Recruit Training Command, the Navy’s enlisted boot camp, has extended the duration of its basic military training, or BMT, program from eight to
10 weeks
. Recruits who arrived Jan.
Navy boot camp graduation happens on the last day of your
eight-week
training from Navy Boot Camp. For you to graduate, you must complete all physical training requirements such as the minimum number of push-ups, sit-ups and running a mile and a half in the maximum time allowed.
Navy boot camp lengthened to
10 weeks
to prepare recruits for life in the fleet. The Navy is adding more mentorship, life skills and personal and professional development to its boot camp curriculum as it expands recruit training to 10 weeks — up from eight.
Recruit training, or “boot camp,” will be
approximately seven weeks
long. The goal of this training is to transform you from a civilian into a Sailor with all of the skills necessary to perform in the fleet.
(KYMA, KECY) – Defense Department data shows that the military fell short of its recruitment goals for nearly all the services in 2021. The department blames the pandemic.
The Army and Navy failed to reach their goals in recruiting for active-duty, reserve and Army National Guard
.
Do Sailors Get Leave After Navy Boot Camp? After Navy boot-camp graduation,
sailors will not be given leave and are required to travel to their next training location, A School
. There are many locations for Navy A School, and not all sailors will go to the same school.
At Navy boot camp, a special recruit division is
responsible for performing musical pieces and drill routines at each boot camp graduation
. Selection for this unit, the 900 Division, usually takes place within a week of the recruit’s arrival at the Great Lakes Naval Station for basic training.
Basic Training
If you have NOT been to the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) and have NOT taken an Oath of Enlistment, you are free to quit the process at any time
. Just because you arrive at MEPS does not mean you are fully committed with no chance of deciding not to commit after all.
Will I Be Paid in Boot Camp?
Yes, your pay starts the day you get to boot camp
. Most new enlisted Sailors start out at the E-1 pay grade, but there are exceptions. You may also be eligible for additional bonuses and allowances.
Training consists of:
12+ months
of initial training that includes Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL BUD/S School, Parachute Jump School and SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) 18 months of pre-deployment training and intensive specialized training.
While it’s called Boot Camp, it’s really a huge campus that includes both classroom and lots of hands-on training. The training is rigorous and demanding. And once you finish, it’s something to be proud of. Here’s what to expect throughout the
7- to 9-week
schedule.
You’ll get up at
5 a.m.
every single day. Waking up in the morning is an adjustment process that’s the same for every single basic training class. When you first arrive, the drill instructors require a lot of noise, yelling and jostling to get everyone out of the rack.
–
Recruit Training Command (RTC)
, the Navy’s enlisted boot camp, has extended the duration of its basic military training (BMT) program from eight to 10 weeks.
The first three weeks of Navy Boot Camp are clearly the toughest (physically, and stressfully)
. Get through the first three weeks, and you’ll almost assuredly graduate. As with Army and Air Force Basic Training, during the first couple of weeks, you’ll find that no one can seem to do anything right.
The Navy offers a very few
two year and three year
contracts, where the recruit spends two or three years on active duty, followed by six years in the Active Reserves. The other services offer four, five, and six year enlistment options (The Air Force only offers four and six year enlistments).
Is the military having a hard time recruiting?
(CNN) The US military met its recruitment targets for full-time service members for the 2021 fiscal year, which ran from October 2020 to the end of September 2021, but
had a more difficult time attracting National Guard and reserve recruits during the same period
, according to Pentagon data.
Is the military struggling to recruit?
The military as a whole is struggling with recruiting
. The Army, for the first time, started offering a $50,000 enlistment bonus to new recruits in certain positions. “We are still living the implications of 2020 and the onset of COVID, when the school systems basically shut down,” said Maj.
SAILOR HEALTH & SAFETY
U.S. Navy Recruiting continues to make the health and safety of our Future Sailors, our recruiters, supporting personnel and their families our highest priority
. Recruiting is considered a “mission essential” activity and must continue despite current circumstances.
Navy Boot Camp First Phone Call
At RTC Great Lakes, all recruits are allowed a ten-second call to let their family know they have arrived.
Recruits that still have a cell phone make the call from their personal phone; others use telephones provided by the Navy
.
Service members who went through Basic Training said the Navy allowed
1-2 phone calls per month
. Army recruits are allowed to call every 3 weeks when they phase up, and then every weekend once they complete Basic and begin AIT.
What Happens After A School? After Navy A School, you have the option to take
ten days
of leave before you head to your first permanent duty station.
Graduating Sailors are authorized liberty following the
Pass-In-Review
(PIR) ceremony.
About Ship 5
Recruits who have been removed from Recruit training for either medical or legal reasons, or failure to meet Navy standards
.
A division is
approximately 88 recruits
who live and train together. There can be as few as 55 to as many as 100 recruits in a division. The division number is important and will help mail get to your recruit when included in the address and will help you find your new Sailor at PIR.
Do you go home after basic training?
Do Soldiers come home after basic training?
Soldiers are not often given time to go home after basic training
. Check-in for AIT School is most often the day after graduation, if not the same day.
Can you fail boot camp?
Yes, it is possible to fail basic training
. You could go through the trouble of leaving your home, job, family and friends and come back a failure. In fact, this happens to about 15% of recruits who join the military every year. Too many recruits I speak to think that it is impossible to fail basic training.
How do you get kicked out of boot camp?
- Failing Physical Tests. One way to be sent home from boot camp is to repeatedly fail the physical tests. …
- Sustain a Serious Injury. If you suffer a serious, debilitating physical injury during training, you may be sent home. …
- You Have Chronic Medical Issues. …
- Your Principles Don’t Align.
