Training
RTC
Recruit Training Command
RTC produces all enlisted U.S. Navy sailors. The 9-week curriculum includes seamanship, watchstanding, damage control, firefighting, and swim qualification. It culminates in Battle Stations 21, a 12-hour overnight simulation aboard the USS Trayer. Passing Battle Stations earns recruits their Navy ball cap. Recruits who set back may spend 10+ weeks. The Navy calls its recruit instructors RDCs (Recruit Division Commanders).
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