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First Naval District was established on 7 May 1903, headquartered at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine for coastal defense of the New England states in accordance with Navy General Order No. 128 issued by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Until late 1915 no personnel were assigned to 1st Naval District staff.
The United States Navy Recruiting Command (NRC or NAVCRUITCOM) is located in Millington, Tennessee. It aims to recruit both enlisted sailors and prospective commissioned officers for the United States Navy. NRC covers the entire United States with 26 Navy Talent Acquisition Groups commanded by two Navy Recruiting Regions; Regions East and West. [2]
Map of the Recruiting Districts. For the purposes of recruiting Marines, the United States is divided into two regions. The Eastern Recruiting Region mostly covers districts east of the Mississippi River. The Western Recruiting Region predominately covers districts west of the Mississippi. The two regions are divided into three districts each ...
In 1996, RTC Great Lakes became the Navy's only basic training facility. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission of 1993 resulted in the closure of Naval Training Center San Diego, California and Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida, their associated Recruit Training Commands, and the consolidation of US Navy enlisted recruit training to Great Lakes.
In January 2024, the US Navy requested a new permit for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California, as the Pacific Ocean, according to the command, is a priority theater of operations amid tensions with China. The current permit expires in 2025 and the Navy is required to submit an ...
The Navy has started its own recruit prep course, and earlier this year began to enlist people who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, as long as they score 50 or above (out of 99) on ...
Pages in category "Regions and districts of the United States Navy" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The Navy closed NTC facilities incrementally. As the military functions on the base dwindled, so did the Navy's budget. Fearing the lack of activity on the base would lead to security problems, the City and Navy entered into a master lease agreement in 1995 allowing the City interim use of 67 acres (27 ha) of the base site.