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 -- ...

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as boot camp -- from 10 to nine weeks. Navy officials said in a news ...

The U.S. Navy is adding two weeks to its formerly eight-week boot camp program this year to focus on improving recruits' emergency skills and war readiness, as well as equipping them to handle issues ...

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. Recruits are typically ...

The Navy is cutting seven days out of its Basic Military Training program, from 10 weeks to nine, as improved recruiting numbers mean the sea service needs to push more sailors through boot camp at ...

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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 ...

The yelling, the sweat, the thousand-yard stares — these movies either nailed the chaos or missed it. Every service member has a boot camp story — the sand, the blisters, the broken sleep, the recruit ...

On Oct. 23, Chief Gunner's Mate Jeremiah Wiederhoeft taught his division of recruits how to wear a garrison cover. The Navy is locking down all active duty staff at Recruit Training Command to reduce ...

Recruits dress off in formation on the USS Chicago recruit barracks grinder on April 11, 2020, at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. (MC1 Camilo Fernan/Navy) The Navy is nixing a 14-day ...

Join a group of British students as they take on the challenge of a South Korean military boot camp. From a buffet breakfast to facing tough physical tests set by ex-Korean Navy Seals Jangjae and ...

FILE - Freshman midshipmen, known as plebes, climb ropes on an obstacle course during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in ...