Boot camps had three main goals: reducing recidivism, reducing prison populations, and re- ducing costs.

Facilities are designed to house adult offenders, juvenile delinquents, or other troubled youth. Boot camps have the explicit goal of reducing participants’ problem behaviors. Correctional boot camps also have the goals of reducing institutional populations and correctional costs.

Cost. Most private boot camps offer programs that last for 30 days. Most programs cost between $2,000 and $5,000 each month, some as much as $10,000 for one month. Many private camps offer financial aid to help families fund the cost of tuition.

Civilians cannot participate in the same training completed by recruits during boot camp. The only way to receive military training without joining is to enroll in a private military training course.

While Army basic training is hard, it is always something you will look back on with pride and remember the fun you had, even when it wasn’t very fun at the time.

I recommend preparing for basic training by doing lots of pushups, so you will be able to do at least 100 pushups per day if you need to.

The Army is the only branch of the military that honors the Christmas Exodus break for all recruits who are in basic training and AIT. Basically, the Army shuts down all of its training schools during exodus to allow their drill sergeants and instructors to have a break at Christmas.

Haircuts are a rite of passage during military basic training. Almost immediately after arrival, your hair will be cut so short that it almost feels like you were shaved bald (guys only). After the initial haircut, you’ll get a trim at least once per week during basic training.

Under normal health conditions, nobody in basic training is going to force you to defecate or urinate on yourself. If you find a bath in basic training and you crap in it, there will be hell to pay. Also, you should not ask for a break of any kind. Asking for the restroom is also a bad idea.

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Authorities are investigating after a U.S. Marine Corps recruit died Friday while completing the final, grueling exercise of boot camp in South Carolina, according to officials and multiple reports.

I did lose 10 lbs during basic. I was also in training with people that gained 10 to 15 lbs. It will all depend on your level of fitness and the effort that you put into training. Actually I gained weight, about 20 pounds actually.

Basic training weight requirements are the same as the MEPS requirements. You undergo another physical exam when you arrive at basic training, so it’s important not to let your weight fluctuate outside of the acceptable range between the time you enlist and the time you arrive at basic training.

If you don’t pass weight, you do NOT ship. It’s that simple. Your contract is the last thing you do that final day. So if you haven’t passed weight, you’re not in.