New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as ...

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Mona Cunningham’s Navy boot camp graduation in 1983. Photo provided by Mona Cunningham Mona Cunningham was the chief electrician on a ferry. Her heroic quick thinking helped diffuse a potentially ...