The Navy added the two-week “Sailor for Life” curriculum to Basic Military Training in 2022, increasing the length of boot camp from 8 weeks to 10. The latest on Task & Purpose ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy will trim one week off its Basic Military Training program, shortening the boot camp from 10 weeks to nine, beginning next month. The change will take effect in January.

The 10-week course had extra time that will be eliminated to create the nine-week timeline, he said. The Navy extended boot camp from eight weeks to ten in 2022 to make training space more life ...

Despite meeting its recruiting goal of 40,600 sailors, the Navy will fall 5,000 short of its boot camp target due to last-minute enlistments.

Navy Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman said the service will fall about 5,000 sailors short of its target to get all of the recruits into the 10-week training course at Great Lakes, Ill., by the end of the ...

As a result, he said, boot camp is operating at capacity, and he’ll only be able to get about 35,500 through by the end of September. One of the key recruiting changes was the Navy’s decision ...