Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) (MC2 ...

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 ...

The Navy is cutting seven days out of its Basic Military Training program, from 10 weeks to nine, as improved recruiting numbers mean the sea service needs to push more sailors through boot camp at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy said beginning Friday it's allowing boot camp recruits to use their cell phones for family calls after a small test of ...

FILE - Freshman midshipmen, known as plebes, climb ropes on an obstacle course during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in ...

Chief selectees assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic compete in a cadence and guidon competition in September 2022. This year, the Navy plans to send nearly 200 chief selectees back to boot ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won’t be ...