Keywords: secdef rtc trayer recruits great lakes greatlakes ill. ill united states unitedstates 090717-N-8848T-977 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 17, 2009) Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) the Honorable Robert M. Gates, center, congratulates recruits Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes. Gates was making his first visit to RTC to see where Sailors begin their Navy careers. The recruits had just completed Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST-21), a 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator. Battle Stations 21 is a grueling 12-hour test, now held entirely in Trayer, of a recruit’s skills in several shipboard evolutions, including fire fighting and flooding control. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released) 090717-N-8848T-977 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 17, 2009) Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) the Honorable Robert M. Gates, center, congratulates recruits Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes. Gates was making his first visit to RTC to see where Sailors begin their Navy careers. The recruits had just completed Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST-21), a 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator. Battle Stations 21 is a grueling 12-hour test, now held entirely in Trayer, of a recruit’s skills in several shipboard evolutions, including fire fighting and flooding control. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released) 090717-N-8848T-977
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 17, 2009) Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) the Honorable Robert M. Gates, center, congratulates recruits Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes. Gates was making his first visit to RTC to see where Sailors begin their Navy careers. The recruits had just completed Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST-21), a 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator. Battle Stations 21 is a grueling 12-hour test, now held entirely in Trayer, of a recruit’s skills in several shipboard evolutions, including fire fighting and flooding control. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
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