Wilkerson, an 18-year-old ...

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to include the recruit’s identity and a release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office. A recruit assigned to Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, ...