Enlisted recruits head off to Boot Camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center north of Chicago, Illinois, near the western shore of Lake Michigan. While it's called Boot Camp, it's really a huge campus that includes both classroom and lots of hands-on training.

How long and where is basic training for Navy?

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.

How long is basic training for the Navy?

Navy basic training is seven weeks, plus one week at the beginning called processing week, which isn't officially part of basic training. Because you still will have drill instructors yelling at you and telling you what to do, it might as well be, though.