Naval Service Training Command

Naval Service Training Command
Naval Education and Training Command seal
Active	2003 (2003) - present (present)
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Training Command
Role	Train new recruits and enlisted to commissioned officers.
Part of	Naval Education and Training Command
HQ	Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois
Nickname(s)	NETC
Motto(s)	Fleet Readiness starts here
Website	www.netc.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander	RDML Michael D. Bernacchi Commander, Naval Service Training Command
Deputy Commander	CAPT Robert J. Fink
Chief of Staff	CAPT Garrick
Executive Director	Mr. Guerry "Rusty" Hagins, SES
Command Master Chief	CMDCM (AW/SW) Matt Laing

Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) is a one-star Echelon III command of the United States Navy that is responsible to the Chief of Naval Education and Training for the indoctrination and training of all new accessions into the Naval Service, with the exception of Midshipmen who access through the United States Naval Academy. This includes all new recruits through Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only enlisted recruit training location and all Officer "Candidates" who are seeking a commission through the Officer Training Command at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. Also under its purview is the operation of the various Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) units in universities across the country.

Recruit Training Command Great Lakes (RTC Great Lakes), is a unit within the NSTC primarily responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits. It commonly is referred to as boot camp, recruit training, or RTC. Since the BRAC-directed closures of Recruit Training Commands in Orlando, Florida and San Diego, California in 1999, RTC Great Lakes has been the only enlisted basic training location in the U.S. Navy and has been called "The Quarterdeck of the Navy" since it was first utilized in July 1911.

Running at approximately eight weeks long, all enlistees into the U.S. Navy commence their enlistments at this command. Upon successful completion of basic training, qualifying sailors are sent to various apprenticeship, or "A schools", located across the United States for training in their occupational speciality, or ratings. Those who have not yet received a specific rating enter the fleet with a general designation of airman, fireman, or seaman. Recruit Training Command is located at Naval Station Great Lakes in the city of North Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, north of Chicago. It is a tenant command, meaning that although it is located on the base, it has a separate chain of command.