Recruit Training Command’s (RTC) Naturalization Ceremony [Image 2 of 2]

GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

10.05.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher OGrady 

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command

231005-N-LN782-2338 (Oct. 5, 2023) Adm. Daryl Caudle (center, bottom row), Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Congressman Brad Schneider, representative for 10th district of Illinois (center right, bottom row); and Rear Adm. David G. Wilson (center left, bottom row), Commander, Naval Legal Service Command, pose for a photograph at Recruit Training Command’s (RTC) Naturalization Ceremony. Since restarting the naturalization program in October of 2021, RTC has had more than 1,076 recruits take the Oath of Citizenship and has assisted more than 1,400 recruits with their N-426 and N-400 forms. In Fiscal Year 2022, more than 10,600 service members were naturalized, with more than 2,000 of them being members of the United States Navy. Boot camp is approximately 10 weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher M. O’Grady)

• Date Taken: 10.05.2023
• Date Posted: 10.05.2023 16:19
• Photo ID: 8059642
• VIRIN: 231005-N-LN782-2338
• Resolution: 7276x4304
• Size: 1.19 MB
• Location: GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, US