NROTC New Student Indoc 2019 - Instructor Pick Up [Image 13 of 14]

GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

07.04.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Kitchner  

Naval Service Training Command     

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 4, 2019) -- Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates depart Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command (RTC) following instructor pick up where they officially meet the midshipmen and staff instructors who will be training their battalions as a part of New Student Indoctrination and begin training. 'Pick up' marks the beginning of higher intensity training to develop the ability among future officers to perform, and excel, under pressure and to develop the toughness needed to react appropriately under stress. The young men and women from across the country, who are entering their freshman year of the NROTC program, will undergo the three-week indoctrination program hosted at RTC which provides standardized entry-level militarization and prepares midshipmen with a common training orientation. They are led by Navy-option 1st class and Marine-option 2nd class midshipmen, instructors and staff from NROTC units across the country. The staff is overseeing and instructing the midshipmen candidates with assistance from the Recruit Division Commanders and instructors assigned to RTC as well as Marine Corps Drill Instructors. New Student Indoctrination provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals – Fire Fighting, Damage Control, Seamanship, Watchstanding and Small Arms Handling and Marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained, smartly disciplined, tough and courageous future Navy and Marine Corps Officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda S. Kitchner/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.04.2019
• Date Posted: 07.04.2019 17:23
• Photo ID: 5556605
• VIRIN: 190704-N-IY633-1163
• Resolution: 3840x2160
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• Location: GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, US