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 -- ...

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 ...

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 ...