Navy Recruit Training Command Graduation May 7, 2021

Congratulations to the newest and sharpest Sailors in the U.S. Navy who graduated from boot camp at Recruit Training Command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp.

Transcript

Mhm. Yeah, yeah. Hello, I’m Captain Geoffrey Sanan, commanding officer of recruit training command. I welcome you to the virtual edition of our recruit graduation ceremony. Even though you cannot be here in person. Is important to be able to share this experience with you, the families and friends watching online and witnessing this significant milestone. Next time you talk to your sailor, I am fairly confident that they will have many stories to tell you about their boot camp experience. But first allow me the opportunity to show you our side of the story, hurry up. Let’s go, get on the bus. Let’s go. Yeah. Mhm. Recruit training command is the quarter deck of the United States Navy. Good order and discipline will be maintained 24 7. Proper military possible will be maintained 24 7. Every enlisted sailor begins their naval career here and our mission is fairly simple. It’s to transform civilians into smartly disciplined, physically fit sailors ready for follow on training and service to the fleet and while doing so to instill in them. The highest values of honor, courage and commitment. You are no longer a civilian, whatever you were before is now over. You are about to begin a journey that’s gonna make you a part of the greatest naval force the world has ever known. This training will not be easy. It wasn’t meant to be. Yeah, yep. Our training environment is controlled chaos. So you guys get while, it may not seem like that for the recruits. Each and every event has meaning and purpose. You’re gonna stand off at the top of your look. Do you understand? We are designed to develop skill sets that sailors can carry throughout their entire career and push hard on physical fitness, Watch, standing and creating a warrior mindset with mental stand focused on your mind, a true body, mind and soul approach. All of our recruits receive training that will help them the second they get to the fleet. Put your prices down. Wait, firefighting damage, control, weapons and seamanship. Our recruits get hands on training and application with them all. Mm hmm. Mhm. Thank you. I put my as a friend. That’s right. it. Get one breath peace comes up. What? Right? Back down one of them surface. Beautiful way. Mhm. Yeah. Got it here. So I need everything you’ve got because once we start this evolution again, I’m going to expect you to adapt, overcome and peace. Yeah. Work together as a team, execute the mission and the next time I see you, you’ll be saving Who? Yeah. Everything they learn is tested in a battle stations chief, Division 001, manned and ready for battle station chief. Very well. A 24 hour event where the recruit ceases to exist. A sailor is forged. Yeah. Okay, Okay, I’m sorry. Okay. Navy boot camp really is a machine with a swarm of moving parts, all working towards the same goal making a sailor. The sailors here are the bedrock of our naval forces. They give our Navy a combat edge and they enable us to help keep the nation secure each of them. You see here today has earned the right to wear the uniform, recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the newest and sharpest sailors in the United States, Navy attention on deck. Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon in a moment. You will see today’s pass and review. Today. You will see 13 divisions comprised of 879 sailors that will soon join the most powerful Navy in the world position. That center deck is Lieutenant Derek McCandless and Senior chief Alex blaise, They are presenting training with 24 for the commanding officer’s review. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Okay. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Please welcome Division 20 a commanded by first class here. First class buster, Villa rosa. Second class Serbia video. Okay. 2nd class all Soriano. And the restriction Yes. Never depressed. Battery park, sacramento, California. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Okay. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. What car? Mhm. Mhm. Living in 2 1 night magnet by Okay. All right. Western philosophy. Last Christine berg jefferson video. First class. Look at your peril. The crew chief for the officer. Seeing the Zion bills from Dallas texas. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Oh Division 2-0, commanded by chief many of them Laurie bigger Up to 1st class, hold on, cassius petty officer. Second class, go on their faces. And the recruits you for the other Siemens group lily minutes from Pittsburgh pennsylvania. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah forward. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Division 2-2, commanded by Chief Petty on reserve. Non doing video. Your first class ahmad line. It’s the second class. On what fruits. Officer. Seaman recruit, aboriginal Richmond Virginia. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Forward. Uh huh. Division 2 – three. Goodbye. Officer. First class Seiko numbers. Yeah, the first class Donald Goodman recruit Chief Petty Officer seemingly approach little different cumming Georgia. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Division 2 – four. She Berlin to Sylvester. Mhm. First class Roberto Santana. Any other second class, naturally. Yeah, Petty Officer. Second class Marcus Broomfield. We have a crew chief Eman Gabriella Ortega. We new york. Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Park To make it 2-5, commanded by chief David ross. Yeah. Class eli, son of all. Second class, maybe college. The office first carrie, the forest and the recruit Chief Stephen I’m ready. Say it san Antonio texas. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm Yeah. Close. Uh huh. Mhm Yes. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Division 2-6 commanded by. Yeah, tell me cooper, Petty officer, first class Sean McCarthy. Any officer, 2nd class laura Perez. The recruits here sir Stephen I am tomorrow vibrio California. Mhm Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Whoa. Mhm. Division 2-7, commanded by Chief Petty officer, Shannon Robinson. Petty officer, first class juan Gomez, Petty Officer, 2nd Class Jacob. Elevate very often wow six smile and the recruiting. The officer singular cruise. Michael ruggiero martina of florida. Mhm Okay forward oh yeah, Division 2-8 amended by chief the Bond Harold. Any officer, 1st class Robert Mackenzie, your first class my own off forever. And recruiting sir, cement food kelly from Atlanta Georgia. Mhm. Mhm. Whoa. Uh huh. Yeah, Division 2-9, commended by chief petty officer, timothy neighbors. Heady Officer, 1st Class Nicholas, Williams. Any other second class angel and every group keep thinking right oh absolutely from Colombia. Who is the man? Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Division 230, commanded by chief, very honest. Od martina. First class Theresa Garcia. Have you first class Jordan rich to recruit you sir? Stephen recruits Stephan carmichael from mobile Alabama. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mark. Mhm. Mhm. Division 809, commanded by chief very young called cooper. Study on 1st Class peter Bowen, Petty Officer, 2nd Class Shirley’s 2nd Class. Angelica Lockwood. And the recruits. You Yeah, robert de sterling Virginia. Mhm mm. Yeah. Yeah yeah. Mhm. This concludes today’s ceremony. Thank you for attending. Mhm Congratulations sailors, you’ve all made it. You’re graduating from boot camp and doing so in a time of extraordinary circumstances today, we recognize your transformation from civilian to sailor. A sailor is a member of a profession forged through shared adversity, confident in their abilities and certain in their conviction that they are ready to handle any challenge, the RTC staff and you’re already sees see these traits within each of you. I personally could not be more proud of how you have risen to. The challenge Is we presented and proven that you have what it takes to be members of our navy and profession of arms. While your time here has been different than others have experienced in the past, fundamentally, most things haven’t changed. Like every sailor, you’ve been trained in firefighting, damage control, seamanship, small arms and watch standing. You proved you were tough, mentally, morally and physically. You showed you could work as a team, both relying on one another and being relied upon. You demonstrated the warrior spirit of sailors and earn the right to wear that title. The coronavirus has certainly impacted your experience. But the Navy is inherently flexible and agile and excels when faced with challenges, just like you’ve all done here during boot camp. We’re not just congratulating you today. We’re welcoming new members of the Navy family watching from afar while I wish you could all be here in person. I’m glad I’m at least able to virtually welcome you. The term navy family isn’t just a slogan. It’s a real thing. And I’m going to let you families in on the secret. We need you to love and support us throughout our service to our nation. Thank you for your love and support of your sailor. You are truly part of our family and essential to the navy to the sailors graduating today. Well done. We’re all very proud of you. Take care of one another and stay in the fight. Let us pray heavenly Father. We thank you for this day that you have given us and for this occasion that has allowed us to celebrate the graduation of our newest and finest Navy sailors. Thank you for your blessing of strength, protection and health that has allowed these young sailors to complete their training here at recruit training command. Thank you for all the outstanding our DCs instructors and staff that I’ve worked hard to instill honor courage, commitment toughness each day here at R. C. C. Thank you for the parents and family members that could not be here but have faithfully supported and sacrifice much so that their loved ones could serve our great nation. So as these young sailors go forward to defend freedom and democracy. During these stressful times, we ask you to protect them with your mighty strength and guide them in your love and peace. May you also heal our nation and the world and put an end to the spread of COVID-19 May. God bless you, May God bless America and May. God bless the United States Navy Amen. Throughout your time here you’ve been taught toughness, you have been taught to run to the fire. You have been taught to deal with acute stress how to process it and still move forward. You’ve been taught all that stuff. You’ve been taught to overcome challenge and you have overcome challenges. The fact that you’re sitting here today says you’ve done that because here’s what I’m gonna tell you. You’re going to be tested. It’s coming. one of you is going to be sitting In your gym, working out and you’re going to hear a loud crash off the back of your ship and when you get up topside helicopter with 25 people has hit the back of the ship and fell in the water and now you go to mass casualty and start rescuing people. One of you is gonna be eaten on the mess decks and you’re going to hear the flight deck fire drove fire alarm go off and you’re gonna run to the flight deck to suit up and there’s a harrier jet with ¬£2,500 bombs on board a pilot in the cockpit and the plane’s on fire and you gotta go combat the fire. One of you is going to be sitting in combat off the coast of Africa and you’re going to hear missiles inbound. This is not a drill and you’re going to have to react. Everything I just said has happened to our Navy in the last four years and sailors like you responded and took action. Your test is coming. Are you ready? Yeah, we wig. Are you ready? I am proud of each and every one of you. You are absolutely the generation of sailors I want to go to war with. Be proud of what you’ve done, earn it every day. I’m proud to call you Shipmate. I look forward to seeing you in the fleet. I look forward to see your graduation tomorrow. Congratulations to your parents. Who Yeah.

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