Headquartered in Millington, Tennessee, NRC is located just north of Memphis on board Naval Support Activity Mid-South. Nationwide, Navy Recruiting covers the entire United States with 26 Navy Talent Acquisition Groups, a Navy Recruiting Reserve Command, and a Recruiting School that is commanded by two navy Recruiting Regions. Today more than 6,000 active and reserve military, civilian and contract employees make up the command. Of those, nearly 5,300 active and reserve officer and enlisted Sailors man more than 1,000 recruiting stations and centers throughout the U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Japan and Europe. You can see how widely dispersed navy recruiting really is across the United States, and for most areas of the country, Navy recruiters are the only visible face of the Navy.

The number of active and reserve enlisted and officer production recruiters currently more than 5,000. This is the average daily number of field recruiters across the United States. Working out of the individual Navy Recruiting Stations, these recruiters call on approximately 23,000 public and 2,500 private high schools nationwide. Additionally, they access more than 2,750 two-year colleges and 2,490 four-year colleges. Approximately 170 NROTC units are located on U.S. college campuses.

Navy Recruiting Command’s main objectives: First, increase the quality of the total force by aggressively seeking qualified Sailors in 89 total ratings in the active and reserve. Second, in order to smooth the flow of recruits into boot camp, NRC maintains a healthy pool of young men and women in the Delayed Entry Program. Management and mentorship of the applicants in DEP is critical. Third, NRC continues to provide needed support to our great nation and Overseas Contingency Operations demands by meeting the mission requirements for the other ratings that support Navy Special Warfare and Navy Special Operations missions.

Who We Recruit

Navy Recruiting is responsible for recruiting young men and women into the Active Duty and Naval Reserve enlisted force. We also recruit for Officer Candidate School, Officer Indoctrination School and process applications for naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. Navy Recruiting does not recruit candidates for the U.S. Naval Academy.