Navy boot camp is quite hard and results in many dropouts. It is purposely designed to be difficult to weed out those who will not perform well at their duties.
Navy Boot Camp lasts for eight weeks followed by an "A school" after graduation.
Only through Navy Boot Camp.
"There was a Navy boot camp at one point in California, but it closed down in the early 1990's when the bases were reduced. The only Navy boot camp in existence is in Great Lakes, Illinois."
No. You can come straight from Boot Camp.
No, but why would you want to?
SR is the designation of a Seaman Recruit, E-1. This means that they are in boot camp. On completion of boot camp they would be promoted to Seaman Apprentice, or SA.
after boot camp...hence the RECRUIT part of Seaman Recruit...idiot.
"The process of becoming a soldier, sailor, Marine or airman begins with a lot of paperwork, a lot of hurrying up to wait, and then the big step: boot camp."
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.
Six weeks US Naval RTC(boot camp) is 8 weeks long.
You can see your husband at the earliest during family night in boot camp.
The only Navy Basic Training facility (Boot Camp) is located at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois.