The virtual graduation ceremony for Training Group 26 at Recruit Training Command, the Navy’s only bootcamp. The reviewing officer was Rear Adm. Jamie Sands, commander, Naval Service Training Command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Camilo Fernan)

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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, I don’t 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, our training environment is controlled chaos. You guys, while it may not seem like that to the recruits. Each and every event has meaning and purpose. You’re gonna sound 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. You push hard on physical fitness. All watch, standing and creating a warrior mindset with mental can be 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, Firefighting damage, control, weapons and seamanship. Our recruits get hands on training and application with them. All right. Mhm. I put my hands on training. Right right again. One breath base. Come from what? Right back. Yeah, but they were down there surface medical waste body right 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. Pay up. E work together as a team, execute the mission the next time I see you, you’ll be safe. Who? Yeah. Everything they learn is tested in a battle stations. I get it yourself. Chief. Division 001 man and ready for politicians. Chief very well. A 24 hour event where the recruit ceases to exist. A sailor is forged. Yeah. Mhm. Coming. Wait. Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Maybe 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’s 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. Please walk on listening to three no mom dollars to win. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. All the way right. His role officer. First line tickling star. Yeah. Zachary secular from the government. Starting, yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm, mm hmm. Yeah. Uh huh. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Oh, mm. Mhm. Right. Yeah. Mhm. There’s A 2, 4, 6. Yeah. Yeah. First one. Thank you. Peppers. First class. Hey, playing on the bed. First class. Good. You what do you third render acosta from the flora Illinois? Mhm. Okay. Yeah. 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Thank you for attending. 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, Oh, mighty God! We joined together today to celebrate the accomplishment of these sailors having completed Navy recruit training. We know success was earned by these sailors not given. And yet we also know that there were many who were involved in helping them along the way for the oil disease, who worked long hours and sacrificed greatly. We ask that you will give them rest in coming days. For the others here are recruit training, report time and knowledge into these sailors, give them the strength to carry on day to day and finally, God would you from this moment on be with these sailors helping them to act honorably in the challenges of life courageously when temptations arise and committed to constantly improving, not just individually another as well. For you are all worth simple fortis 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, they’re going to be tested, it’s coming, one of you is going to be sitting In your gym working out and you’re gonna 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 gonna 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 were 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. Yeah.