The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September, but it will miss its target to get sailors through boot camp. (Patrick Semansky/AP) The Navy will meet its goal to sign ...

WASHINGTON — 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 able ...

The first 15 recruits were awarded the new Recruit Honor Graduate Ribbon during their Pass-In-Review (PIR) rehearsal in the Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC), Aug. 20. The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as ...

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 ...

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (WLS) -- Some Navy recruits received a Thanksgiving meal thanks to the Adopt-A-Sailor program in the north suburbs. The recruits have been in the boot program for nearly two ...

WASHINGTON -- 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 able ...