New recruits wait to receive their first haircuts outside the Navy Exchange barber shop in the Golden 13 Recruit In-processing Center at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during Night of Arrival.

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Nov. 20, 2012) New recruits wait to receive their first haircuts outside the Navy Exchange barber shop in the Golden 13 Recruit In-processing Center at Recruit Training Command (RTC) during Night of Arrival. More than 450 new recruits arrived at the Golden 13, named after the first 13 African American Navy officers, to begin their Navy careers and training at RTC. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom) File# 121120-N-IK959-745