The Navy's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are in training. "Over the next few weeks," recruits in two divisions -- ...

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 ...

Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C ...

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 said beginning Friday it's allowing boot camp recruits to use their cell phones for family calls after a small test of the new policy rolled out in late November. Recruits are typically ...

The U.S. Navy is adding two weeks to its formerly eight-week boot camp program this year to focus on improving recruits' emergency skills and war readiness, as well as equipping them to handle issues ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...

Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp. (Seaman Apprentice Mikal Chapman/Navy) The Navy is adding more mentorship, life skills and personal and professional ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is adding two ...