After graduation, Pingenot and his friends were shipped to a Navy boot camp north of Chicago. Lots of running, marching, and swimming. After about two months, the recruits were given an eight-hour ...

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 ...

Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from ... about 40 miles north of Chicago. Business Insider spent four days at RDC C School to see how recruit division ...

Nearly 200 chiefs-select will return to the Navy’s boot camp this fall as part of a program ... extensively and was a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. He welcomes any and all kinds of tips ...

by the end of the fiscal year. While they have signed initial contracts, many are months away from getting into boot camp or into the fleet. The Navy hasn’t been able to hit its total recruiting ...

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.