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Beckley native earns Military Excellence Award at U.S. Navy’s RTC graduation

Each year, more than 40,000 recruits train at the U.S Navy’s Recruit Training Command, but only the top sailors walk away with the highest award a recruit can earn– the Military Excellence Award. An ...

East Leyden High School celebrates Navy recruits with annual Thanksgiving event

A first responder escort led about 200 Navy recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes to East Leyden High School in Franklin ...
Navy Times

Navy rolls out new financial incentives for some recruiters

Graduating recruits stand in formation inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command in 2019. (MC1 Spencer Fling/U.S. Navy) The Navy is ...
Panola Watchman

Carthage native graduates Naval boot camp, begins chaplaincy training

Panola County is cheering on one of its own as Alina Reed of Carthage recently graduated from Naval Recruit Command Boot Camp ...
Post and Courier

A legacy rekindled after 20 years: Brett Davenport’s second act

In the summer of 2016, the atmosphere in the drill hall at Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, was charged with pride and anticipation. Among the sea of uniformed sailors and their ...