GREAT LAKES, Ill. (March 15, 2018) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Benjamin McCarty, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC), explains new watch standing training, like reading gauges, to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Steven Giordano in a recruit barracks at Recruit Training Command (RTC), March 15. MCPON was on hand at the Navy’s only boot camp to see changes in the curriculum to more intensive hands-on training. RTC is approximately eight weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. Training includes physical fitness, seamanship, firearms, firefighting and shipboard damage control along with lessons in Navy heritage and core values, teamwork and discipline. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)