Navy Boot Camp Timeline at a Glance Equipment Operator 1st Class Joseph Sperry introduces himself to new recruits in a berthing compartment at the Navy's only boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois.

The Navy calls its job training A school. All Navy enlisted ratings have an A school, which teaches the fundamentals of new jobs.

The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp this year in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character ...

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 ...

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 ...