Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, November 22, 2023. Transcript Good morning and welcome to recruit training command. I am Captain Craig Mattingly, commander of naval service training Command. I want to personally welcome you to our Navy family. What an exciting day, family and friends and shipmates. It is […]
“I Will Depart to My Own Land”
I Will Depart to My Own Land While Moses was leading the people of Israel to the Promised Land, he said to Hobab, his brother-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the […]
Navy Recruit Training Command Graduation | October 12, 2023
Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, October 12, 2023. Transcript Good morning and welcome to recruit training command. I am Captain Craig Mattingly, commander of naval service training Command. I want to personally welcome you to our Navy family. What an exciting day, family and friends and shipmates. It is […]
Funeral for Gerald Starns of La Porte, Texas
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Navy Recruit Training Command Graduation | August 4, 2023
Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, August 4, 2023. Transcript Good morning and welcome to recruit training command. I am Captain Craig Mattingly, commander of naval service training command. I want to personally welcome you to our Navy family. What an exciting day, family, friends and shipmates. It is an […]