Navy basic training, also known as Basic Military Training (BMT) or boot camp, currently lasts 9 weeks. This is a recent change effective January 2025, when the Navy optimized the program by reducing it from 10 weeks to 9 weeks. The reduction was achieved by trimming redundancies and restructuring the curriculum without removing key topics

. Previously, the training had been extended to 10 weeks in early 2022 to include additional life skills coaching. The new 9-week schedule still includes all essential training like physical fitness, seamanship, firefighting, damage control, weapons training, and the culminating 12-hour Battle Stations exercise

. In summary, Navy basic training is now 9 weeks long starting in 2025, down from 10 weeks in recent years.