(US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Recruit Training Command: a unit within the United States Navy responsible for conducting the initial orientation and indoctrination of incoming recruits, located at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois.
As graduation approached there were several rumors swirling around us and they were intended to add salt to our wounds before leaving RTC. 2013, David Banagis, Twenty-Three Days at Sea: A Sailor's Story, Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 15:
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Ride the Cyclone.