GREAT LAKES, Ill. (June 15, 2021) A Naval ROTC New Student Indoctrination recruit division commander motivates a midshipman candidate during an intensive training session at Recruit Training Command (RTC), June 15, 2021. Upon completion of New Student Indoctrination, the candidates will start their freshman year of the Naval ROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. New Student Indoctrination is a three-week indoctrination program hosted at RTC, which provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals - firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navy's new officers and enlisted Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nikita Custer)