Navy expands boot camp to sharpen focus on character issues
Published: January 9, 2022
The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp this year to focus on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and extremism in the ranks.
Source: kxxv.com
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United StatesKaty BockBonhomme RichardNaval Service TrainingNavy Recruit Training Command In Great LakesJennifer CoutureNaval Service Training CommandRecruit Training CommandGreat LakesAp NewsKrhd 25 NewsKxxv 25 NewsNavy Expands Boot Camp To Sharpen Focus On Character IssuesThe Navy Is Adding Two Weeks To Boot Camp This Year Ina Major Overhaul Aimed At Improving Recruits War Fighting And Emergency Skills While Also Focusing On Suicide Prevention Character Issues Such As Sexual AssaultAzing And Extremism In The Ranks Navy Officials Said Friday That Expanding Boot Camp To 10 Weeks Will Provide More Leadership Training Ensure Sailors Are Reporting Their Jobs Fleet Better Prepared For Duty Changes Come As Grapples Witha String Of Shipboard Crises Recent YearsRom Deadly Fires To Disastrous CollisionsNd The Military Struggles With Spikes In Suicides As Well Sexual Assaults And Other Bad Behavior Rear Adm Jennifer CoutureHo Heads The Naval Service Training CommandOld Reporters The First Eight Weeks Of Boot Camp Includea Lot Character Development For Recruits Added TwoShe SaidRe Meant To Bea Reinforcing Mechanism We Telling Our Recruits Here Are All Of The Things That Expect You DoNd Heres How We Expect You To Behave And ActDding That It Involves Treating People With Respect And Holding Peers Accountable We Believe Very Strongly Those Types Of Behaviors Are Directly Impacting Our Fighting Readiness The Performance Sailors Military Asa Whole Has Been Seeing Increases In Sexual Assaults SuicidesRompting Congressional Criticism And Spurring Leaders To Scramble For Ways Address The Perennial Problems More RecentlyHe Services Have Been Struggling To Root Out Racism And Extremism 
