We were told that basic training would last 9 weeks. I joined the Navy in June of 1966 and left boot camp in San Diego the end of September 1966. Boot camp actually lasted 13 weeks.
Navy basic training is not held on shipboard. Basic training is held at the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.
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The only Navy Basic Training facility (Boot Camp) is located at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois.
You have to be at least 18 years of age to begin basic training with the Navy, you also have to be at least 18 years of age to enlist into the Navy.
U.S. Navy RTC or basic training is 9 weeks long. But your first week is for processing mainly.
He dropped out of basic training and never actually did anything in the Navy.
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No.Members of the Nursing Corps do not go through basic training. They attend an officer training, instead.
Underwater Demolitions Training. US Navy S.E.A.L. basic training. Usually goes with B.U.D.s - Basic Underwater Demolitions.
In order to begin Navy basic training, you need to be at least 18 years old. You have to be at least 18 to enlist in the Navy. This is true for all branches of the military.
most of the time lilly you have to have a diploma to join the us navy a ged will get you to the marines or army but not navy or air force or coast guard
Standard Navy boot camp, not much different then it is today. There were a number of training centers, Sampson Naval Training Center and Great Lakes Training Center were two of the biggest. They got basic protocol, military drill, damage control (fire fighting, dewatering, etc.), basic ship board procedures.