190708-N-IK959-1343 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 8, 2019)
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190708-N-IK959-1343 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 8, 2019) Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipman Candidate Madelyn Hunt, 18, from Linden, Wisconsin, and an incoming freshman to the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul), listens to Sonar Technician Surface (STG) 2nd Class Matthew Nobbs, a facilitator in the USS Missouri Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer (SAMT) at Recruit Training Command (RTC), explain firing a simulated M9 Beretta 9mm pistol while. SAMT uses red laser lights and pneumatic air to simulate the firing and hits on a computer target. Hunt is part of the young men and women from across the country, who will be entering their freshman year of the NROTC program at universities nationwide this fall. They are undergoing a three-week summer indoctrination program hosted at RTC, the U. S. Navy’s only boot camp, 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 active duty 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 Scott A. Thornbloom)
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