page_title: Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois
section_title: Week One
hierarchical_section_title: Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois / Training timeline / Week One
caption_attribution_description: English: 070814-N-8848T-002 NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 14, 2007) – Recruits from Division 253 march from their ship barracks, USS Chicago, at Recruit Training Command. DDivision 253 is the third Special Warfare Operations division to go through recruit training. The division is made up of rating candidates for special warfare operator, special warfare boat operator, Navy diver and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). It is part of a new Navy and Special Warfare Command initiative to grow the ranks of SEALs, littoral and riverboat squadrons, dive units and EOD detachments. U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Scott A. Thornbloom (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, is a unit within the United States Navy primarily responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits. It is part of Naval Service Training Command, and is located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois.
  RTC Great Lakes is also commonly referred to as boot camp and recruit training, or RTC. Since the BRAC-directed closures of Recruit Training Commands in Orlando, Florida in 1994 and San Diego, California in 1993, RTC Great Lakes has been the only enlisted basic training location in the U.S. Navy and has been called "The Quarterdeck of the Navy" since it was first utilized in July 1911.
  Running at approximately eight weeks long, all enlistees into the U.S. Navy commence their enlistments at this command. Some recruits may take longer than eight weeks if they do not pass certain tests. Upon successful completion of basic training, qualifying sailors are sent to various apprenticeship, or "A schools", located across the United States for training in their occupational speciality, or ratings.
context_section_description: This week is considered the most intense week of physical conditioning. Recruits take their initial swim qualification test and learn military drill, the details of rank and rating, and the Navy core values.
caption: Recruits march from their "ship" barracks named for USS Chicago (SSN-721)
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