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Inside Today's Navy Boot Camp: Less Yelling, Same Sleep Deprivation

You’re tuning in for part one of this two-part special on Navy boot camp. I am joined by fellow Military.com reporter Konstantin Toropin. He’s also a Navy veteran who went through boot camp here at ...
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Cell Phones at Boot Camp: Navy Will Let Some Recruits Use Their Devices

The Navy's boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, says it will start letting recruits have some access to cell phones while they are in training. "Over the next few weeks," recruits in two divisions -- ...
WTKR

Navy expands boot camp to sharpen focus on character issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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 ...
Navy Times

Navy to cut boot camp from 10 weeks to nine

A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine ...
Task & Purpose

Navy cuts length of boot camp for new recruits from 10 weeks to 9 weeks

New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...