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

Recruits will still undergo the 12-hour Battle Stations 21 training event and the "Sailor for Life" curriculum.

The Navy will shorten its boot camp from 10 weeks to nine beginning with the class entering in January. The new timeline will ...

Recruits stand in formation on July 10, 2024, at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. More than 40,000 ...

Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C School, at Naval Station Great Lakes near Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago.

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known ...