While the Navy’s Basic Military Training, known as boot camp, historically has spanned eight weeks, the service extended the program to 10 weeks in January 2022 to accommodate more life skills ...

The Navy will shorten its boot camp from 10 weeks to nine beginning with the class entering in January. The new timeline will still cover all the material and modules included in the 10-week boot ...

Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or ...

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. It ...

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday.

They're responsible for training and mentoring Navy recruits during their time in boot camp. During the 13-week C School course, RDC students learn how to motivate recruits, inspect their barracks ...

Nearly 200 chiefs-select will return to the Navy’s boot camp this fall as part of a program that the sea service is resurrecting after doing away with it five years ago. The Chief Selectee Back ...

The Navy said beginning Friday it's allowing boot camp recruits to use their cell phones for family calls after a small test of the new policy rolled out in late November.

Navy boot camp is not known for its overly challenging physical fitness programming, but an average recruit still needs to prepare for long days on their feet, running and calisthenics.

The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine weeks, effective next year, in an attempt to better streamline curriculum.