Welcome to the Navy Boot Camp page
If your son or daughter has left for Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, you probably have a lot of questions. Navy Boot Camp is the first major step in a sailor’s journey, and it can be an emotional t
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After your Sailor graduates from Navy boot camp at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, their journey is just getting started. Graduation (PIR — Pass-In-Review) marks the completion of basic training, bu
Read more…Please remove this if it's breaking any rules for posting. A link of this documentary was sent to me yesterday by my Sister. Wish we all had seen it prior to my son shipping off to RTC. He is 4 1/2 weeks in and appears to be doing fine. His 1st l
Read more…My grandson left June 10, 2014 (Tues) on the following Monday, I got the box. It was very emotional, I cried. I'm hoping for the form letter this week so I can send him the notes I've written each day since he left.
His phone was in the box, I charge
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Learn to Speak their Language
Once your soon to be Sailor ships out for Recruit Training Command it's time to speak the language ( Boot Camp Slang ). Your Sailor will arrive as a SR ( Seaman Recruit ) and after passing battlestations the
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Navy Boot Camp Videos
Get on the bus and meet the four recruits you'll follow through our only boot camp over the next six weeks in All Hands Magazine's mini-documentary series "Making a Sailor."
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