The Navy recruited sailors at levels not seen since the early 2000s, surpassing its goal for the second year in a row. The ...

The Navy beat its goal for new sailors in 2025, with over 44,000 recruits, by streamlining paperwork, including tattoo ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Navy has identified a sailor who died last week from a gunshot wound at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Seaman Recruit Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, died Wednesday following an incident at the base ...

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 ...

Investigators determined an 18-year-old recruit from Ocala who died at a Navy training site in Illinois committed suicide ...